Dodge Sprinter 2500, Dodge Sprinter 3500, Freightliner Sprinter 2500, Freightliner Sprinter 3500, model years 2003 to 2006. Filed by Daimler Vans USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 17 November 2016. 17,501 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain model year 2003-2006 Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vans manufactured June 30, 2003, to August 31, 2006. The instrument cluster on the affected vehicles fails to illuminate the BRAKE warning lamp in the instrument cluster during the vehicle start up …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16V833 cover?
- Dodge Sprinter 2500, Dodge Sprinter 3500, Freightliner Sprinter 2500, Freightliner Sprinter 3500, model years 2003-2006.
- What is wrong with them?
- Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain model year 2003-2006 Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vans manufactured June 30, 2003, to August 31, 2006.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Without the BRAKE lamp illuminating during the vehicle start up bulb-function check, the driver has no confirmation that the lamp is working and therefore may not know whether or not the lamp will illuminate if the brake fluid level is low.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. DVUSA will notify owners, and DVUSA and Dodge dealers will correct the instrument cluster software, as necessary, free of charge. An interim notification was sent to owners on January 6, 2017. A second notice will be mailed to owners once the remedy becomes available.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “Without the BRAKE lamp illuminating during the vehicle start up bulb-function check, the driver has no confirmation that the lamp is working and therefore may not know whether or not the lamp will illuminate if the brake fluid level is low….”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V833 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Daimler Vans USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Instrument Cluster/Panel |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 November 2016 |
| Model years | 2003-2006 |
| Vehicles named | DODGE SPRINTER 2500, DODGE SPRINTER 3500, FREIGHTLINER SPRINTER 2500, FREIGHTLINER SPRINTER 3500 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Without the BRAKE lamp illuminating during the vehicle start up bulb-function check, the driver has no confirmation that the lamp is working and therefore may not know whether or not the lamp will illuminate if the brake fluid level is low. If the operator is unaware that the vehicle has low brake fluid, there would be an increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
DVUSA will notify owners, and DVUSA and Dodge dealers will correct the instrument cluster software, as necessary, free of charge. An interim notification was sent to owners on January 6, 2017. A second notice will be mailed to owners once the remedy becomes available. The recall began on July 27, 2017. Owners may contact DVUSA customer service at 1-770-705-2070.
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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 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
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16V833, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v833/
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.
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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 16V833 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
62cc6ec5 - Consequence
6168c820 - 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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