Recall · 20V802000
Daimler Vans USA recalled 8 models over service brakes, hydraulic
9,094
Vehicles covered
8
Models
16
Model years
December 21, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
- The defect
- Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and Freightliner Sprinter vehicles equipped with electric parking brakes. The rear brake calipers may leak brake fluid into the housing of the electric parking brake connected to the rear axle service brake system, allowing air to enter the hydraulic brake system.
- What it can cause
- Air in the brake system can result in extended brake pedal travel, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- DVUSA will replace the rear brake calipers, free of charge. Owners notification letters were mailed on January 4, 2022. Owners may contact DVUSA customer service at 1-877-762-8267. DVUSA's number for this recall is VS3BREPB.
- 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 9,094 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 79% 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.
Freightliner vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, hydraulic 12 times before this, most recently in May 2018 as 18V353000. 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, 29 of them before this campaign was filed. 5 of those name the service brakes, hydraulic, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. 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 December 21, 2020 as campaign 20V802000. 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 2020-12-21.
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