Sprinter Structure: Roof and Pillars

Sprinter is recalling about 108 vehicles over a problem with the structure. This could increase the risk of injury to front seat occupants during certain crash conditions.

Campaign
04V099000
Manufacturer
DAIMLERCHRYSLER MANUFACTURING INTL
Reported
25 February 2004
Vehicles
108
Built between
Oct 2003 – Dec 2003
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
7 April 2004
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between October 2003 and December 2003. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2004 Sprinter C2500Built October 2003 to December 2003
  • 2004 Sprinter C3500Built October 2003 to December 2003

What the defect is

Certain cargo vehicles, equipped with an option for retrofitting with a partition wall, fail to comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 201, "occupant protection in interior impact." the interior roof foam inserts may not have been installed.

What could happen

This could increase the risk of injury to front seat occupants during certain crash conditions.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL INSTALL ROOF FOAM INSERTS IF FOUND MISSING. THIS RECALL BEGAN APRIL 7, 2004.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtOctober 2003 to December 2003
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA25 February 2004
  3. Owners notified7 April 2004

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 25 February 2004.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners should contact daimlerchrysler at 1-800-853-1403.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
D12
Recalling manufacturer
DAIMLERCHRYSLER MANUFACTURING INTL
Safety standard
FMVSS 201
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Daimlerchrysler recall no. D12.CUSTOMERS can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

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