# NHTSA recall 16V261000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 16V261000
- Manufacturer: Daimler Vans USA, LLC
- Reported: 2016\-04\-29
- Owners notified: 2016\-09\-02
- Component: STRUCTURE:BODY
- Units potentially affected: 55

## What is wrong

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.


## What can happen

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.


## Notes

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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 7, for 2018 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-04\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 55
- Reported remedied: 13 \(23%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2015 FREIGHTLINER SPRINTER 2500](/makes/freightliner/sprinter/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-04\-01 to 2015\-10\-31. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2016 FREIGHTLINER SPRINTER 2500](/makes/freightliner/sprinter/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-04\-01 to 2015\-10\-31. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2015 FREIGHTLINER SPRINTER 3500](/makes/freightliner/sprinter/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-04\-01 to 2015\-10\-31. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2016 FREIGHTLINER SPRINTER 3500](/makes/freightliner/sprinter/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-04\-01 to 2015\-10\-31. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2015 MERCEDES\-BENZ SPRINTER 2500](/makes/mercedes-benz/sprinter/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-04\-01 to 2015\-10\-31. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2016 MERCEDES\-BENZ SPRINTER 2500](/makes/mercedes-benz/sprinter/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-04\-01 to 2015\-10\-31. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2015 MERCEDES\-BENZ SPRINTER 3500](/makes/mercedes-benz/sprinter/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-04\-01 to 2015\-10\-31. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2016 MERCEDES\-BENZ SPRINTER 3500](/makes/mercedes-benz/sprinter/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-04\-01 to 2015\-10\-31. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [LI68.30\-N\-059117](/bulletins/10135623.md), 2018-05-07, Service bulletin
- [12\-040](/bulletins/10126809.md), 2018-01-05, Service bulletin
- [14TS5](/bulletins/10126778.md), 2018-01-05, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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