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2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 3500 — Complaint #1751164

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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT filed June 8, 2021

NHTSA complaint #1751164 (ODI reference 11420107) concerns a 2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 3500 and was filed on June 8, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 6, 2021. The vehicle had 3,400 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:body:hood:hinge and attachments:support device/strut, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 1, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 3500 cohort independently describe similar structure:body:hood:hinge and attachments:support device/strut failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 3500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 3500
Component
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT
Injuries
1
State
Ohio
Mileage
3,400 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500. The contact stated while the vehicle was stationary, the contact was inspecting under the hood of the vehicle. The grommets under the hood detached and the hood fell and struck the contact on the head. The contact sustained bruising on the right arm which did not require medical attention. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 3,400.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1751164
ODI Number 11420107
Date Filed June 8, 2021
Failure Date June 6, 2021
VIN WDAPF4CD6KN

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.