Mercedes Benz will honor the Dodge basic warranty. So for me, that means I have 6,000 miles and 1 year of Mercedes warranty left.

Mercedes Benz will not honor any extended warranty purchased from Dodge. The key word here is purchased. Dodge got the money and it is their warranty. Maybe Dodge will refund money based upon the unused portion of the warranty but I don’t think it likely.

Mercedes Benz will be selling an extended warranty that Dodge Sprinter owners can purchase as long as their Sprinter is still covered under the original warranty. No word on months/miles/cost.

At least one Mercedes dealer will be marking a kit to change your Dodge logo’s to Mercedes. You can find these now on the market but perhaps the dealer will save you some money.

From what I read, the new Sprinter dealers are excited and ready to jump into the game. Yaaahooooo!

Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC announced Tuesday it will take back sales of the Sprinter commercial van in the U.S and Canada starting in January, effectively discontinuing the Dodge Sprinter that is sold by about 400 Dodge dealers.

Mercedes says it will take over sales, marketing, distribution and service of the van, which will be sold as a Mercedes-Benz or a Freightliner  next year as part of a new division: Daimler Vans USA, LLC. The wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler AG will be based in Montvale, N.J., where Mercedes has its North American headquarters. This from Alisa Priddle / The Detroit News

As of January 1, all contracts with Dodge dealers will be over (actually I heard the Freightliner deal was done also) and 120+ Mercedes dealers will have the job. Sure hope that there is one close to me. It seems we may have to go a long way for maintenence in some places.

Word has it that starting January, the Sprinter will be offered with a new 3.0L V6 common-rail diesel option from the M-Class and GL-Class and will be sold in all 50 states.

I guess I can throw away all the Dodge badges. Doesn’t look like I will ever change the bus back to a Dodge now!