Insufficient Pedestrian Warning Sound/FMVSS 141

Affected vehicles (1)

Component / system

Defect

Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2025 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter vehicles. The vehicles fail to make sufficient pedestrian warning sounds when in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 141, "Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles."

Risk / consequence

Insufficient pedestrian warning sounds may fail to alert pedestrians of an approaching vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy

Dealers will update the software for the pedestrian warning sounds, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 27, 2026. Owners may contact DVUSA customer service at 1-877-762-8267. DVUSA's number for this recall is V3EAVASOU. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning February 20, 2026.

Chronology of events

1. April 2025

   In April 2025, during a routine model year quality test, MBAG identified a deviation with the sound emitted by the pedestrian alert sound. Subsequently, MBAG began to analyze the nature and root cause of the issue. These analyses were conducted during summer 2025, including reference measurements with comparable vehicles equipped with different U.S./Canada software versions. These measurements revealed that, although the pedestrian alert sound is emitted at all times while driving in reverse, in certain vehicles, the minimum volume level might not be met. Subsequently, various country-specific software versions were analyzed and compared. It was found that certain vehicles might have been equipped with a software version in which the country-specific adaptation for USA/Canada had not yet been implemented.

Notification schedule

Dealer notification

Feb 27, 2026 - Feb 27, 2026 No Dealers

Owner notification

Apr 24, 2026 - Apr 24, 2026 Phased Recall