Sprinter B

2112 wrote:
About pre 2007 or so they have a MB 2.7L and then a 3.0 V6 after that.
Are there concerns with either?

I've had two Sprinter motorhomes (a Class B and a B+), and between them they spent more than sixty days either broken down or in the shop.

One I bought new, so most of the repairs were under warranty. When out of warranty, things got expensive real quick.

Big concerns with Sprinters are:

1. Cost of service
2. Cost of parts
3. Availability of Service (sometimes a few hundred miles away)
4. Body rust on pre 2007 Sprinters
5. Black death (coking)

Sprinters do handle well, are fun to drive (when not in limp home mode), and some go 200,000 miles without any problems.

But before you invest in a Sprinter, be sure to visit and read the posts on the Sprinter Owners Forum at http://www.sprinter-source.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=106

If my two Sprinters had been reliable, I would have kept one of them.

But now I'm happily driving a Class B on the Chevy platform. Handles nicely, gets decent gas mileage, and if repairs are ever needed, I can find service and parts in every small town in North America.

Bill