Recall · 21V152000
Daimler Vans USA recalled 8 models over service brakes, hydraulic
56,534
Vehicles covered
8
Models
16
Model years
March 10, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
- The defect
- Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and Freightliner Sprinter vehicles. The retaining washer and bolt that connect the brake pedal to the bearing block, may come loose and detach. This could cause the brake lights to stay illuminated, even when the brake pedal is not pressed.
- What it can cause
- Malfunctioning brake lights can fail to alert other motorists of the driver's intention, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- DVUSA will notify owners and dealers will secure a bearing bracket to brake pedal by retrofitting an additional retaining ring (with PNR A 907 994 01 00) at the bearing bracket of brake pedal, free of charge. DVUSA issued owners an interim notification on May 3, 2021. Owners may contact DVUSA customer service at 1-877-762-8267. DVUSA's number for this recall is VS3BREBOL.
- 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 56,534 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 89% 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 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Freightliner vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, hydraulic 15 times before this, most recently in January 2021 as 21V018000. 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, 35 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, 2 years 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 March 10, 2021 as campaign 21V152000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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