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Recall · 23V876000

Daimler Vans USA recalled 8 models over structure

387

Vehicles covered

8

Models

32

Model years

December 21, 2023

Filed with NHTSA

STRUCTURE:CRITICAL FASTENERS

The defect
Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2019-2023 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and 2019-2021 Freightliner Sprinter vehicles. The partition wall may be missing bolts, allowing the wall to detach during a crash.
What it can cause
A detached partition wall can increase the risk of injury.
What the dealer does
Dealers will inspect and secure the partition wall as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed February 16, 2024. Owners may contact DVUSA customer service at 1-877-762-8267. DVUSA's number for this recall is VS3TREWAN.
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 .

VehicleModel yearsSafety record
FreightlinerSprinter 15002019 to 2021Not published here
FreightlinerSprinter 25002019 to 2021Not published here
FreightlinerSprinter 35002019 to 2021Not published here
FreightlinerSprinter 45002019 to 2021Not published here
Mercedes-BenzSprinter 15002019 to 202320192021
Mercedes-BenzSprinter 25002019 to 202320192020202120222023
Mercedes-BenzSprinter 35002019 to 202320192020202120222023
Mercedes-BenzSprinter 45002019 to 20232019

How this campaign compares

At 387 vehicles this is a small campaign: 52% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.

Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the structure 37 times before this, most recently in December 2023 as 23V854000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.

This site holds the complaint record for 15 of the 32 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 359 complaints with NHTSA, 212 of them before this campaign was filed. 17 of those name the structure, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in February 2019, 4 years before this filing.

The vehicles on this campaign carry 47 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V725000 (structure), 24V930000 (electrical system), 24V517000 (suspension), 24V225000 (electrical system).

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, 2023 as campaign 23V876000. 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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