SPRINTER Complaints

PART FAILED CAUSING INABILITY TO OPERATE AT SAFE SPEEDS ON HIGHWAY. PART IS CALLED "TURBO RESONATOR" AND HAS A REPUTATION AS A WEAK PART. SEVERAL OWNERS OF SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE HAVE HAD FAILURE. I SAVED THE DEFECTIVE PART. *NM

SECOND TURBO FAILURE LEADING TO LONG DRIVE IN LIMP HOME MODE. GPS MOVING AVERAGE SPEED OF 47 MPH. LOW SPEED OF 28 MPH. DISTANCE TO GET HOME THIS TIME 600+ MILES TOOK DEALER 15 DAYS TO REPAIR. FIRST REPAIR TOOK 10 DAYS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE IS A CRACK IN THE FUEL TANK. THE CRACK IS LOCATED WHERE THE OVERFLOW AND FUEL TANK CONNECT. WHILE FUELING THE VEHICLE, FUEL SPILLAGE OCCURS. FUEL IS ALSO LEAKING WHILE ENTERING CURVES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER DISCOVERED THE CRACK HOWEVER, NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRS.

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN SEMI TRUCKS DRIVE PAST VAN IT WIGGLES" BECAUSE OF THE FORCE OF THE AIR. THIS INTERFERES WITH THE HANDLING OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY ASKED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT HE DECLINED. *AK

2005 DODGE SPRINTER REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AFTER FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT- DEALER SAID FAULTY VALUE STEMS. DAMAGED REAR RIM AND HAD TO BUY TWO NEW TIRES AND RIM. ALMOST SAME OCCURANCE HAPPEN TO TWO OTHER SPRINTERS IN OUR FLEET. ALSO, WE HAVE TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS EVERY 12,000 MILES. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS ON THREE SPRINTERS DUE TO ROTORS SEPERATED FROM HUB. ONE 04 SPRINTER LOSES POWER FOR UNKNOWN REASON, AFTER STOP AND RESTART, POWER RETURNS-- DEALER IS CLUELESS. *NM

BRAKE FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING ROTOR DISK SPLIT FROM HUB REPLACE ROTOR DISK- WE OWN 5 SPRINTERS- THIS HAS HAPPEN ON 3 WITH LOW MILES - THE CALIPERS EXERT TOO MUCH FORCE ON THE VERY THIN ROTORS- THEY SPLIT FROM HUB WITHOUT ANY WARNING! *NM

MY VEHICLE (SPRINTER VAN) ROLLED AWAY - DOWN THE HILL, WHILE IN 'PARK' POSITION. *JB

DT: CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE SPRINTER 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THIS MOSTLY OCCURS WHILE THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, AND IT HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TIMES. ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO REPAIR VEHICLE, BUT IT WAS FOR DIFFERENT ISSUES. BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT THEY THOUGHT THE AUTO SERVICE DEPARTMENT FIXED THE VEHICLE, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. CONTACT'S WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS VEHICLE TRANSPORTED HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN AND DID NOT WANT TO SEE IT STALL INTERMITTENTLY. *AK WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF LIGHTS ON THE DASH, ABS LIGHT AND THE TRACK LIGHT ON THE DASH STAYS ON. CLOCKSPRING SENSOR AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE MODULE REPLACED. STALL OUTS CAUSED BY ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION LOCK VOLTAGE TOO HIGH. ACCELERATOR PEDAL REPLACED. *TT

DT: CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY IT WILL NOT SHIFT FROM 3RD GEAR TO 4TH GEAR. THE DEALER SAID IT COULD NOT BE FIXED UNTIL THE PROBLEM BECAME WORSE. THE CONSUMER COULD HEAR GRUMBLING AND GROWLING NOISES AND IT WAS GETTING WORSE. THE TRANSMISSION SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS NOT SURE OF WHAT GEAR IT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE IN.*AK

SRS LIGHT WENT ON INDICATING AIR BAG PROBLEM. TRUCK HAS 93K MILES. DEALER NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CENTRAL PART OF STEERING WHEEL HOLDING THE CABLE RUNNING TO THE AIRBAG.