Other / unspecified
Filed Sep 18, 2022
I was driving down the road and two of the four batteries under my airstream interstate fell out from under the van. It ripped off my bumper. I checked on a few airstream forums and this is common. It is very dangerous. Airstream needs to fox this issue. Someone behind me could have been injured if we were on a high way.
- NHTSA ID
- 11485079
- Incident
- Sep 16, 2022
Fuel systemPowertrain (other)
Filed Jan 24, 2022
Vehicle was parked overnight at over 7000ft elevation 4x4 was active Overnight temps below freezing Upon startup there was no power transferred to the axles...engine revolutions increased with no wheel spin/turning No engine lights illuminated after 5-10 minutes of warm up the van would finally move
- NHTSA ID
- 11448629
- Incident
- Jan 1, 2022
BrakesDriver assistance
Filed Nov 5, 2020
ABS SAFETY FOR OUR 2015 MERCEDES SPRINTER. THE RIGHT REAR SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SAFETY NOT HAVING BRAKES THAT SHOULD WORK ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURE. WITH OUT ABS THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK EITHER. THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP. NOTE; THE MANY FRUSTRATED OWNERS DISCUSIONS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.
- NHTSA ID
- 11373111
- Incident
- Oct 25, 2020
- Mileage
- 33,000 mi
Driver assistanceEngine
Filed Sep 26, 2020
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, ABS/ESP/ASR WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERATIVE. SOMETIMES THE FAULTS WERE CLEARED BY TURNING ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING. OTHER TIMES THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WAS REPLACED. A TOTAL OF 3 SENSORS WERE REPLACED OVER TIME. ONE TIME HAPPENED WHEN BRAKING, WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ONCE THE TRANSMISSION WAS LOCKED IN THE LOWEST GEAR AND WOULD NOT SHIFT. THE MOST RECENT TIME THE ENGINE STOPPED AT 45 MPH WHILE ON THE ROAD. THIS WAS RESOLVED BY REPLACEMENT OF THE ABS MODULE. ALTHOUGH NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED, AT LEAST 3 FAILURE RESULTED IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DAMAGE/INJURIES HAD THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS BEEN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. THESE FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED OVER A PERIOD OF 2 YEARS (2017- 2019). SPEEDS WERE 25-65 MPH
- NHTSA ID
- 11361275
- Incident
- Dec 31, 2019
- Mileage
- 42,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Jan 20, 2020
WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE EAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY AT 70MPH ON CRUISE CONTROL ENGINE STOPPED AND VEHICLE COASTED TO SHOULDER OF ROAD THIS OCCURRED AT 4:30AM JUNE 13 WHEN ENGINE STOPPED SMOKE AND DIESEL SMELL WAS APPARENT BEFORE VEHICLE COASTED OFF ROAD AFTER VEHICLE STOPPED I OPENED ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND DIESEL WAS ALL OVER ENGINE COMPARTMENT AS WELL AS ON GROUND UNDER VEHICLE I HAD VEHICLE TOWED AND REPAIRED WITH DIESEL IN AREA OF ENGINE AND CATHOLITIC CONVERTER I WAS CONCERNED IF FIR HAZARD. I ATTEMPTED TO DISCUSS MATTER WITH MERCEDES CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS PROMISED A RETURN CALL WHICH HAD NOT OCCURRED I BELIEVE THIS TYPE OF FAILURE IS A DANGEROUS FIRE HAZARD
- NHTSA ID
- 11300544
- Incident
- Jan 13, 2020
- Mileage
- 96,000 mi
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V004000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT MERCEDES-BENZ OF MANCHESTER (LOCATED AT 875 GOLD ST, MANCHESTER, NH 03103, (603) 669-6788) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
- NHTSA ID
- 11230526
- Incident
- Mar 1, 2019
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.