NHTSA Complaint #11340388 — 2014 ITASCA NAVION

THIS REGARDS THE MERCEDES BENZ SPRINTER 3500 MODEL CHASSIS, NOT THE WINNEBAGO COACH. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS HAVE FAILED AND THIS TIME DROVE THE CRUISE CONTROL PAST SET LIMIT OF 60 MPH TO > 70 MPH WITHOUT ANY DRIVER INTERACTION. THESE SENSOR FAILURES DEMONSTRATE A CLEAR SAFETY DEFECT AND LIKELY MB PRODUCING DEFECTIVE PARTS. ALL SUCH SPRINTER VEHICLES WITH THESE SENSORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED TO HAVE THEIR WHEEL SPEED SENSORS REPLACED. THIS NOT A MAINTENANCE ISSUE BUT HAS NOW BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE, ESPECIALLY FROM THIS LAST INCIDENT WE EXPERIENCED AS NOTED ABOVE. WE NOTED MULTIPLE CONSUMER BLOG ENTRIES OF SIMILAR INCIDENCES WITH THIS VERY CHASSIS AND PARTICULARLY POWERING MOTOR HOMES THAT ARE HAVING IDENTICAL ISSUES, EVEN TO THE POINT OF PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO 'LIMP MODE' WHICH COULD DESTROY THE TRANSMISSION, SEEING THIS MODE DROPS THE TRANS INTO FIRST-GEAR UNTIL THE DRIVER CAN PULL OFF TO STOP. AGAIN, HAPPENED TO US ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY DURING THE FIRST FAILURE ENCOUNTERED WITH THESE SENSORS WHICH THEN AFFECTS CRUISE CONTROL, THEN DISABLES THE ABS FEATURE OF CHASSIS ALSO.*DT CONSUMER STATED THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE FAILURES.*JB