NHTSA Complaint #10522213 — 2008 DODGE SPRINTER 2500

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 QUALIFIED REPAIR SHOW AND THEY HAVE DIAGNOSED A FAULTY EGR VALVE WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW THE TURBO TO WORK THUS GREATLY REDUCING POWER AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING THE ENGINE AND EXHAUST. MERCEDES WILL NATURALLY NOT HONOR DODGE'S WARRANTY. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS YEAR EGR VALVE HOWEVER SOMEHOW WE MISSED THE RECALL AND IT HAS NOW ENDED HOWEVER THIS SHOULD NOT EFFECT OUR VEHICLE WARRANTY. I HAVE SPOKEN TWICE TO DODGE'S CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY CAN NOT HELP. I HAVE E-MAILED THE CENTER ASKING DODGE TO HONOR THEIR WARRANTY AND RECEIVED AN E-AUTOMATED RESPONSE STATING THAT DODGE WILL RESPOND WITHIN ONE WORKING DAY HOWEVER THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED AND I HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE IN THREE DAYS. *TR