2003 DODGE SPRINTER Engine And Engine Coolingexhaust System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER SPRINTER 2500. ON JULY 29, 2010, THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V418000 - COMPONENT: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. THIS RECALL WAS FOR AN ISSUE WITH CORROSION ON THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. WHEN THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE HE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP IN REGARDS TO GETTING THE RECALL REMEDY PERFORMED. AT THAT TIME THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE CURRENTLY NOT IN STOCK. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TODAY, AUGUST 27, 2010 AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL WOULD NOT BE IN STOCK UNTIL SEPTEMBER 23, 2010. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE DEALERSHIP IS NOT HANDLING THIS RECALL IN A PROPER MANNER. THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 105,000.

CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING CHRYSLER NON-COMPLIANCE WITH SAFETY RECALL J32-DODGE SPRINTER 03 MANIFOLD/EGR *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE SPENT THE PAST WEEK IN REPEATED UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO ARRANGE THE NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO INCUR UNREASONABLE EXPENSES. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED CHRYSLER WAS MAKING A DELIBERATE EFFORT TO EVADE THE RECALL BY CREATING HARDSHIPS AND OBSTACLES. *JB

2003 DODGE SPRINTER. CONSUMER STATES DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD. CONSUMER STATES THAT A NOTICE FROM CHRYSLER REGARDING ARRANGEMENTS TO REPAIR THE DEFECT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED *TGW