Recall Register

2003 Sprinter 2500: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2003 Sprinter 2500. The newest campaign is 08V173000. NHTSA received the report on 15 Apr 2008. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 08V173000, in the NHTSA record

Sportsmobile will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge. The recall began on april 10, 2008. Owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or sportsmobile at 1-512-835-4409.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 23,287 units in total.

  1. 08V173000Received . 6 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Sportsmobile is recalling 6 my 2003-2006 2500 sprinter van class b regular body and extended body recreational vehicles equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation. The refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Sportsmobile will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge. The recall began on april 10, 2008. Owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or sportsmobile at 1-512-835-4409.

    Report filed by SPORTSMOBILE TEXAS, INC.

  2. 04V600000Received . 23,000 units.

    Tires / Valve

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain trucks distributed by dodge or freightliner and equipped with a tire valve, tr600, on 16" tires, the valve can develop cracks within the rubber part or between the metal part and the rubber part of the valve stem.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Such cracking may lead to a loss of air pressure at the valve stem, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the tire valves on all sprinter vehicles. The recall began on april 4, 2005. Owners should contact daimlerchrysler at 1-800-853-1403.

    Report filed by DAIMLERCHRYSLER MANUFACTURING INTL. Manufacturer campaign number D53. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 03V082000Received . 281 units.

    Air Bags / Frontal / Sensor/Control Module-Inactive

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain vans, a capacitor within the electronic control unit for the air bag can crack and the air bag may not activate as designed. This condition is signaled to the driver by the SRS-warning lamp.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The air bag may not deploy correctly in a crash, increasing the risk of injury to a seat occupant.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the electronic control unit for the air bag. Owner notification began on april 14, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact daimlerchrysler international at 1-704-655-1052.

    Report filed by DAIMLERCHRYSLER MANUFACTUR INTERNATIONAL. Manufacturer campaign number C14. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

2003 Sprinter 2500: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Air Bags1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
28 May 2005

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2003 Sprinter 2500, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2005, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20021
  2. 20033
  3. 20043
  4. 20055
  5. 20065
  6. 20072
  7. 20081
  8. 20111

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2003 Sprinter 2500: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/sprinter/2500/2003/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
SPORTSMOBILE TEXAS, INC

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2003 Sprinter 2500?
23,287 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Sprinter 2500 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 9 recall campaigns for the Sprinter 2500, model years 2002 to 2011. 3 of them name the 2003 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2003 Sprinter 2500 name most often?
Air Bags: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2003 Sprinter 2500 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.