Reliability & cost of ownership
Freightliner Sprinter 4500 Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Freightliner Sprinter 4500? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars where on file — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
Freightliner Sprinter 4500 problems by model year
72 recall entries and 1 owner complaint on file across 8 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Sprinter 4500 | 1 | None on file at try.vin | No overall rating on file | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2021 Sprinter 4500 | 11 | None on file at try.vin | No overall rating on file | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2020 Sprinter 4500 | 17 | None on file at try.vin | No overall rating on file | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2019 Sprinter 4500 | 34 | 1 | No overall rating on file | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2018 Sprinter 4500 | 6 | None on file at try.vin | No overall rating on file | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2017 Sprinter 4500 | 1 | None on file at try.vin | No overall rating on file | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2016 Sprinter 4500 | 1 | None on file at try.vin | No overall rating on file | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2015 Sprinter 4500 | 1 | None on file at try.vin | No overall rating on file | Recalls & complaints → |
Most-complained-about components
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against the Freightliner Sprinter 4500, grouped by the component each complaint names — the fastest read on where this model gives trouble.
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