2006 DODGE SPRINTER 3500 Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

I PURCHASED A 2006 DODGE SPRINTER 3500 AS A 2007 WINNEBAGO VIEW CLASS C MOTORHOME. IN ABOUT JANUARY OF 2008 I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND THE PLASTIC TURBO RESONATOR WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. ON JUNE 6, 2008 ON TRIP FROM TULSA TO FRISCO, TX AGAIN EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER AND ANOTHER PLASTIC TURBO RESONATOR WAS PLACED ON THE VEHICLE AT 4642 TOTAL MILES. HAVING HAD TWO FAILURES OF THIS RESONATOR WITHIN A YEAR AND UNDER 5000 MILES, I FILL THERE IS A SERIOUS DEFECT IN THE ORIGINAL RESONATOR AND THE IMPROVED ONE THAT ALSO FAILED. THE LAST FAILURE OCCURRED ON A TURNPIKE AND MY SPEEDS RANGED FROM 35 MPH UPHILL TO 55 MPH DOWNHILL. A VEHICLE GOING THAT SLOW AND BEING UNABLE TO ACCELERATE TO AVOID PROBLEMS IS A DEFINITE HAZARD TO US AND OTHER MOTORISTS. FROM WHAT I HEAR FROM DODGE DEALERS NO FIX TO THE...

2006 DODGE SPRINTER 3500 TURBO RESONATOR FAILURES. MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED THE ABOVE UNIT IN THE FORM OF A WINNEBAGO VIEW. ON OUR FIRST TRIP WE HAD TO CROSS A SMALL MOUNTAIN PASS IN THE SHENANDHOAS. A FEW MINUTES IN TO THE CLIMB, I NOTICED THE POWER DROPPING OFF. WE WERE ALREADY ALL THE WAY IN THE RIGHT LANE, HOWEVER; THE VEHICLE LOST SO MUCH POWER THE LARGE TRUCKS ALSO IN THE RIGHT LANE HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLE. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SUFFERED A FAILURE OF THE TURBO RESONATOR AND THAT IT WOULD BE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. THE INCIDENT WAS MOST UNFORTUNATE. WHILE THE FAMILY TRIP WAS PRETTY MUCH RUINED, WINNEBAGO DID EVENTUALLY HELP PAY FOR THE RENTAL VEHICLE COSTS THAT WE HAD TO ABSORB TO GET THE FAMILY AND CONTENTS OF THE RV...

REPEATED FAILURE OF TURBO RESONATOR ON DODGE SPRINTER 3500 / WINNABAGO VIEW RESULTING IN SUDDEN LOSS OF 90% OF POWER. PART CRACKS OPEN CAUSING LOSS OF TURBO PRESSURE. ENGINE SENSOR THINKS TURBO HAS FAILED SHUTTING DOWN ENGINE INTO LIMP MODE RESULTING IN 90% LOSS OF POWER. SAME PART HAS FAILED TWICE IN 2,500 MILES. BOTH TIMES HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATES HIGHWAYS IN TRAFFIC AND NEARLY RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT ON I 75 SOUTH OF ATLANTA LAST YEAR AND ON I 20 WEST OF ATLANTA LAST WEEKEND. IN BOTH CASES HIGH SPEED VEHICLES PASSING ON BOTH SIDES CREATED AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. USER GROUPS REPORT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. DEALER HAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY BUT REFUSES TO ALLOW KNOWN 3RD PART SOLUTION (DESCRIBED BELOW) THAT PERMANENTLY SOLVES THE PROBLEM TO BE USED AND THREATENS CANCELLATION OF ENTIRE VEHICLE WARRANTY IF PART IS INSTALLED. INSTEAD DEALER INSTALLS SAME PART THAT HAS...