2008 Dodge SPRINTER 2500: complaints, problems and recalls

2008 DODGE SPRINTER W/DIESEL ENGINE HAS HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING. PROBLEM BEGAN AFTER ABOUT 10000 MILES OF DRIVING. BECAUSE OF THE STALLING WHEN CROSSING INTERSECTIONS I'VE HAD SEVERAL NEAR COLLISIONS. ALSO WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPLIGHT I'VE ALMOST HAD PEOPLE REAR END ME. THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED WHEN THE EGR VALVE WAS REPLACED DUE TO SOOT BUILD UP. REPAIRS WERE DONE UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THE PROBLEM IS STARTING AGAIN AND THE EGR VALVE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO PATTERN AS TO WHEN THE PROBLEM STAR…

Owner-reported narrative. 10,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10274537 at NHTSA ↗

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.

Owner-reported narrative. 18,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10402432 at NHTSA ↗

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE SPRINTER 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ACTIVATED, THE CONTACT NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE AIR VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ENGULFED INTO MASSIVE FLAMES. A POLICE AND FIRE REPORT WERE FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED DESTROYED AND WAS TOWED. AN INVESTIGATION HAD NOT BEEN PERFORMED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE …

Owner-reported narrative. 60,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10433118 at NHTSA ↗

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.

Owner-reported narrative. 40,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10447238 at NHTSA ↗

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.

Owner-reported narrative. 71,790 miles reported. Look up ODI 10450899 at NHTSA ↗

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 SEA…

Owner-reported narrative. 20,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10481390 at NHTSA ↗

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 QUA…

Owner-reported narrative. 22,500 miles reported. Look up ODI 10522213 at NHTSA ↗

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 AUXILL…

Owner-reported narrative. 21,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10611320 at NHTSA ↗

Reported: 2008-03-11 (March 11, 2008)

CHRYSLER/SPRINTER IS RECALLING 727 MY 2007-2008 DODGE AND FREIGHTLINER SPRINTER 2500 PASSENGER VANS EQUIPPED WITH 144 INCH WHEELBASE AND STANDARD ROOF HEIGHT. THESE VANS FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 201U, 'OCCUPANT PROTECTION IN INTERIOR IMPACT.' SOME VANS MAY NOT HAVE HAD CERTAIN HEAD IMPACT PROTECTION PADS INSTALLED AT THE C-PILLAR.

Consequence: IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE CRASH, PERSONAL INJURY TO OCCUPANTS MAY OCCUR.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE VEHICLES AND, IF THE HEAD IMPACT PROTECTION PADS ARE MISSING, THE APPROPRIATE PADS WILL BE INSTALLED. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 9, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SPRINTER AT 1-800-853-1403.

Reported: 2008-07-29 (July 29, 2008)

SPRINTER IS RECALLING 246 MY 2008 DODGE OR FREIGHTLINER 2500 TRUCKS. THE REAR AXLE SPRING LEAVES WERE PRODUCED WITH AN INCORRECT RAW MATERIAL. THEREFORE THE LEAVES ARE THICKER THAN THE SERIAL COMPONENTS.

Consequence: THE REAR AXLE SPRINGS MAY FAIL EARLIER THAN DESIGNED INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE REAR AXLE SPRINGS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 3, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SPRINTER AT 1-843-695-5000.

Reported: 2011-03-30 (March 30, 2011)

MERCEDES-BENZ IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008-2011 2500 AND 3500 SPRINTER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN OPTIONAL THREE-SEAT BENCH IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE SEAT BENCHES IN THE SECOND SEATING ROW MAY HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY BELTS THAT DO NOT MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 208, "OCCUPANT PROTECTION IN INTERIOR IMPACT," AND MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 209, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES." FIRST, THOSE SAFETY BELTS MAY NOT LOCK AS REQUIRED. SECOND, THE ASSEMBLY LOOP MAY NOT PERFORM TO MINIMUM FORCE REQUIREMENTS.

Consequence: IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SAFETY BELTS IN THESE VEHICLES MAY NOT PERFORM AS REQUIRED SUCH THAT A SEAT OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY OR DEATH IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH.

Remedy: MERCEDES-BENZ WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE ANY SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES THAT DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 15, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MERCEDES-BENZ AT 843-695-5000.

Reported: 2016-02-10 (February 10, 2016)

Daimler Vans USA, LLC (Daimler Vans) is recalling certain model year 2007-2009 Dodge Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vehicles manufactured July 1, 2006, to July 31, 2008, 2007-2014 Freightliner Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vehicles manufactured July 1, 2006, to July 1, 2014, and 2010-2014 Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vehicles manufactured July 1, 2010, to July 1, 2014. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.

Consequence: In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

Remedy: Daimler Vans will notify the Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner owners and Fiat Chrysler will notify the Dodge owners. The respective dealers will replace the driver frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began March 31, 2017. Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner owners may contact Daimler Van's customer service at 1-877-762-8267. Dodge owners may contact Fiat Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403.

Reported: 2017-07-28 (July 28, 2017)

Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2007-2009 Freightliner and Dodge Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled into the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.

Consequence: An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Remedy: DVUSA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger side frontal air bag, free of charge. The recall began on September 29, 2017. Owners may contact DVUSA customer service at 1-877-762-8267. Note: This recall fully supersedes recall 15V-354 and partially supersedes recalls 16V-379 and 17V-025.