Recall · 20V595000
Daimler Vans USA recalled 8 models over fuel system, gasoline
4,010
Vehicles covered
8
Models
16
Model years
September 29, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
- The defect
- Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling 2019-2020 Mercedes Benz and Freightliner Sprinters. The fuel line clamps may loosen and result in a fuel leak.
- What it can cause
- A fuel leak can increase the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- DVUSA will notify owners, and dealers will check the fuel hose clamp connections and tighten or replace the components as needed, free of charge. DVUSA issued owners an interim notification on November 9, 2020. The recall began January 19, 2021. Owners may contact DVUSA customer service at 1-877-762-8267. DVUSA's number for this recall is VS3SCHELLE.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| FreightlinerSprinter 1500 | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| FreightlinerSprinter 2500 | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| FreightlinerSprinter 3500 | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| FreightlinerSprinter 4500 | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzSprinter 1500 | 2019 to 2020 | 2019 |
| Mercedes-BenzSprinter 2500 | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| Mercedes-BenzSprinter 3500 | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| Mercedes-BenzSprinter 4500 | 2019 to 2020 | 2019 |
How this campaign compares
At 4,010 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 72% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the fuel system, gasoline 9 times before this, most recently in August 2020 as 20V453000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 8 of the 16 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 216 complaints with NHTSA, 10 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in February 2019, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 32 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V930000 (electrical system), 23V876000 (structure), 23V875000 (structure), 23V874000 (structure).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Daimler Vans USA, LLC with NHTSA on September 29, 2020 as campaign 20V595000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2020-09-29.
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