The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
Mercedes-Benz reported 33 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, model years 2011–2025, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.
By model year
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reports| Model year | Incidents | Killed | Injured | Built | Per 100,000 built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13,138 | 30 |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 16,921 | 41 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13,076 | 15 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 33,347 | 21 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28,997 | 6.9 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31,163 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 30,185 | 6.6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35,066 | 2.9 |
The model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.
By the system the claimant named
Source: as the manufacturer reported it| System named | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 12 | 0 |
| Fire | 5 | 0 |
| Service Brake System | 4 | 1 |
| Power Train | 3 | 0 |
| Electrical System | 2 | 0 |
| Parking Brake System | 2 | 0 |
| Latch | 2 | 0 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 |
| Steering System | 1 | 1 |
| Visibility | 1 | 0 |
| Engine and Cooling System | 1 | 0 |
| Structure | 1 | 0 |
An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.
Every one of these, dated and numbered
The defect dossier for the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.
The incidents
Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters| Incident | Model year | State | Killed | Injured | Systems named | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-22 | 2025 | CA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2026 Q1 |
| 2024-08-28 | 2021 | OH | 1 | 0 | Service Brake System | 2024 Q4 |
| 2024-07-09 | 2015 | CA | 0 | 2 | Vehicle Speed Control | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-03-30 | 2023 | KY | 0 | 1 | Electrical System | 2024 Q1 |
| 2023-09-24 | 2014 | FL | 0 | 2 | Air Bags | 2024 Q1 |
| 2023-07-20 | 2023 | NY | 0 | 5 | Electrical System · Air Bags | 2023 Q3 |
| 2023-07-03 | 2014 | NM | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2023 Q3 |
| 2023-04-21 | 2021 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2023 Q2 |
| 2023-03-08 | 2022 | OH | 0 | 1 | Parking Brake System · Power Train | 2023 Q1 |
| 2022-01-10 | 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | Parking Brake System | 2022 Q1 |
| 2021-12-04 | 2016 | KY | 0 | 3 | Air Bags | 2022 Q1 |
| 2021-08-23 | 2015 | GA | 0 | 1 | Fire | 2021 Q4 |
| 2021-07-29 | 2019 | UT | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2021 Q3 |
| not reported | 2019 | CA | 0 | 2 | Power Train | 2021 Q2 |
| 2020-12-11 | 2019 | BR | 1 | 0 | Steering System | 2022 Q2 |
| 2020-07-14 | 2019 | UT | 0 | 1 | Power Train | 2022 Q1 |
| 2020-07-03 | 2015 | CA | 0 | 1 | Fire | 2020 Q3 |
| not reported | 2017 | CA | 0 | 1 | Visibility | 2020 Q2 |
| 2020-04-23 | 2017 | CT | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2020 Q2 |
| 2019-12-04 | 2019 | OR | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2020 Q1 |
| 2019-10-20 | 2015 | NE | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2019 Q4 |
| 2019-09-16 | 2019 | NY | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2019 Q3 |
| 2019-07-21 | 2011 | TX | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2019 Q3 |
| 2019-04-30 | 2016 | MD | 0 | 1 | Fire | 2019 Q3 |
| 2018-12-31 | 2016 | IA | 0 | 1 | Engine and Cooling System | 2019 Q1 |
| 2018-07-30 | 2012 | NV | 0 | 1 | Fire | 2018 Q3 |
| 2018-06-03 | 2013 | TX | 0 | 1 | Latch | 2018 Q2 |
| 2018-04-18 | 2016 | CA | 0 | 2 | Air Bags | 2018 Q2 |
| 2017-09-20 | 2016 | CA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2017 Q4 |
| 2017-09-09 | 2016 | CA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2017 Q4 |
| 2017-03-30 | 2016 | CA | 0 | 1 | Latch | 2017 Q4 |
| 2015-07-04 | 2014 | NV | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2017 Q4 |
| 2014-11-13 | 2013 | WA | 0 | 1 | Fire | 2015 Q1 |
Each row above is a claim or notice Mercedes-Benz received alleging a death or injury in a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a Sprinter that sold more will have more rows. All Mercedes-Benz models · What these reports are, and are not.