Recall · 21V513000
Daimler Vans USA recalled 9 models over seat belts
1,514
Vehicles covered
9
Models
9
Model years
July 7, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR
- The defect
- Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2021 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Metris, and Freightliner Sprinter vehicles equipped with Automatic Locking Retractor (ALR) seat belt assemblies. The seat belt automatic locking retractors may deactivate early, which can prevent the child restraint system from securing properly. As such, these assemblies fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- What it can cause
- An unsecured child restraint system can increase the risk of injury during a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the seat belt assemblies, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on December 21, 2021. Owners may contact DVUSA's customer service at 1-877-762-8267.
- 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.nhtsa.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 | 2021 | Not published here |
| FreightlinerSprinter 2500 | 2021 | Not published here |
| FreightlinerSprinter 3500 | 2021 | Not published here |
| FreightlinerSprinter 4500 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzMetris | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzSprinter 1500 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Mercedes-BenzSprinter 2500 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Mercedes-BenzSprinter 3500 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Mercedes-BenzSprinter 4500 | 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1,514 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 63% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 18 times before this, most recently in June 2021 as 21V483000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 3 of the 9 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 62 complaints with NHTSA, 1 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the seat belts, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 21 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V463000 (equipment), 24V930000 (electrical system), 23V876000 (structure), 23V875000 (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 July 7, 2021 as campaign 21V513000. 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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