2006 SPRINTER 3500 Problems & Recalls

WHILE DRIVING SAW SMOKE FROM RIGHT SIDE OF ROOF AND PILLAR, THEN SAW FLAMES, EXTINGUISHED FLAMES, REPAIRER ADVISED THAT SHORT IN FUSE BLOCK STARTED THE FIRE, REPAIRS WERE $13000+ AND AFFECTED REAR LIGHTS AND SEAT BELTS. *TR

Mileage: 150,505

WHILE DRIVING SAW SMOKE FROM RIGHT SIDE OF ROOF AND PILLAR, THEN SAW FLAMES, EXTINGUISHED FLAMES, REPAIRER ADVISED THAT SHORT IN FUSE BLOCK STARTED THE FIRE, REPAIRS WERE $13000+ AND AFFECTED REAR LIGHTS AND SEAT BELTS. *TR

Mileage: 150,505

WHILE DRIVING SAW SMOKE FROM RIGHT SIDE OF ROOF AND PILLAR, THEN SAW FLAMES, EXTINGUISHED FLAMES, REPAIRER ADVISED THAT SHORT IN FUSE BLOCK STARTED THE FIRE, REPAIRS WERE $13000+ AND AFFECTED REAR LIGHTS AND SEAT BELTS. *TR

Mileage: 150,505

WE PURCHASED A 2006 DODGE SPRINTER 3500 AS A 2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW CLASS C MOTORHOME WITH 5010 MILES ON NOVEMBER 2006. WE WERE TRAVELING APRIL 2007 WHILE CROSSING THE JACKSONVILLE BRIDGE ON A1A, FL.. THE MOTORHOME WOULD NOT ADVANCED. IT LOST THE POWER. WE MADE IT TO THE TOP OF THE BRIDGE AT 20MPH....

Mileage: 25,341

SUBJECT: TURBO RESONATOR FAILURE I TOOK DELIVERY OF A DODGE SPRINTER MODEL 3500 CHASSIS WHEN I PURCHASED A WINNEBAGO VIEW IN MARCH OF 2007. CURRENT MILEAGE: 15,422 I HAVE MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OWNER'S MANUAL. ON 8/17/09, I HAD THE RESONATOR, PART NUMBER 140700...

Mileage: 15,422

SUBJECT: TURBO RESONATOR FAILURE I TOOK DELIVERY OF A DODGE SPRINTER MODEL 3500 CHASSIS WHEN I PURCHASED A WINNEBAGO VIEW IN MARCH OF 2007. CURRENT MILEAGE: 15,422 I HAVE MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OWNER'S MANUAL. ON 8/17/09, I HAD THE RESONATOR, PART NUMBER 140700...

Mileage: 15,422

MY 2006 SPRINTER MOTOR HOME (CAB BY GULFSTREAM) SUFFERED A RESONATOR FAILURE ON JUNE 26TH ON INTERSTATE 81N NEAR BRISTOL TN. IT HAS 18,500 MILES ON IT. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE RIGHT LANE AND, IN "LIMP HOME" MODE FOUND A SPRINTER REPAIR GARAGE AND A NEW RESONATOR WAS INSTALLED. I INTEND TO REPLACE...

Mileage: 18,500

TURBO RESONATOR CRACKED AND PUT SPRINTER INTO LIMP MODE. 30 MPH. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF CASES ON THE INTERNET WITH THIS ITEM AND I HAD PURCHASED AN ALUMINUM ALTERNATIVE RESONATOR IN CASE IT HAPPENED TO ME. WHEN IT DID FAIL I WAS ABLE TO REPLACE THE RESONATOR IN 30 MINUTES. THE LIMP MODE IS VERY SCA...

Mileage: 31,000

2006 DODGE RAM 3500- VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALERSHIP 3+ TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND LOSES POWER. DROPS TO LOWER GEAR AND CONTINUES TO LOSE SPEED. SOMETIMES AS LOW AS IDLE ONLY. ECM HAS BEEN REPLACED (2) TIMES AND ACCELERATOR MODULE (1) AND SHORT IN WIRING R...

Mileage: 75

MY DODGE DURANGO (2006) ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS HAS LUNGED FORWARD WITH THE ENGINE REVVING UP AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND PRESSED ON THE BRAKE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE FIRST TIME WAS ON 9/4/07 I WAS APPROACHING A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROAD, WITH TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTION ...

Mileage: 30,000

THIS COMPLAINT CONCERNS A 2006 DODGE SPRINTER 5 CYL DIESEL ENGINE FAILURE. I HAVE A 2007 WINNEBAGO VIEW RV ON A 2006 SPRINTER. ON AUG 29 2007 I WAS TRAVELING ON I90 IN WASHINGTON STATE JUST WEST OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS SUMMIT WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. AT THAT TIME IT HAD 4539 MILE ON THE ODOMETER...

Mileage: 4,539

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE SPRINTER 3500. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH UPHILL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TURBO RESONATOR HAD BURST. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. THE BODY STYLE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 6,887 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,725.

Mileage: 6,725

A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED REQUIRED REPAIR THE DAY AFTER PURCHASE. ONE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT REPAIR IT AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS. THE SELLING DEALERSHIP WORKED ON IT FOR 2 WEEKS, ATTEMPTED TO RELEASE IT, BUT COULD NOT DUE TO ENGINE LIGHT AND SHAKING ALL OVER. TWO WEEKS LATER, RELEASED, SEEMINGL...

Mileage: 87

MY NEW MOTOR HOME , SPRINTER CHASSIS, SUDDENLY LOST POWER WHEN DRIVING ON FREEWAY, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. IT WAS TOWED TO DODGE DEALER IN THOUSAND OAKS CITY, RESULT WAS A FAILURE OF A TURBO RESONATOR. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG THESE VEHICLES, AND DODGE FAILED TO ADMIT IT TO ISSUE A...

Mileage: 3,000

BEFORE I TOOK MY VEHICLE FOR ITS 6,000 CHECK UP OIL CHANGE. I BEGAN EXPERIENCING A LOT OF SHAKING IN THE WHEEL AND BRAKES. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP OF THIS ISSUE DURING THE 6K CHECK. THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS MY TIRE PRESSURE. A WEEK AND A HALF LATER I TOOK IT BACK TO DARCARS. THEN THEY INFORMED ME O...

Mileage: 5,500

BEFORE I TOOK MY VEHICLE FOR ITS 6,000 CHECK UP OIL CHANGE. I BEGAN EXPERIENCING A LOT OF SHAKING IN THE WHEEL AND BRAKES. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP OF THIS ISSUE DURING THE 6K CHECK. THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS MY TIRE PRESSURE. A WEEK AND A HALF LATER I TOOK IT BACK TO DARCARS. THEN THEY INFORMED ME O...

Mileage: 5,500

FAILURE OF GLUE HOLDING TOGETHER THE TURBO RESINATOR. CAUSED 1996 DODGE SPRINTER VAN TO GO INTO ENGINE MALFUNCTION MODE. VEHICLE SPEED DROPPED TO 40 MPH. I HAD TO DRIVE 120 MILES ON THE INTERSTATE TO GET TO A SERVICE FACILITY AT 40 MPH. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO STEEP UPHILL GRADES, OR THE VEHI...

Mileage: 11,500

(1) WITHOUT WARNING SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. HAD TO DRIVE A TOTAL OF OVER 200 MILES ON REDUCED POWER TO GET HOME. (2) 2006 DODGE SPRINTER CHASSIS MOTORHOME WITH MERCEDES BENZ 2.7L 5-CYL TURBO DIESEL ENGINE, TURBO RESONATOR SPLIT AT SEAM, CAUSING TURBO SHUTDOWN, AND MAXIMUM SPE...

Mileage: 11,000

TURBO RESONATOR FAILURE WHICH IMMEDIATELY REDUCES POWER AND SPEED MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CLIMB AN EXIT RAMP TO LEAVE THE HIGHWAY. *NM

Mileage: 20,000

I WAS DRIVING A 2006 ITASCA NAVION CLASS C RV WITH A DODGE-SPRINTER CHASSIS (BUILT ON JULY 2005) AND CRUISING AT 65 MPH, WHEN GOING UP A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE SPEED DROPPED DRASTICALLY TO 50 MPH, UNRESPONSIVE TO FURTHER ACCELERATOR PRESSURE. A REDUCED POWER MODE SUBSEQUENTLY ENSUED AND THE CHECK ENGIN...

Mileage: 15,800

RE: 2006 CHRYSLER PACIFICA ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2006, MY 2006 CHRYSLER PACIFICA STALLED ON RT. 78 E., BETWEEN EXISTS 17 AND 18 OF THAT ROAD (THE FLEMINGTON/ANNANDALE, NJ EXISTS). AT THAT TIME, WHEN I ACCELERATED THE GAS PEDDLE, THE VEHICLE MOVED SLOWER AND SLOWER, UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETE ...

Mileage: 36,000

RE: 2006 CHRYSLER PACIFICA ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2006, MY 2006 CHRYSLER PACIFICA STALLED ON RT. 78 E., BETWEEN EXISTS 17 AND 18 OF THAT ROAD (THE FLEMINGTON/ANNANDALE, NJ EXISTS). AT THAT TIME, WHEN I ACCELERATED THE GAS PEDDLE, THE VEHICLE MOVED SLOWER AND SLOWER, UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETE ...

Mileage: 36,000

I PURCHASED A 2006 DODGE SPRINTER MOTOR HOME AND WITH ONLY 2,000 MILES THE ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE. LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND I WAS ABLE TO HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO GET OFF AT THE CLOSEST EXIT AND CALLED THE DAIMLER/CHRYSLER HOTLINE OBTAINED THE NAME OF THE NEAREST REPA...

Mileage: 2,436

I PURCHASED AN ITASCA NAVION WHICH IS BUILT ON A 2006 DODGE SPRINTER 3500 CHASSIS. THE MERCEDES ENGINE, I FOUND OUT AFTER OURS FAILED, HAS A HISTORY OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TURBO RESONATOR OPENING UP, RESULTING IN THE ENGINE GOING INTO A "LIMP HOME MODE" WHERE THE VEHICLE OPERATES AT 200 RPM OR LESS. ...

Mileage: 2,700

PART FAILED CAUSING INABILITY TO OPERATE AT SAFE SPEEDS ON HIGHWAY. PART IS CALLED "TURBO RESONATOR" AND HAS A REPUTATION AS A WEAK PART. SEVERAL OWNERS OF SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE HAVE HAD FAILURE. I SAVED THE DEFECTIVE PART. *NM

Mileage: 7,400

SECOND TURBO FAILURE LEADING TO LONG DRIVE IN LIMP HOME MODE. GPS MOVING AVERAGE SPEED OF 47 MPH. LOW SPEED OF 28 MPH. DISTANCE TO GET HOME THIS TIME 600+ MILES TOOK DEALER 15 DAYS TO REPAIR. FIRST REPAIR TOOK 10 DAYS. *JB

Mileage: 16,000