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.
2012 MERCEDES BENZ SPRINTER 3500
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 31 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints31
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire1
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 4 of 4
17V480000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
16V077000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
14V706000
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
If the platform side plates crack, the lift platform can separate from the lift and come to rest against the vehicle's lift door. When the doors are opened, the platform may fall out, increasing the risk of injury to the lift operator.
What owners report most
- 5ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 5VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 4UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 4AIR BAGS
- 3POWER TRAIN
- 3ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 2WHEELS
- 2FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 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.