2014 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500 Electronic stability control Problems

“On: city street, in stop and go traffic. Upon pulling off from a dead stop, the vehicle began jerking, then accelerating uncontrollably. I could not slow the vehicle with the brakes. If I had not moved the gear selector to neutral, I would have hit the car in front of me. Abs, anti-skid, and traction warning lights came on, and I barely had enough power to pull off to a safe place. After sitting a few minutes, I was able to drive the vehicle safely to the dealer. …”

“At highway speed the vehicle suddenly shifted down and I noticed 3 yellow warning lights: ABS, esp, asr/bas. Fortunately, I was able to pull over. I phoned a mercedes dealer and was told it sounded like a faulty wheel speed sensor and that it was ok to drive with caution. A authorized sprinter repair center did diagnose the rear wheel speed sensor. $345.00 later the problem is fixed. The service manager said they see a lot of these. He said that the replacement sensor has a new part number which tells him that it has probably been improved. I hope so!”

“While driving about 30 miles per hour on a slightly bumpy road, three indicator lights on the dashboard started to show problems with the ABS, asr/bas, and ebd systems. According to the onboard diagnostics the root problem is a faulty right rear wheel speed sensor. This design seems to have put the wheel speed sensor in a dangerous position exposed to the elements, which causes it to degrade and stop working at a high rate.”

“Abs, traction control and stability control lights came on while going down the road. This obviously disabled all of the above functions. Cause of failure was verified to be a faulty lh wheel speed sensor by the repair shop.”

“Vehicle has had two speed sensors replaced, first one is the left rear at only 10,385 miles may 29th 2020. The second one on the right rear at 10,615 miles july 8th 2020. Dealers are aware of the sprinters having this issue yet there have been no recalls on this. As of this date total cost to get it operating safely again is $1018.93 ( parts and labor ) when these go out there is no warning while you are driving down the road which you then lose your ABS braking, traction control and stability control. After investigating this it is a known fact and has been for years. …”