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2004 Freightliner Sprinter problems

NHTSA lists 2 complaints for the 2004 Freightliner Sprinter, 0 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-07.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as FREIGHTLINER SPRINTER.

At a glance

Complaints
2
With crash
0
With fire
0
With injury (complaints)
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
Recalls
0
Do not drive recalls
0
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
Unavailable
Investigations
1
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
2

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
SystemComplaintsShare of this vehicle's complaints
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM150.0%
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING150.0%
Top subsystems
SystemSubsystemComplaints
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMWIRING1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGEXHAUST SYSTEM1

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags: This model year has not been tagged.

Recalls

0 recalls.

Investigations

1 investigations; 0 open.

PE04066

Opened: 2004-09-21. Closed: 2005-02-02.

TIRE VALVE FAILURE

ODI OPENED PE04-066 TO INVESTIGATE FIVE COMPLAINTS ALLEGING TIRE VALVE FAILURE IN MY 2003-04 SUBJECT VEHICLES.SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS ALLEGED MULTIPLE TIRE VALVE FAILURES FOR A SINGLE VEHICLE.ON DECEMBER 16, 2004, DAIMLERCHRYSLER MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (DCMI) NOTIFIED NHTSA OF A SAFETY DEFECT IN APPROXIMATELY 23,000 MY 2002-05 SPRINTER 2500 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TR-600 TIRE VALVES PRODUCED BY

Systems: TIRES.

Linked campaign numbers: 04V600000.

Manufacturer communications

2 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
SystemCount
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1

10057333

Date: 2015-07-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

FREIGHTLINER: INFORMATION REGARDING THE CASCADIA CABIN CAN ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNITS (ECU) SOFTWARE. *LJ UPDATED 8/25/15. *PE

10010562

Date: 2004-10-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION D44 - EGR VALVE. THIS COULD CAUSE LIMITED ENGINE OUTPUT AND VEHICLE SPEED AS WELL AS ILLUMINATION OF THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL). ALSO INCLUDE THE 2004 FREIGHTLINER SPRINTER. *TT

Notes on this record

  • Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
  • System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
  • Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
  • A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model labelComplaints
SPRINTER2

Same model, other years

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Other Freightliner models, 2004

Sources

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