Sprinter 3500 Transmission problems by year

va. The second failure was in 2008, the repair was done by freightliner of hagerstown in hagerstown, md. In each case, I was driving the vehicle at highway speed on an interstate highway when the vehicle suddenly slowed and began to have no power. I was told that when the failure of the resonator is detected, the engine is put into the 'safe' mode at which time the vehicle can only be driven at low speed for a short distance. When I spoke with the service technician at farrish dodge, he informed me that there is no solution to this problem that has been identified by dodge. He did say that this is a fairly common and well-known problem. He also mentioned that he is aware that there is an aftermarket all metal resonator available but could not be sure whether the installation of this would void the warranty on the vehicle. I would like to know when dodge intends to offer a solution to this recurring problem. My warranty will continue to cover this repair for two more years, but at this point, I have no confidence that the problem will not continue to re-occur for the life of the vehicle. The safety concern is that this failure has occurred three times while driving on busy interstate highways at which time the vehicle essentially comes to a near stop without warning. In one case I was almost hit in the rear end by a large truck. I have approached dodge customer service with no useful help. *Tr

moving very slowly. Being on rt. 78, I was surrounded by traffic going 70-80 miles per hour, with merging traffic to my right. There were several cars and trucks driving around me who missed hitting me by only inches. When I contacted my dealer (brown-daub) to advise them of this incident, I received very rude treatment. I would like to point out that at no time was I ever advised of a current recall for the exact problem that I described to brown-daub. This is not acceptable, and I believe that failure to provide notice of a major defect in a vehicle should result in payment of both actual and punitive damages to the consumer. After doing some research, I found that the nhtsa is investigating this exact failure in 2005-2006 chrysler pacificas. The problem pertains to the "fuel pump module and/or the powertrain control module software," which may cause the engine to stall. At this time, I am still in the process of resolving this matter with brown-daub. I am filing this report in the hopes that it may help others. When reading this report, please remember to note that, although I was spared on december 8, 2006, that day, there could have been several deaths, injuries, and unnecessary pain and suffering to all the families of those affected. I believe that a more thorough inspection of new/certified vehicles should be required by the government, prior to any sale. Please, let's think in terms of being proactive. *Nm

hood down the support was so weak it bent and I had to hammer it out of the way to close the hood. I found something might have reset itself as it shifted normally once I restarted the engine. This happened twice more in the year 2005. The fix each time was to turn off the engine and restart. No red light . June 23, 06 before I traveled out of state went to local dealership starting fiasco with three dealerships (supposedly authorized and certified to work on this vehicle) couldn't get it fixed until mercedes benz mechanic was brought in and it was done within the morning of that day. Transmission control module was replaced three times; the gear shift was replaced and the transmission was replaced unnecessarily at less than 8k miles . The repair done is unclear to me; but, supposedly the culprit is the resonator. It was remarked in email to [redacted]@yahoo.Com by chryslerdaimler rep, it was the fault of winnebago industries installation of a sirius radio on the production line; they are discussing this between them now. While the two are attempting to place blame anywhere else but on themselves, people are in jeopardy of their lives the longer this issue is put off. Please assign someone to check out the yahoo groups forum: view-navion and view-naviontech there are 25 incidences of limp home mode (losing power) in the database. *Nm