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2003 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 Jan 20, 2013
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 Mar 21, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2003 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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Seat belts
Filed Jan 20, 2013

PASSENGER SEAT BELT KEPT LOCKING WHILE VAN WAS MOVING AND THEN WOULD NOT RETRACT AT ALL. DRIVER SIDE RETRACTS BUT VERY SLOWLY. *TR

NHTSA ID
10493560
Incident
Dec 21, 2012
Mileage
120,250 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Mar 21, 2011

2003 SPRINTER 3500 SHC, UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 WERE WESTBOUND ON THE TURNPIKE WHEN A SET OF DUAL TIRES CAME OFF UNIT 1 AND STRUCK UNIT 2. BOTH UNITS SUBSEQUENTLY PULL OVER ON THE NORTH SHOULDER. *BF THE LEFT REAR DUALS SHEERED OFF THE HUB. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0062-89)*JB UPDATED 03/29/11 *BF

NHTSA ID
10393173
Incident
Feb 17, 2011

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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