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2012 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 Feb 18, 2021
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 May 18, 2020

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2012 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

Showing 1–2 of 2

Steering
Filed Feb 18, 2021

STEERING WANDERING SIDE TO SIDE WHILE IN MOTION

NHTSA ID
11396858
Incident
Feb 1, 2021
Mileage
160,000 mi
Engine
Filed May 18, 2020

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AUTO PART STORE WHERE THEY DID A FREE DIAGNOSTIC ON THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (CYLINDER 8 MISFIRE). REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS, MOVED THE COILS AROUND, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF FOR 2 DAY'S THEN CAME BACK ON. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. CAM SHAFT LIFTERS GOING BAD (CYLINDER 8 MISFIRE ON THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT), 155,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP IS ASKING $4,500 TO REPAIR. *TR

NHTSA ID
11324960
Incident
Mar 7, 2020
Mileage
155,000 mi

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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