Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500, Mercedes Benz Sprinter 3500, model year 2015. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC - DBA Sprinter and reported to NHTSA on 10 February 2015. 5,586 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC - DBA Sprinter (Sprinter) is recalling certain model year 2015 Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vehicles manufactured July 1, 2014, to October 14, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the abutting wedge, a component attached to the door jamb to make opening the door easier after a severe frontal impact, may …
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Sprinter's own number for this recall: 2015020004. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V082 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 15V082 cover?
- Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500, Mercedes Benz Sprinter 3500, model year 2015.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC - DBA Sprinter (Sprinter) is recalling certain model year 2015 Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vehicles manufactured July 1, 2014, to October 14, 2014.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If a vehicle that has an incorrectly installed abutting wedge is involved in a severe frontal accident, a greater force may be necessary to open the doors, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Sprinter will notify owners, and dealers will check the installation of the abutting wedge, correcting it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began in March 2015. Owners may contact Sprinter customer service at 1-877-762-8267.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Sprinter calls this recall 2015020004, 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: “If a vehicle that has an incorrectly installed abutting wedge is involved in a severe frontal accident, a greater force may be necessary to open the doors, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V082 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC - DBA Sprinter |
| System at fault | Structure:Body:Door |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 February 2015 |
| Model years | 2015-2015 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES BENZ SPRINTER 2500, MERCEDES BENZ SPRINTER 3500 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If a vehicle that has an incorrectly installed abutting wedge is involved in a severe frontal accident, a greater force may be necessary to open the doors, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Sprinter will notify owners, and dealers will check the installation of the abutting wedge, correcting it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began in March 2015. Owners may contact Sprinter customer service at 1-877-762-8267.
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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Mercedes Benz Sprinter 3500 recalls: 3 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 15V082, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v082/
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.
Other Sprinter notices we hold
- 11V324: MODEL YEAR 2011 SPRINTER 2500
- 11V323: MODEL YEAR 2011 SPRINTER 3500
- 10V642: MODEL YEAR 2010-2011 FREIGHTLINER 2500 SPRINTER AND MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER
- 10V294: MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010
All 5 Sprinter campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 15V082 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
b574d6ca - Consequence
06d98e07 - 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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