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2009 Dodge Sprinter 3500 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Mar 6, 2026
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Oct 27, 2016

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2009 Dodge Sprinter 3500. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Airbags
Filed Mar 6, 2026

The contact owns a 2009 Dodge Sprinter 3500. The contact had recently read online about two recalls for the driver’s and passenger’s side air bags. The contact confirmed that the VIN was included in the recalls. The contact called a local Dodge dealer and was referred to a local Mercedes-Benz dealer. Several Dodge and Mercedes-Benz dealers were contacted, but neither dealer was willing to perform the recall repair. The contact called the manufacturers and was informed that the dealers were unable to perform the recall repairs. The contact called an independent mechanic to replace the air bags and was informed that the parts to replace the air bags were no longer being manufactured. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure.

NHTSA ID
11722560
Incident
Feb 23, 2026
Airbags
Filed Apr 3, 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE SPRINTER 3500. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V077000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS), THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIR BAGS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

NHTSA ID
10970078
Incident
Mar 30, 2017
Airbags
Filed Oct 27, 2016

TAMARA RECALL APPROPRIATE PARTS FOR REPAIR ARE DELAYED

NHTSA ID
10919248
Incident
Oct 1, 2015

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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