Commatoze

Has anyone seen the diesel Sprinter out on the roads yet? I saw a white cargo van yesterday. Man!.....so ugly it was almost cute; kind of the way a Honda Element is. I was surprised to see the Freightliner badge on the rear door. I guess they're building the cargo version, and Chrysler in doing the passenger model. Sitting next to it at a stoplight, it idles and gets off the line pretty quietly. But, a sprinter it ain't : as I left it behind pretty easily even with my stock engine.

Monty

Dont be fooled. That little MB is pretty quick. We have been servicing them at Freightliner for about the past year. The fuel filter change is PIA. No tranny dipstick either. Have to bring it into service to check the tranny fluid. Pulled the engine out of one about 3 months ago. Piston type fuel pump locked up and rounded off the shaft housing on the gear cover and the pump piston took a puke out the side of it. Not pretty. MB said the only way it could do that was gas contamination. Took an analysis of the fuel and it came back just fine. Still havent figured out why it did it.

Robert Venable

PIA??

phox_mulder

[quote author=Robert Venable link=board=8;threadid=16333;start=0#153397 date=1056582031]<br>PIA??<br>[/quote]<br><br>Pain In the Bum<br><br><br>phox

Homestead

They are a pretty common site around here lately. UPS must have done a fleet purchase.

Bart Timothy

We would buy one for our family business if it wasn't so tall. Even the shortest model is too tall for most parking garages.

Rob_OBX

local dodge dealer has a handful of the dodge sprinter, there are quite a few at the freightliner dealer.<br><br>Have you seen the dually ones?

Commatoze

Yes, the one I spied the other day was a dually.

BarryG

I got a couple for work to use for delivery vans in March. They originally started out under the freightliner name and are now switching to Dodge. They are only at some dodge dealers not all for some reason. Dodge is selling both cargo and passenger. The dodge tradesman line of vans is now gone so get them while they last. They do come in 3 wheelbases, 2 roof heights and single or dually. Not sure if Freightliner is going to keep them or not. No dipstick in tranny is right. They say it will go I think 70k before a tranny fluid change, and up to 30k between oil changes with their assyst maintenance system that monitors the oil. Think it comes stock with synthetic oil. The drivers love them, pretty peppy for the small size motor and vgt turbo is kinda cool. They have a bunch of neat features not bad for the money we will see if they last.

redramnc

Coca-Cola is using them in this area. Haven't seen an UPS one yet but I know they have made a big contract deal for a bunch.<br><br>Lunchbox on wheels :

spots

FEDEX has been using them for a while also. the drivers seem to like them...

Soon2BDiesel

Here's a link http://www.freightliner.com/brands/sprinter.asp<br> :

Dieseldude4x4

I still say they are you-glee to the max. Too Euro looking.

dodgedude361

<br>makes sence(SP), mercedes has there hands on it. not much power though 145hp 200sumthing torque.not much of a SPRINTER