Service On Sprinter Chassis?
Has anyone had and issues or problems getting service on the Sprinter Chassis, with respect to parts being available and high cost. Or have you had to travel a long distance to get service? Just curio...
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soren wrote:MDKMDK wrote:
A little light reading for any interested parties......
Seems like what goes around comes around. If you try hard enough, you can always find something online to support your point of view. Or, to discredit someone else's.
What a strange way to view the question of reliability in a $100 +/- purchase. If there are significant issues with any product that is an option in the OP's search, it would seem to me that it's ALL relevant, including info on Transits, or Ram vans. I have read, and listen to reports from mechanics that actually work on them, stating that the latest generation of Sprinters is expensive to maintain, unreliable, ridiculously expensive to repair, and far from bombproof product they were 10-15 years ago. If your response to that is an elementary school level of, "well, look what I found about Transits, See I can discredit your information, so there" All I can say is hopefully anybody who really wants to understand the potential downsides to any high dollar purchase takes the time to find intelligent discussion on the subject elsewhere.
The information posted is just as negative and anecdotal in nature from multiple sources about another similar product, as your internet sourced negative articles and your "friends" opinions are to the Sprinter. That was my point. You can always find info that supports your opinion, pro or con, on the internet.
It's the nature of the internet. Not everything you read there is necessarily real, true, or factual. I would be wary of forming my opinion based on anything I read on the net alone, pro or con, and I try to use very large grains of salt in the process.
The experiences of others are certainly interesting to read, but I'm not going to formulate my final opinion on any subject, based on someone's blog. It's unverifiable opinion as far as I'm concerned.
Hearsay is just that.
btw, this internet forum has posts from Sprinter based motorhome owners that generally refute the internet articles that others have posted up that are negative. Typically people don't write lengthy articles if they're happy with the product. They only jump in to complain. If everyone was unhappy with their Sprinters, this website and the internet in general would be rife with them, and it clearly isn't. If people aren't buying them and MB withdrew them from the NA market that would be a significant event, but it hasn't happened. Sales are supportive of continued production here. You don't make a product that you can't sell, for very long, unless you like losing money. That's Business 101. A few negative reviews here and there are interesting to read, but certainly don't seem to define the current majority opinion, and their continued success in the marketplace.
