2008 Dodge Sprinter 2500 Problems

The recalls are for 2016-2015 airbags component. I had called every dodge dealership within my 50miles distance and mercedes benz and they dont have the part to perform the repair or they mention they have no space for the vehicle. There never been any accidents. Its just a recall from Mercedes/mopar

I have a Mercedes Sprinter Van that has a Dodge Vin number and no one wants to provide the replacement of the Airbag in the vehicle. Mercedes says its a Dodge and the Dodge Dealership in Freehold said they can not work on it since it has a Mercedes Emblem on it.

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Sprinter 2500. The contact stated that on several occasions while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle lost motive power. The contact stated that on one occasion, while driving 60 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power and decelerated to 40 MPH, almost causing a crash. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed and determined that the EGR valve had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 98,000.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN HOSPITAL PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS. LEFT HOSPITAL AND WHILE TRYING TO START VEHICLE THE DASHBOARD INFORMATION CENTER INDICATED A NO START CONDITION. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CRANK. THINKING MY KEY WAS FAULTY, I TRIED MY WIFE'S KEY. SAME RESULT. NO CRANK. DASHBOARD DISPLAYED "START ERROR". AN ATTACHED DEVICE BY GARMIN THAT READS THE COMPUTER BUS AND COMMUNICATES TO THE GARMIN GPS HAD NO ILLUMINATION OF IT'S COMMUNICATIONS ESTABLISHED CONFIDENCE LIGHT.. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS COLD I ACTIVATED THE AUXILLARY HEATER FOR WARRANTY. MY WIFE AND I SAT THERE FOR 15 MINUTES MAKING PHONE CALLS AND TRYING TO GET HELP. THE CABIN HAD WARMED UP SOME AND I TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN. I WAS SUCCESSFUL. IN TRYING TO RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM ON THE SPRINTER USER FORUMS, I FOUND REFERENCE TO A SCREEM MODULE HAVING TO DO WITH VEHICLE SECURITY. OTHER USERS ATTRIBUTED THIS CONDITION TO A "COLD SOLDER JOINT" IN THE MODULE. REPLACING THIS MODULE REQUIRES REPROGRAMMING THE SMART KEYS. A SUBSTANTIAL COST. *TR

DODGE SPRINTER 2500 CONVERTED TO RECREATIONAL VEHICLE BY WINNEBAGO (2010 WINNEBAGO ERA). ON MAY 11, 2018 AFTER DRIVING FOR ~4 HOURS, PARKED IN CAMPSITE. IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT FIRE UNDER DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR IN BATTERY COMPARTMENT. FIRE SPREAD UNDER DASH, UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH WITH ONBOARD FIRE EXTINGUISHER. FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED BLAZE AFTER ENTIRE DASH MELTED.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN HOSPITAL PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS. LEFT HOSPITAL AND WHILE TRYING TO START VEHICLE THE DASHBOARD INFORMATION CENTER INDICATED A NO START CONDITION. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CRANK. THINKING MY KEY WAS FAULTY, I TRIED MY WIFE'S KEY. SAME RESULT. NO CRANK. DASHBOARD DISPLAYED "START ERROR". AN ATTACHED DEVICE BY GARMIN THAT READS THE COMPUTER BUS AND COMMUNICATES TO THE GARMIN GPS HAD NO ILLUMINATION OF IT'S COMMUNICATIONS ESTABLISHED CONFIDENCE LIGHT.. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS COLD I ACTIVATED THE AUXILLARY HEATER FOR WARRANTY. MY WIFE AND I SAT THERE FOR 15 MINUTES MAKING PHONE CALLS AND TRYING TO GET HELP. THE CABIN HAD WARMED UP SOME AND I TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN. I WAS SUCCESSFUL. IN TRYING TO RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM ON THE SPRINTER USER FORUMS, I FOUND REFERENCE TO A SCREEM MODULE HAVING TO DO WITH VEHICLE SECURITY. OTHER USERS ATTRIBUTED THIS CONDITION TO A "COLD SOLDER JOINT" IN THE MODULE. REPLACING THIS MODULE REQUIRES REPROGRAMMING THE SMART KEYS. A SUBSTANTIAL COST. *TR

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN HOSPITAL PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS. LEFT HOSPITAL AND WHILE TRYING TO START VEHICLE THE DASHBOARD INFORMATION CENTER INDICATED A NO START CONDITION. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CRANK. THINKING MY KEY WAS FAULTY, I TRIED MY WIFE'S KEY. SAME RESULT. NO CRANK. DASHBOARD DISPLAYED "START ERROR". AN ATTACHED DEVICE BY GARMIN THAT READS THE COMPUTER BUS AND COMMUNICATES TO THE GARMIN GPS HAD NO ILLUMINATION OF IT'S COMMUNICATIONS ESTABLISHED CONFIDENCE LIGHT.. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS COLD I ACTIVATED THE AUXILLARY HEATER FOR WARRANTY. MY WIFE AND I SAT THERE FOR 15 MINUTES MAKING PHONE CALLS AND TRYING TO GET HELP. THE CABIN HAD WARMED UP SOME AND I TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN. I WAS SUCCESSFUL. IN TRYING TO RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM ON THE SPRINTER USER FORUMS, I FOUND REFERENCE TO A SCREEM MODULE HAVING TO DO WITH VEHICLE SECURITY. OTHER USERS ATTRIBUTED THIS CONDITION TO A "COLD SOLDER JOINT" IN THE MODULE. REPLACING THIS MODULE REQUIRES REPROGRAMMING THE SMART KEYS. A SUBSTANTIAL COST. *TR

WE PURCHASED A 2008 DODGE SPRINTER NEW IN 2008. SPRINTER VANS WERE PRODUCED WHEN MERCEDES OWNED CHRYSLER. THESE VANS WERE IMPORTED BY MERCEDES DURING THIS PERIOD BECAUSE DODGE DID NOT HAVE A VAN OF ITS OWN. OUR COMPLAINT IS THAT NOW THAT MERCEDES AND DODGE HAVE SPLIT, DODGE HAS TOLD ME THAT SINCE DODGE DOES NOT HAVE A SPRINTER MECHANIC TECH IN MONTANA (WHERE WE LIVE) THAT THEY CAN NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND THUS CAN NOT HELP WITH THE PROBLEM-- THUS EFFECTIVELY DENYING WARRANTY COVERAGE. I HAVE TAKEN THE SPRINTER TO A MERCEDES SPRINTER QUALIFIED REPAIR SHOW AND THEY HAVE DIAGNOSED A FAULTY EGR VALVE WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW THE TURBO TO WORK THUS GREATLY REDUCING POWER AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING THE ENGINE AND EXHAUST. MERCEDES WILL NATURALLY NOT HONOR DODGE'S WARRANTY. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS YEAR EGR VALVE HOWEVER SOMEHOW WE MISSED THE RECALL AND IT HAS NOW ENDED HOWEVER THIS SHOULD NOT EFFECT OUR VEHICLE WARRANTY. I HAVE SPOKEN TWICE TO DODGE'S CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY CAN NOT HELP. I HAVE E-MAILED THE CENTER ASKING DODGE TO HONOR THEIR WARRANTY AND RECEIVED AN E-AUTOMATED RESPONSE STATING THAT DODGE WILL RESPOND WITHIN ONE WORKING DAY HOWEVER THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED AND I HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE IN THREE DAYS. *TR

MY SPRINTER DEVELOPED A LEAK IN THE ROOF IN 2011. WATER WOULD COLLECT IN THE OEM ROOF MOUNTED A/C UNIT, THEN LEAK INTO THE CABIN WHEN I STARTED TO DRIVE . THE QUANTITY OF WATER THAT WOULD FLOW THROUGH THE UNIT BACK INTO THE PASSENGER CABIN WAS APPROX 2-3 CUPS OF WATER, DEPENDED ON HOW MUCH RAIN WATER ACCUMULATED. I HAD THIS REPAIRED IN SEPT 2012 BY MERCEDES BENZ OF CHICAGO, FOR THE COST OF $1285. THIS WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THEY SAID THE SEAL WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS ALLOWING WATER BACK INTO THE CABIN. MOST OF THE COST WAS FOR LABOR, THE SEAL WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN, AS THE ROOF FLEXES CAUSING IT TO EVENTUALLY CRACK AND BREAK. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING/ENGINEERING DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE SRPINTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT BECAME EXTREMELY HOT DUE TO THE HEATED SEAT FEATURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE DEALER STATED THAT A CONDUCTOR WITHIN THE SEAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE SPRINTER 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FAIL ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD BECOME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED THAT HE NEEDED TO CHANGE THE BULBS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE HEADLIGHT AND BRAKE BULBS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE SEEMED TO RECUR EVERY TWO MONTHS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 18,000.

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING N ON N LINCOLN, O'FALLON, IL BETWEEN 20-30 MPH. WENT OVER BRIDGE AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. DUE TO THE SPEED OF TRAVEL, WAS ABLE TO STOP. DRIVER FOUND RIGHT FRONT TIRE PERPENDICULAR TO THE VEHICLE.THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY. REPAIR FACILITY FOUND RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD END HAD FAILED COMPLETELY-THE BALL HAD COME OUT OF THE SOCKET.

THE ESP DASH LIGHT CAME ON WHILE LEAVING PARKING STALL, THE SPRINTER SHIFTED HARD DOWN TO FIRST AND WOULD NOT SHIFT. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED NOW THE VEHICLE WAS IN HIGH GEAR AND WOULD NOT SHIFT DRIVING ON CITY STREET. I DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE 1/2 MI. AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, LET IT SIT FOR A MINUTE OR SO AND RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE DROVE FINE FOR A MILE OR SO THEN THE ESP DASH LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, NO ISSUES WITH SHIFTING THIS TIME. THE NEXT DAY WHILE DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET THE ESP LIGHT DID NOT COME ON FOR A 1/4 MILE WHEN IT DID THERE WAS NO SHIFTING ISSUE. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED AND THE LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON FOR SEVERAL MILES ON CITY STREETS AND ONE STOP AND RESTART AT FUEL STATION.

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Sprinter 2500. The contact stated that while self-inspecting the vehicle, he noticed that both rear axles were detached. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who informed the contact that both rear springs had a cracked eye on the rear axles. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to the NTSA Campaign Number: 08V347000 (Suspension). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 224,000.

THE ESP DASH LIGHT CAME ON WHILE LEAVING PARKING STALL, THE SPRINTER SHIFTED HARD DOWN TO FIRST AND WOULD NOT SHIFT. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED NOW THE VEHICLE WAS IN HIGH GEAR AND WOULD NOT SHIFT DRIVING ON CITY STREET. I DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE 1/2 MI. AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, LET IT SIT FOR A MINUTE OR SO AND RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE DROVE FINE FOR A MILE OR SO THEN THE ESP DASH LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, NO ISSUES WITH SHIFTING THIS TIME. THE NEXT DAY WHILE DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET THE ESP LIGHT DID NOT COME ON FOR A 1/4 MILE WHEN IT DID THERE WAS NO SHIFTING ISSUE. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED AND THE LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON FOR SEVERAL MILES ON CITY STREETS AND ONE STOP AND RESTART AT FUEL STATION.