Dodge Sprinter 2500, Dodge Sprinter 3500, Freightliner Sprinter 2500, Freightliner Sprinter 3500, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500, model years 2008 to 2011. Filed by Mercedes-Benz Usa, Llc - Dba Sprinter and reported to NHTSA on 30 March 2011. 3,437 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-benz is recalling certain model year 2008-2011 2500 and 3500 sprinter vehicles equipped with an optional three-seat bench in the passenger compartment. the seat benches in the second seating row may have been equipped with safety belts that do not meet the minimum requirements of federal motor vehicle safety …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Mercedes-Benz's own number for this recall: L17. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11V210 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 11V210 cover?
- Dodge Sprinter 2500, Dodge Sprinter 3500, Freightliner Sprinter 2500, Freightliner Sprinter 3500, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500, model years 2008-2011.
- What is wrong with them?
- MERCEDES-BENZ IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008-2011 2500 AND 3500 SPRINTER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN OPTIONAL THREE-SEAT BENCH IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SAFETY BELTS IN THESE VEHICLES MAY NOT PERFORM AS REQUIRED SUCH THAT A SEAT OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY OR DEATH IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. MERCEDES-BENZ WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE ANY SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES THAT DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 15, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MERCEDES-BENZ AT 843-695-5000.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Mercedes-Benz calls this recall L17, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SAFETY BELTS IN THESE VEHICLES MAY NOT PERFORM AS REQUIRED SUCH THAT A SEAT OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY OR DEATH IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11V210 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC - DBA SPRINTER |
| System at fault | Seat Belts |
| Reported to NHTSA | 30 March 2011 |
| Model years | 2008-2011 |
| Vehicles named | DODGE SPRINTER 2500, DODGE SPRINTER 3500, FREIGHTLINER SPRINTER 2500, FREIGHTLINER SPRINTER 3500, MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 2500, MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 3500 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SAFETY BELTS IN THESE VEHICLES MAY NOT PERFORM AS REQUIRED SUCH THAT A SEAT OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY OR DEATH IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH.
The remedy
MERCEDES-BENZ WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE ANY SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES THAT DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 15, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MERCEDES-BENZ AT 843-695-5000.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 451 notices in the record whose component field names seat belts. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 48 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Freightliner Sprinter 2500 recalls: 61 US campaigns
- Freightliner Sprinter 3500 recalls: 62 US campaigns
- Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Mercedes Benz Sprinter 3500 recalls: 3 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 11V210, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11v210/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 11V210 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
4264bf31 - Consequence
2f6e4a68 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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