Jools
New member
Hello all. I stumbled across this forum tonight, looking for parts for a 2001 cargo.
I'm possibly going to be struck off for this, but I have to say that this is the worst van I have ever driven. I'll give you a brief resume of occurances to date.
I 'inherited' this bucket of bolts from my predecessor @ 30k
It has been "expertly" serviced at FIAT garages all its life.
AT 33k, the master cylinder went south, quite interesting at the time, I was doing 50mph down a hill to a junction. Repairs took 1 week. AT 39k, lhs cv joint locked up, 2 weeks wait for parts. at 45k, gear linkage weld broke, 4weeks wait for parts. 60k, 2 front & 1 rear slave cylinder leaking, 1week wait. It's now on 85k, out of warranty, & some sinister rear tracking fault has occured, resulting in uneven & VERY rapid rear tyre wear (less than 5k).
The indicators don't always self cancel, & are so quiet I don't know when I've left them on. Sometimes the don't even stay on, especially when joining roundabouts.
The rear doors have this frankly quite scary habit of springing open when you encounter a bump in the road.
I could go on, but I think you get the idea, & NO I'm not thrashing the thing, or heavy on brakes etc. I look after my vehicles (my previous job had a morris ital van 20 years old)
Has any one else had such a bad time?
Sorry to debut like this, especially when you others seem so pleased with yours.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
Cheers, Jools
White van man in a Doblo?
I'm possibly going to be struck off for this, but I have to say that this is the worst van I have ever driven. I'll give you a brief resume of occurances to date.
I 'inherited' this bucket of bolts from my predecessor @ 30k
It has been "expertly" serviced at FIAT garages all its life.
AT 33k, the master cylinder went south, quite interesting at the time, I was doing 50mph down a hill to a junction. Repairs took 1 week. AT 39k, lhs cv joint locked up, 2 weeks wait for parts. at 45k, gear linkage weld broke, 4weeks wait for parts. 60k, 2 front & 1 rear slave cylinder leaking, 1week wait. It's now on 85k, out of warranty, & some sinister rear tracking fault has occured, resulting in uneven & VERY rapid rear tyre wear (less than 5k).
The indicators don't always self cancel, & are so quiet I don't know when I've left them on. Sometimes the don't even stay on, especially when joining roundabouts.
The rear doors have this frankly quite scary habit of springing open when you encounter a bump in the road.
I could go on, but I think you get the idea, & NO I'm not thrashing the thing, or heavy on brakes etc. I look after my vehicles (my previous job had a morris ital van 20 years old)
Has any one else had such a bad time?
Sorry to debut like this, especially when you others seem so pleased with yours.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
Cheers, Jools
White van man in a Doblo?