Their Sprinter van service is less than stellar. - mdh
Their Sprinter van service is less than stellar. They do not offer service while you wait, even for a 1 h job. As I live 1 h away, this results in 2 hours of travel to deliver the van for service, and 2 more hours to pick it up. No loaners provided, so I have to take the bus.
The van is a 2021 model purchased new. It now has 40,000 miles. We have had issues with the software controlling crosswind assist and adaptive cruise. It took 3 visits to fix the problem, which was solved by a software upgrade. Was the software update available during the first 2 visits?
Next problem was the phone interface. Android Auto seemed to work fine, but phone calls only worked correctly 10% of the time. 2 separate trips to try to solve that issue. My Android phone worked fine on several rental cars indicating there was nothing wrong with my phone. At the 2nd visit the Service Advisor tested the system with my Android phone and repeated the problem. He then tried it with his Apple phone and it seemed to work fine, so he concluded there was nothing wrong with the system and said there was nothing they could do, and I should buy a new phone. We used my wife's Apple phone for the next long trip and found that Appleworks crashed the infotainment system a couple times a day. So back to the dealer for a 3rd visit upon our return. They discovered a software update that seems to have fixed the problem with both phones. Was the software update available earlier?
On the 2nd phone problem visit, we reported a problem with the passenger seat belt not fully retracting. Given the transportation time cost if we left it, my perturbed state over the lack of concern over my phone problem, and the fact we have an extended warranty that indicates it covers all of the electronics, I did not leave the van to address the seat belt issue. When we brought it back for the 3rd phone visit, the van was out of factory warranty. The problem was diagnosed as a switch on the seat belt. Cost to fix, $1,000. The Service Advisor said it could not be covered under factory warranty, and when he checked, it was not covered under the extended warranty. Advisor seems to be a misnomer. He should have informed me that this was an expensive repair that needed to be completed while in factory warranty as it was not covered under the extended warranty.
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