Freightliner Sprinter 1500 2019–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin Initial NCU - 90 · NHTSA communication 10177237 · issued Jun 17, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2019–2020
model years
14
vehicle entries
Official summary
Swivel Seat Mercedes-Benz AG ( MBAG ), the manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner vans, has determined that on certain Sprinter vehicles from platform 907 (VS30) that are equipped with front swivel-seats, the electric cables in the seat wiring harness could become jammed and damaged in the swivel-seat frame. If electric cables in the wiring harness become jammed and damaged in the swivel-seat frame, the operation of the side airbag within the seat could be adversely affected which could cause the side airbag to deploy inadvertently or not deploy as designed in the event of a crash, inc
Vehicles covered
- 2019 Freightliner Sprinter 1500
- 2019 Freightliner Sprinter 2500
- 2019 Freightliner Sprinter 3500
- 2019 Freightliner Sprinter 4500
- 2019 Freightliner Sprinter (VS30)
- 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 1500
- 2020 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 1500
- 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500
- 2020 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500
- 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500
- 2020 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500
- 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4500
- 2020 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4500
- 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter (VS30)
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.