Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: kendrick on December 02, 2010, 01:41:00 pm
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I hear a lot of you have probs with gear box etc with this van, looking at a 2008, some say after 2007 they are ok, is this true or not?
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We have a 57 vivaro - got it new with 20 miles on clock - done about 58000 now and had no problems up to now - find its a good van
Hope this helps ;)
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thanks for that mate
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kendrick i've had a vivaro 03 plate for over 3 years and i would recommend them.There was an issue with the gearbox but i've not had a problem.05 plate vivaros is when they changed the gearbox I believe. :) :) :)
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I to have a 57 plate vivaro 6 speed and had no problems so far
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iv a 03 trafic same van
do not buy pre 05 iv spent
inexcess of 3k on repairs >:( >:( >:(
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Also have a 57 plate vivaro,41'000 on it,sweet as a nut.
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We have a 56' vivaro its had 2 gearbox's 2 slaves cyliders 1 master cylinder gear linkage 1 starter motor 1 clutch and a power steering pump
all in the first 12 months of getting it.............but for our industry they great cheep vans
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that dont sound to good wot miles had that done wen u got it
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48,000 wen we got it problems started at 55,000 after all those problems not had any trouble in 12months since
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I've got a 2008 vivaro 24k it was main dealer purchased with history etc, I absolutely love It no probs as yet!!!!! Touch wood.
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'07 plate Trafic purchased new. Never done anything except put fuel in it.
Can't fault it.
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i got a traffic 04 plate 2 gear boxes 1 clutch set of new gears cat converter 2 tryers cant lock it alarms keep going off slave cylinders you name it iv had it s///t vans soon as one thing goes they all go my mate has a 06 or 7 plate and his box is on its way out do not buy stay away ;D
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i got a traffic 04 plate 2 gear boxes 1 clutch set of new gears cat converter 2 tryers cant lock it alarms keep going off slave cylinders you name it iv had it s///t vans soon as one thing goes they all go my mate has a 06 or 7 plate and his box is on its way out do not buy stay away ;D
Yeah whatever mate. ??? "poo vans" ::)
Most others are perfectly happy.
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I've got a Toyota Hiace - brakelight bulb went the other day. Bloody rubbish!
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what ever squeaky i put a post on here the other day and said thinking of get a vauxhall vivaro, look back on the posst it talks for it self had loads of people saying dont bover makes me laurth some one puts this post on and every one loves them strange ;D
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i got a traffic 04 plate 2 gear boxes 1 clutch set of new gears cat converter 2 tryers cant lock it alarms keep going off slave cylinders you name it iv had it s///t vans soon as one thing goes they all go my mate has a 06 or 7 plate and his box is on its way out do not buy stay away ;D
Yeah whatever mate. ??? "poo vans" ::)
Most others are perfectly happy.
im not happy wiv my trafic they r poop vans ;D ;D
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Yawn. Well...when me or anyone I know has anything but joy from them I'll let you know... ;)
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Yawn. Well...when me or anyone I know has anything but joy from them I'll let you know... ;)
just hope yr still singing its
praises once youve ad half the trouble iv had
wiv one >:( >:(
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Yawn. Well...when me or anyone I know has anything but joy from them I'll let you know... ;)
just hope yr still singing its
praises once youve ad half the trouble iv had
wiv one >:( >:(
I'm not going to have that trouble. For a start I trust it completely, and also it's going in in april anyway.
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cant like it that much then
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Yawn. Well...when me or anyone I know has anything but joy from them I'll let you know... ;)
just hope yr still singing its
praises once youve ad half the trouble iv had
wiv one >:( >:(
I'm not going to have that trouble. For a start I trust it completely, and also it's going in in april anyway.
How can you possibly say you ain't gonna have any trouble with it?
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cant like it that much then
??? Don't follow, sorry.
How can you possibly say you ain't gonna have any trouble with it?
Because it's smooth as silk. Nothing on the verge of breaking at all. It was serviced and they said it was A1 as it left the factory.
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its going in april
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its going in april
Yeah because it'll be 4 years old and I'm getting a new one.
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the new ones r a lot better
its pre 05 where the problems lie
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the new ones r a lot better
its pre 05 where the problems lie
Correct.
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n mines a 03 >:( >:( >:(
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Ah... :-\
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what before you get any trouble lol ;) good lad dont blame you
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so wot do u think is best vivaro or new shape dispatch
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so wot do u think is best vivaro or new shape dispatch
I wouldn't personally want a Citreon, but it's quite a nice looking van. Won't drive as nice as Vivaro though. Not a lot does.
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Ask the bfg what he thinks of vivaro's he's on his 3rd gear box.
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I have read about these problems and would only like to make one observation all carry very heavy weight which is unstable at most time. This would put pressure on the clutch, brakes and gearbox.
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I have read about these problems and would only like to make one observation all carry very heavy weight which is unstable at most time. This would put pressure on the clutch, brakes and gearbox.
I have an 03 Trafic (same as Vivaro) and I had a gearbox replaced at 39,000 miles. Lucky it went so soon as it was still under warranty (I bought it at 37,000 miles). The van has now done nearly 90k. The list of issues is screen washer pump around 50k, clutch around 75k (fair enough I suppose) and the slave cylinder tends to be changed with the clutch anyway, steering pump around 50k.
The issue with the gearbox is not about load strain. It's about the gear selection mechanism. Apparently, where the cable enters at the bottom of the gearbox, there is inadequate sealing to stop water getting in. This leads to a bearing becoming corroded and wearing prematurely. Whoever designed it that way wants shooting. I certainly hope they at least got sacked - and I'm normally quite a forgiving person. My understanding is that from around the 55 plate onwards, they were made with more protection to stop water entering. I also notice from the records that the master cylinder on my van was changed before I had it.
I did wonder for a while if I had bought a lemon but since a number of faults occurring, it's not been too bad since. The MOT bill last year was about £300 (including the test) but bits need replacing on steering and suspension from time to time. I accept that as fairly normal wear and tear. It's major parts wearing prematurely due to crap design that I find irritating. It's not as if diesel powered vans are a new concept.