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Sprinter 2500

Every Sprinter 2500 model year on file, 2002 to 2011. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years111 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years92002 to 2011
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins404Summed across model years
By model year

The 2006 model year drew the most complaints, 4, 36% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

012342002200320042005200642007200820092011
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the Sprinter 2500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
4
Powertrain
3
Airbags
2
Suspension
1
Tires
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Sprinter 2500 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Sprinter 2500 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2011Not decoded0NoneNone101
2009Not decoded0NoneNone0020
2008Not decoded0NoneNone1070
2007Other20.01002065
2006Van40.0425065
2005Van333.3335063
2004Van10.0153053
2003Not decoded10.01003052
2002Not decoded0NoneNone1015
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Sprinter 2500

  • 11V-324 Jun 13, 2011
    Certain seat benches have been mounted with a latch bracket for child restraints that was not welded properly
    Seats · 47 vehicles
  • 09V-325 Aug 3, 2009
    These vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift installations in motor…
    Adaptive equipment · 14 vehicles
  • 08V-387 Aug 6, 2008
    These lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, "platform lift systems for motor vehicles." the…
    Adaptive equipment · 465 vehicles
  • 08V-173 Apr 15, 2008
    Refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube
    Equipment · 6 vehicles
  • 08V-134 Mar 24, 2008
    These buses fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift installation in motor vehicles."…
    Adaptive equipment · 334 vehicles
  • 07V-095 Mar 13, 2007
    Certain buses equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard…
    Adaptive equipment · 29 vehicles
  • 06V-238 Jul 3, 2006
    On certain trucks built on dodge and freightliner chassis, the brake fluid used was contaminated with coolant
    Brakes · 235 vehicles
  • 04V-600 Dec 23, 2004
    On certain trucks distributed by dodge or freightliner and equipped with a tire valve, tr600, on 16" tires, the valve can develop cracks within…
    Tires · 23k vehicles
  • 03V-082 Mar 6, 2003
    On certain vans, a capacitor within the electronic control unit for the air bag can crack and the air bag may not activate as designed
    Airbags · 281 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.