SPRINTER Complaints

A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED REQUIRED REPAIR THE DAY AFTER PURCHASE. ONE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT REPAIR IT AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS. THE SELLING DEALERSHIP WORKED ON IT FOR 2 WEEKS, ATTEMPTED TO RELEASE IT, BUT COULD NOT DUE TO ENGINE LIGHT AND SHAKING ALL OVER. TWO WEEKS LATER, RELEASED, SEEMINGLY OKAY. THE FOLLOWING DAY CRASHED WHILE EMPLOYEE HAD BOTH FEET ON BRAKES. POLICE STATED DUE TO UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *AK

I OWN 3 SPRINTERS. ALL 3 HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE INJECTORS LEAKING. THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE DEALERSHIP. CHRYSLER REFUSED TO ADMIT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE SPRINTER 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVE SHAFT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE UNIVERSAL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 105,000.

MY NEW MOTOR HOME , SPRINTER CHASSIS, SUDDENLY LOST POWER WHEN DRIVING ON FREEWAY, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. IT WAS TOWED TO DODGE DEALER IN THOUSAND OAKS CITY, RESULT WAS A FAILURE OF A TURBO RESONATOR. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG THESE VEHICLES, AND DODGE FAILED TO ADMIT IT TO ISSUE A RECALL.*AK

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING 50-60 MPH. NO ACCELERATION DESPITE DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO FLOOR. VEHICLE TOWED 15 MILES TO AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE TURBO RESONATOR WAS REPLACED. *JB

BEFORE I TOOK MY VEHICLE FOR ITS 6,000 CHECK UP OIL CHANGE. I BEGAN EXPERIENCING A LOT OF SHAKING IN THE WHEEL AND BRAKES. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP OF THIS ISSUE DURING THE 6K CHECK. THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS MY TIRE PRESSURE. A WEEK AND A HALF LATER I TOOK IT BACK TO DARCARS. THEN THEY INFORMED ME ONE TIRE HAD TOO MUCH AIR IN IT. THEN I TOOK IT BACK AGAIN THEY STATES THE ROTORS WHERE WORN BECAUSE I LET THE CAR SIT TOO LONG(???????????????) THAT WAS ONLY AFTER I WENT FOR A TEST DRIVE WITH THE SHOP MANAGER AND I TOLD HIM THRU CONVERSATION I DON'T DRIVE THE CAR THAT MUCH. SO, THEN THEY TURNED THE ROTORS WHICH I DEMANDED TO MEASUREMENT DOCUMENTED BEFORE AND AFTER THE WORK WAS DONE. THEN IT WAS THE SAME THING AFTERWARDS I CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEN THEY CONTACTED DARCARS. THEN DARCARS MANAGER BOB TELLS ME THAT A TSB IS COMING OUT FOR BUSHINGS FOR THE BRAKES ON THE CHARGER AND THAT THE PARTS WILL BE IN AT THE END OF THE MONTH . MEANWHILE, THEY WILL CHANGE THE ROTORS (LET ME GUESS NOT THE PADS)AFTER THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD A THING FROM DARCARS OR DAIMLER BUT A CALL FROM DARCARS CUSTOMER SERVICE NOT THE MANAGEMENT. WELL YESTERDAY I WAS LEAVING WORK AND I BEGAN TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH THE WINDOW DOWN AND MUSIC DOWN. I HEAR SINGING NOISE FROM MY CAR. I AM TRULY DISTURBED. I NOTICED THAT DARCARS DODGE IN LANHAM, MARYLAND AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER WASTED NO TIME CASHING THE CHECK FOR MY CAR WHEN I PURCHASED IT. I WANT TO TAKE MY CAR TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP THAT IS ALMOST A HOUR AWAY. I FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED WITH A DEMO TO USE WHILE THEY FIX MY CAR. CAN I GET A NEW CAR ? *TR

FAILURE OF GLUE HOLDING TOGETHER THE TURBO RESINATOR. CAUSED 1996 DODGE SPRINTER VAN TO GO INTO ENGINE MALFUNCTION MODE. VEHICLE SPEED DROPPED TO 40 MPH. I HAD TO DRIVE 120 MILES ON THE INTERSTATE TO GET TO A SERVICE FACILITY AT 40 MPH. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO STEEP UPHILL GRADES, OR THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWER AT A SPEED NOT ALLOWED ON THE INTERSTATE IN OKLAHOMA.*AK

(1) WITHOUT WARNING SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. HAD TO DRIVE A TOTAL OF OVER 200 MILES ON REDUCED POWER TO GET HOME. (2) 2006 DODGE SPRINTER CHASSIS MOTORHOME WITH MERCEDES BENZ 2.7L 5-CYL TURBO DIESEL ENGINE, TURBO RESONATOR SPLIT AT SEAM, CAUSING TURBO SHUTDOWN, AND MAXIMUM SPEED OF 30-40 MPH AND NO POWER ON ANY HILLS. FAILURE ON A HILL OR FREEWAY COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT! (3) DEALER HAS REPLACED RESONATOR TWICE AT NO CHARGE. WE'RE SEEKING A METAL REPLACEMENT PART THAT WON'T VOID THE WARRANTY.

THE TRUCK LOST POWER SUDDENLY AND THE SPEED REDUCED FROM 62 TO 35 TOTALLY OUT OF MY CONTROL. THIS OCCURRED ON I95 IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE PROBLEM WAS A FAILED TURBO RESONATOR. *NM

TURBO RESONATOR FAILURE WHICH IMMEDIATELY REDUCES POWER AND SPEED MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CLIMB AN EXIT RAMP TO LEAVE THE HIGHWAY. *NM