The 2014 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 has 5 recalls, the most serious being a risk that both the driver and front passenger airbag inflators can rupture during deployment, sending metal fragments into the cabin and potentially causing serious injury or death.
A third airbag recall covers vehicles built without a reinforcement plate and protective bracket on the airbag control unit, which can cause secondary airbags to fail to deploy in a crash, reducing occupant protection. On certain custom conversion vans built on this chassis, a fire extinguisher may not function properly, leaving occupants without a working means to suppress a fire. There is also a structural concern on vehicles built between late May and early August 2014: an aluminum document holder mounted on the cab partition can become a strike hazard for any unbelted occupant in a collision.