Daimler Vans USA, LLC: Structure › Body
Daimler Vans USA, LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 29, 2016 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 55. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Mercedes Benz and Freightliner Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vehicles manufactured April 1, 2015, to October 31, 2015. The affected vehicles may have had multiple layers of paint applied, and as a result, in a crash, the windows may separate from the vehicle when the outer layer of paint peels from the layer below.
The risk
If the windows separate from the vehicle in a crash, the occupants are at a greater risk of injury.
The remedy
DVUSA will notify owners, and dealers will remove the windows and inspect the paintwork, repainting the vehicles as necessary, free of charge. This recall began August 4, 2016. Owners may contact DVUSA customer service at 1-770-705-2070.
8 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Freightliner Sprinter 2500 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Freightliner Sprinter 3500 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500 | 62 | 16 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 Freightliner Sprinter 2500 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Freightliner Sprinter 3500 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500 | 37 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 16V261000.
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