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What 38 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Mercedes-benz Sprinter 2500 15 Passenger Van

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (38)Crash / fire / injury (5)Airbags (15)Engine (8)Brakes (3)Electrical system (3)Fuel system (3)Speed control (3)Transmission & drivetrain (2)Body & structure (1)Engine & cooling (1)Lights (1)

3 of 38 complaints match · Brakes · clear filters

Aug 6, 2022Brakes

Just at roughly 100,000 miles under-body brake lines rusted out at started leaking making the vehicle inoperable and unsafe to drive.

NHTSA ODI 11477902

Nov 25, 2020Speed controlBrakes

RECENTLY THREE ELECTRONIC BRAKING ASSIST LIGHTS HAVE (ANTI-LOCK, ESP, AND ANTI-SKID) HAVE LIT ON MY DASHBOARD AT RANDOM TIMES. ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS THE ENGINE HAS ACCELERATED WITHOUT ME TOUCHING THE PEDAL.*DT*JB TYPICALLY THIS IS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.

NHTSA ODI 11376307

Aug 23, 2019Brakes

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 2500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE REAR PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING SOUND PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. ADDITIONALLY, THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE ASSIST, TRACTION CONTROL, AND ANTI-SKID FEATURES DEACTIVATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED EIGHT TIMES. RBM OF ALPHARETTA (LOCATED AT 345 MCFARLAND PKWY, ALPHARETTA, GA 30004, (678) 637-2333) AND SEVERAL OTHER UNKNOWN DEALERS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE SPEED SENSORS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

NHTSA ODI 11246072

Working with the data? Download all 38 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 14, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2014 Mercedes-benz Sprinter 2500 15 Passenger Van verdict →