Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 1500, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4500, model years 2019 to 2020. Filed by Daimler Vans USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 10 March 2021. 56 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Mercedes Benz Sprinter vehicles equipped with an optional electric sliding door. The auxiliary lock on the sliding door may be the incorrect type for an electric sliding door. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor …
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: VS3SCHIEBT. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V153 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 21V153 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 1500, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4500, model years 2019-2020.
- What is wrong with them?
- Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Mercedes Benz Sprinter vehicles equipped with an optional electric sliding door. The auxiliary lock on the sliding door may be the incorrect type for an electric sliding door.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- In the event of a crash, the sliding door could dislocate more than intended, and increase the risk of injury to vehicle occupants.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. DVUSA will notify owners, and dealers will convert the sliding door from electric to manual function, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 20, 2023. Owners may contact DVUSA customer service at 1-877-762-8267. DVUSA's number for this recall is VS3SCHIEBT.
- 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 VS3SCHIEBT, 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 sliding door could dislocate more than intended, and increase the risk of injury to vehicle occupants.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V153 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Daimler Vans USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Latches/Locks/Linkages:Doors:Lock |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 March 2021 |
| Model years | 2019-2020 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 1500, MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 2500, MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 3500, MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 4500 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
In the event of a crash, the sliding door could dislocate more than intended, and increase the risk of injury to vehicle occupants.
The remedy
DVUSA will notify owners, and dealers will convert the sliding door from electric to manual function, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 20, 2023. Owners may contact DVUSA customer service at 1-877-762-8267. DVUSA's number for this recall is VS3SCHIEBT.
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 237 notices in the record whose component field names latches/locks/linkages. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 49 days.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 1500 recalls: 55 US campaigns
- Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Mercedes Benz Sprinter 3500 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4500 recalls: 54 US campaigns
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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 21V153 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
e6b93cb1 - Consequence
30008198 - 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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