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Freightliner if the manual turn-switch that activates the vehicle lights is turned quickly from one lighting position to another, the brightness of the taillights can be significantly reduced or could switch off completely.

NHTSA campaign 19V-591 · Reported August 12, 2019 · 8,243 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Freightliner Sprinter and Sprinter
VEHICLES AFFECTED
8,243
REMEDY
MBUSA will notify owners, and Mercedes-Benz or Freightliner Sprinter dealers will update the body control unit software, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Daimler Vans USA, LLC reported a problem with the tail lights switch. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

If the manual turn-switch that activates the vehicle lights is turned quickly from one lighting position to another, the brightness of the taillights can be significantly reduced or could switch off completely.

WHY IT MATTERS

Reduced taillight visibility increases the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

MBUSA will notify owners, and Mercedes-Benz or Freightliner Sprinter dealers will update the body control unit software, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 19V-591.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2019Freightliner Sprinter
2019Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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