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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: DaveG on June 27, 2011, 07:27:08 pm

Title: Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar
Post by: DaveG on June 27, 2011, 07:27:08 pm: Hi guys, thinking of changing my van but cant remember what year they started making "good" ones, ie no gearbox problems etc...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RENAULT-TRAFIC-SL29-DCI-100-SWB-06-REG-94K-DIRECT-CHUBB-/330560397145?pt=UK_Commercial_Trucks&hash=item4cf6ef5f59

Is this about the right price?

What sort of mpg do they do? Do they have trip computers to show mpg?

Cheers
Title: Re: Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar
Post by: colin purewater on June 27, 2011, 07:32:11 pm: aint got one but im sure it 06 and after
Title: Re: Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar
Post by: Wc Solutions on June 27, 2011, 07:33:59 pm: Quote from: colin purewater on June 27, 2011, 07:32:11 pm
aint got one but im sure it 06 and after

our 57 plate has been could so far
Title: Re: Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar
Post by: dave.e on June 27, 2011, 08:32:24 pm: Quote from: Wc Solutions on June 27, 2011, 07:33:59 pm
Quote from: colin purewater on June 27, 2011, 07:32:11 pm
aint got one but im sure it 06 and after

our 57 plate has been could so far

my 57 plate is good also and i have just done a oil change aswell 7.6lt of the ruddy stuff :o
Title: Re: Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar
Post by: jmb on June 27, 2011, 08:37:24 pm: Think it was anything after 05 plate, saying that my 56 plate has just had the injects go >:( so the garage tell me and it's only done 64k
Title: Re: Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar
Post by: AC Window Cleaning on June 27, 2011, 09:41:40 pm: Its the ones with the 6speed box that are the worst,i used to work at a clutch an gearbox centre and did loads of em,expensive aswell as theyre so awkward to get the box out.
Title: Re: Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar
Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on June 27, 2011, 11:08:28 pm: dont buy pre 05 m8 fact
my 03 trafic nearly bankrupted me
but my vivaro 07 is mint ;D ;D
Title: Re: Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar
Post by: DaveG on June 28, 2011, 07:41:34 am: Thanks chaps
Title: Re: Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar
Post by: Pristine Clean on June 28, 2011, 08:31:32 am: I've got an 04 Vivaro, well its actually an 05 as registered first part of 05. But had the 04 plate. if that makes any sense.

had it two years now. Not been too bad. I had a glow plug go on me. Apart from that its been fine.

Its a five speed box, I am sure I will get some problems down the line somewhere.

Dave
Title: Re: Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar
Post by: Paul Coleman on June 28, 2011, 08:40:42 am: Well I've sdeen it quoted as after 55 plate and after 06 plate so don't know which (if either).

If anyone has an older model, maybe look around for a vehicle engineering place locally. Instead of paying £3k+ for a new box, it may be possible to get the relevant part sorted for £800 - £1k. This is because the box problems are often caused by water getting in underneath and corroding a bearing on the gear selection mechanism. If this is the issue, this work can be done more cheaply than by buying a new box.
Title: Re: Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar
Post by: Scrimble on June 28, 2011, 10:34:58 am: my local vauxhall garage do them brand new and they do 4 years warranty 4 years o percent finance, 4 years free servicing and 4 year breakdown

i'd buy new and get shot after the warranty runs out there a money pit cost a fortune in repairs