Mrs_G has been back at work for a few weeks after having an op on her foot.

She's been racking up the miles (good ol'girl).

The van currently has 298,500 miles on it. I anticipate the 300k being passed this week and so have booked the van in for its umpteenth service.

let us know as soon as the big 3k is reached

Be great if she could have someone riding shotgun to capture this momentous occasion on camcorder.
You never know, Fiat might even pay you for the footage

Nice one......what faults have you had over the 300K (12.048 times around the earth)

T14086 said:

Nice one......what faults have you had over the 300K (12.048 times around the earth)

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Won't be able to record the odometer as it stuck at 248601 and then went to show -----. Disconecting the battery clears the dashes but the mileage stays the same and reverts back to five dashes after about 0.5 of a mile of driving. Mrs_G has been using the trip meter and records mileage between refueling to keep a running total.

Faults:

1. Wiper mechanism failed at 128K, 23 months. Fiat refused to fix it under the 'unlimited mileage' 24 month warranty. Hence I will never buy another Fiat as their warranty is a con. They are a slippery bunch of shysters. Good vehicle + poor customer service = a package that is of no use to me.

2. EGR valve. Cleaned by local garage at about 130k.

3. Fifth gear 'fell off'. Fixed by local garage for about £70 at about 170k.

4. Clutch failed. Mechanism failed, plenty of meat left on the actual clutch. Fixed by local garage at about 195k.

5. Radiator clogged. Replaced by local garage. Disappointing as the coolant has always been changed as per service schedule. It will now be replace annually. About 250k.

6. Wiper mechanism failed. Second one to fail. Replaced by local garage. About 250k.

7. Brake master cyclinder failed. Replaced by local garage. At about 288k.

8. Glow plug failed. Wouldn't come out of head. Head off and referb. At about 288k.

9. Exhaust. Has broken a couple of times from new but has always been successfully patched up by local garage. This time they advised replacement was the best option. At about 290k.

All in all not too bad for a small van. Bearing in mind it has spent most of its time cruising on motorways or A roads its not all that surprising either. If Mrs_G did a lot more slow speed stop/start driving in towns then I suspect there would have been a much higher failure rate.

Here's to the next 300k.

Million mile Doblo? I wonder if Fiat would be interested? I'd have it crushed before they could cash in on it the bastards!

not bad really for that distance

agreed..

compared to my history :bang:

done only 85000km

convert to miles abt 136,000 miles




25868km -problem: difficulty engaging gear
replaced clutch pump assembly

33706km - problem : ride slanted to right
replaced front and rear absorber

37630km -problem : battery flat
replaced battery

44717km - problem : squeaky rear
greased rear leafspring

60882km - problem : ride slanted to right side, speedo intermittent, side
indicatior melted

replaced right front and rear absorbers
replaced rear cabin lamp assembly
replaced both side indicator lamps
repaired intermittent speedo readout

70222km -Problem: engine fail to start
driving pulley failure - resulted in timing belt slip
removed cylinder head- adjusted timing belt
replaced head gasket, timing belt waterpump, tensioner ,
driving pulley & fan belt

73185km -problem - front left absorber creaking
replaced front absorber rubbers

75225km -problem: unable to signal, door anchor broke, leaking fuel
filter,oil sump leaking
replaced body computer
replace front right door anchor
fixed fuel filter leak
repaired dipstick seal leak

76860km -problem: coolent leaking
replaced water hose
replaced coolent

79936km -problem : powerless
replace flywheel and clutch

84xxxKm - discovered left drive shaft boot leaking due to missing clip
( held by cable tie)
replaced with proper collar

discovered Gearbox leaking after the last replacement of
clutch/flywheel
To be reschedule due to to lack of parts

85000km - tuck tuck sounds from front wheel during turning
( CV joint )
to scheduled for replacement

mingsect said:

agreed..

compared to my history :bang:

done only 85000km

convert to miles abt 136,000 miles

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I think you'll find 85,000 Km is about 53,000 Miles.

For such a low mileage your list of problems worrying. If our Doblo had been anywhere near that bad it would have been sold off long ago.

sorry about the wrong conversion.. as i'm more familiar with Km

Singapore country where i'm from,

have this system called COE, Certificate of Entitlement which allow the vehicle 10 years on the road .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_Entitlement

the average COE of the past month is at sgd15000, which is abt £5000 :bang:

i believe 1£ is abt 3 sgd

coupled with taxes , it's abt 46k sgd - for a doblo cargo.

the 5 or 7 seater version goes for 60-65k additional taxes for being able to carry passengers


so it's not easy to get rid off or replace

Glad the fiat dealer here are pretty decent.
Other than the clutch, brake , nothing much had been paid.