Sprinter 2500 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA lists 9 safety recalls and 11 owner complaints across 8 model years of the Sprinter 2500 (2002–2011). The most-complained-about year is 2006.
Pick your Sprinter 2500 model year
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 Sprinter 2500 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 Sprinter 2500 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 Sprinter 2500 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 Sprinter 2500 | 5 | 4 |
| 2005 Sprinter 2500 | 5 | 3 |
| 2004 Sprinter 2500 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 Sprinter 2500 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 Sprinter 2500 | 1 | 0 |
What Sprinter 2500 owners complain about
Across all model years, owners have filed 11 complaints with NHTSA. The 2006 model year has the most, with 4.
All Sprinter 2500 recalls (9)
Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Sprinter 2500, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.
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Seats
Sprinter is recalling certain model year 2011 sprinter 2500 vehicles sold both under the mercedes-benz and freightliner brand names. Certain seat benches have been mounted with a latch bracket for child restraints that was not welded properly.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect the seat bench and replace the bench as needed, free of charge. The safety recall began on september 16, 2011. Owners may contact sprinter at 1-877-762-8267.
Model years: 2011
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Quality vans is recalling certain model year 2004 through 2008 vans manufactured between august 2005 and november 2007, equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts. These vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift installations in motor vehicles." the threshold…
Remedy: Quality vans is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts free of charge (please see 07e095). Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or quality vans at 1-480-464-7007.
Model years: 2007
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Daimler buses is recalling 465 my 2004-2008 sprinter 2500 and 3500 buses equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts. These lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, "platform lift systems for motor vehicles." the anti-stow interlock may not detect the presence of a wheelchair…
Remedy: Daimler buses is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts (please see 07e097). Owners may contact ricon at 1-800-322-2884 or daimler buses at 1-905-403-7807.
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Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)
Sportsmobile is recalling 6 my 2003-2006 2500 sprinter van class b regular body and extended body recreational vehicles equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation. The refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source…
Remedy: Sportsmobile will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free…
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Daimler buses of north carolina (dbnc) is recalling 334 my 2005-2006 sprinter 2500 and my 2003, 2005-2007 sprinter 3500 buses equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts. These buses fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift installation in motor vehicles." the…
Remedy: Dbnc is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts free of charge (please see 07e095). Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or dbnc at 1-905-403-7807.
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Equipment adaptive/mobility
Certain buses equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 403, "platform lift systems for motor vehicles." the interlock switch system in the lift may not detect the presence of a passenger (either wheelchair or standee) on the ricon wheelchair…
Remedy: Daimlerchrysler is working with ricon to repair these wheelchair lifts (please see 06e101). Owners can contact ricon at 800-322-2884 or daimlerchrysler at 1-800-882-8054.
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Service brakes, air
On certain trucks built on dodge and freightliner chassis, the brake fluid used was contaminated with coolant. Due to the high water content the boiling point of the subject brake fluid is reduced.
Remedy: Dealers will flush and replace the brake fluid free of charge. The recall began on july 17, 2006. Owners may contact daimlerchrysler at 1-704-655-1000.
Model years: 2006
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Valve (tires)
On certain trucks distributed by dodge or freightliner and equipped with a tire valve, tr600, on 16" tires, the valve can develop cracks within the rubber part or between the metal part and the rubber part of the valve stem.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the tire valves on all sprinter vehicles. The recall began on april 4, 2005. Owners should contact daimlerchrysler at 1-800-853-1403.
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Air bags: sensor/control module-inactive
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. This condition is signaled to the driver by the SRS-warning lamp.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the electronic control unit for the air bag. Owner notification began on april 14, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the…
Model years: 2003
Other Sprinter models
Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.