2006 DODGE SPRINTER 2500 Complaints

THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR AND SRS LOCKUP ASSEMBLY IN THE 2006 DODGE/ MERCEDES SPRINTER VAN IS PRONE TO COMPLETE FAILURE IN HOT CLIMATES. THE RETURN SPRING AND LOCKUP HOUSING IS MADE OF PLASTIC WHICH BECOMES DISFIGURED AND IS RENDERED INOPERABLE AND THEREFORE UNSAFE, LEAVING THE FRONT OCCUPANTS UNKNOWINGLY UNPROTECTED. MANY OWNERS HAVE REPLACED SRS RETRACTORS WITH AFTERMARKET BELTS. UNSUSPECTING OWNERS MUST BE NOTIFIED OF THIS IMPENDING FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE SPRINTER 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO USE THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED A FIRE HAD TAKEN PLACE IN THE CABIN OF THE AROUND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND AN INVESTIGATOR WAS SENT OUT TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 30,000.

FAULTY TURBO RESONATOR ON A MOTORHOME DODGE SPRINTER 2006 THE PROBLEM WITH THE POWER RESONATOR IS THAT THE SPEED IS SUDDENLY REDUCED AND OTHER VEHICLE BEHIND MUST BRAKE OR CHANGE IS SHORT NOTICE DUE TO THE REDUCED SPEED FORM AN AVERAGE OF 65 MILES TO 20 MILES IN NO TIME BECAUSE OF THE POWER FAILURE. THIS CONDITION HAPPENED TO ME E TIMES IN THE LAST 2 YEARS, FINALLY I CHANGED THE PLASTIC FAULTY RESONATOR FOR AN AFTERMARKET STRAIGHT ALUMINUM RESONATOR , BUT WITH THIS CHANGE NOW I HAVE MORE NOISE IN THE CABIN. *TR

I OWN A 2006 DODGE SPRINTER (IT'S ACTUALLY A WINNEBAGO VIEW MOTOR HOME MOUNTED ON THE DODGE SPRINTER (MERCEDES SPRINTER) CHASSIS. THE SPRINTER HAS A PLASTIC PART KNOWN AS A TURBO RESONATOR TO DAMPEN THE WHINE OF THE TURBOCHARGER. THIS PART HAS FAILED THREE TIMES IN A LITTLE OVER 20,000 MILES. I'M NOW PARKED AND WAITING FOR A REPLACEMENT PART SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE DRIVING HOME FROM A VACATION. I'VE DECIDED TO TRY TO REPLACE THE PART MYSELF, RATHER THAN DRIVE WITH LIMITED POWER AND SPEED TO A DODGE SPRINTER DEALER ABOUT 100 MILES AWAY. NOT ALL DODGE DEALERS SERVICE SPRINTERS. THE PART HAS ALWAYS BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE DODGE AND MERCEDES HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE WEAKNESS IN THIS PART. IT FAILS UNPREDICTABLY. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER AND SPEED. THIS WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. LEAVING JEKYLL ISLAND, GA., ON MONDAY, I HAD TO CLIMB A STEEP GRADE TO CROSS A BRIDGE. I COULD ONLY DRIVE 30 MPH. ON FLAT HIGHWAY, I COULD ONLY RUN 50 TO 60 MPH ON A HIGHWAY WITH A POSTED SPEED OF 65. FROM EVERYTHING I READ ON SPRINTER FORUMS, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. PLEASE INSIST THAT DODGE AND MERCEDES CORRECT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE LIVES ARE LOST. FRANKLY, THE PROBLEM IS SO COMMONLY KNOWN AMONG SPRINTER OWNERS, I'M SURPRISED THERE ALREADY HASN'T BEEN A RECALL. THE INCIDENT DATE IS ONLY THE LATEST SAGA. I'M GUESSING THAT I'VE HAD OTHER FAILURES AT ABOUT 10,000 MILES, 15,000 MILES AND NOW ABOUT 23,000 MILES. *TR

I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS A BIG SLOW MOVING TRUCK GOING UPHILL WHEN MY VAN SUDDENLY LOST POWER. ANOTHER 18 WHEELED TRUCK WAS BEHIND ME ALSO TRYING TO PASS THE SAME SLOW MOVING TRUCK WHICH WAS ON THE RIGHT LANE. THE TRUCK BEHIND ME HAD TO SLAM ON HIS BRAKES TO AVOID REAR-ENDING ME. I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE TRUCK WHICH I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS, PASSED ME SO I COULD GO BACK TO THE RIGHT LANE CAUSING IRATE MOTORISTS BEHIND ME AND CAUSING A LOT OF SAFETY CONCERNS. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I WAS TRAVELING WITH WIFE AND TWO KIDS. *TR

I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS A BIG SLOW MOVING TRUCK GOING UPHILL WHEN MY VAN SUDDENLY LOST POWER. ANOTHER 18 WHEELED TRUCK WAS BEHIND ME ALSO TRYING TO PASS THE SAME SLOW MOVING TRUCK WHICH WAS ON THE RIGHT LANE. THE TRUCK BEHIND ME HAD TO SLAM ON HIS BRAKES TO AVOID REAR-ENDING ME. I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE TRUCK WHICH I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS, PASSED ME SO I COULD GO BACK TO THE LEFT LANE CAUSING IRATE MOTORISTS BEHIND ME AND CAUSING A LOT OF SAFETY CONCERNS. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I WAS TRAVELING WITH WIFE AND TWO KIDS. *TR

WE BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2006 DODGE SPRINTER AND THE ENGINE JUST BLEW AT 115,000 MILES. THIS IS UNHEARD OF IN DIESEL ENGINES. THE VEHICLE WAS PLAGUED FROM THE START AND THE DEALERSHIP CLEARLY ADMITTED IT WAS "CURSED" AND WE SHOULD HAVE GOT MORE THAN 115,000 MILES OUT OF IT, YET NO ONE WANTS TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECTS. *TR

TURBO CHARGER RESONATOR FAILED X 2 VEHICLE TO GO NO FASTER THAN 30 MPH . THIS ON A SUPER HIGHWAY IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

REPEATED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. HEADLIGHTS TAILLIGHTS ETC. DEALER STATES IT IS FUSES & BULBS. VEHICLE CHECKED BY AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICIAN AND FUSES BULBS ETC OK. POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE WIRING. HAVE MADE NUMEROUS (5) ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT. RELATIVE ALSO OWNS SIMILAR VEHICLE WITH SAME PROBLEMS. *TR

2006 DODGE SPRINTER 2500 HC PASSENGER APPROX. 23K MILES, 2 YEARS OLD, UNDER CHRYSLER FULL WARRANTY 1. VEHICLE STOPS RUNNING ALTOGETHER WHILE IN DRIVE, TOTAL ENGINE CUT-OUT, BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON UPON SLOWING AT AN INTERSECTION, TURNING A CORNER AT SLOW RATE OF SPEED. YOU CAN PUT VAN IN NEUTRAL AND IMMEDIATELY RE-START IT AND IT RUNS FINE. 2. THIS TENDS TO HAPPEN ONLY IN HOT WEATHER, IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY WITH THE REAR A/C RUNNING FULL BLAST. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING RANDOMLY FOR 10 MONTHS OR MORE, BUT NEVER IN THE WINTER WHEN NOT RUNNING THE A/C. THERE IS NO WAY TO PREDICT IT. IT HAPPENED FOUR TIMES THIS WEEK, MANY TIMES OFF AND ON BEFORE THAT. THE VAN WILL TEND TO BE "SLUGGISH" SOMETIMES IN THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES WITHOUT DYING. 3. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CORRECT THIS FAILURE SINCE THIS SPRING. . THE DEALERS CANNOT FIX BECAUSE THEY CAN'T "DUPLICATE" THE ISSUE. OLATHE DODGE IN KS HAS LOOKED AT THIS SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE ONBOARD COMPUTER DOES NOT REGISTER A FAULT, SO THEY CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. THIS ISSUE IS NOT RESOLVED. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD TO OUR FAMILY AS THIS IS A HUGE PASSENGER VEHICLE THAT DIES WITHOUT NOTICE. *TR