21V042000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC):CONTROL MODULE
If ESC becomes disabled, vehicle driving stability may be impacted under certain driving conditions, increasing the risk of a crash.
2018 MERCEDES BENZ SPRINTER 3500
10 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 17 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns10
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints17
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 10
20V663000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
The sudden loss of power steering assist and hydraulic steering fluid leaking onto the roadway may increase the risk of a crash.
20V155000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
With only the metric speed listed on the spare tire label, the driver could misinterpret the kph as mph and operate the vehicle with the spare tire installed at higher speeds than the tire can withstand, increasing the risk of a crash.
20V156000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
Without the label, an operator may be unaware of the maximum speed limit of the spare tire and operate the vehicle at a excessive speed, increasing the risk of tire failure and a crash.
19V695000
AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
An inactive airbag system can increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
19V693000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Failure to identify loose safety related parts can increase the risk of crash and injury.
What owners report most
- 3SERVICE BRAKES
- 2VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 1ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 1ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC)
- 1ENGINE
- 1EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 1FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
- 1POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 MERCEDES BENZ SPRINTER 3500s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.