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May 25th, 2010, 1:39 pm

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Still no luck on the camper van buying been months now and getting very impatient :lol: Seen a vivaro camper van for £7000 looked very smart and had everything i needed but I still love the transporter vans just finding one thats not silly money :(



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May 25th, 2010, 2:50 pm

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Location: Borders
Caravan owned: A big ugly static :)
Tow Vehicle: Toyota Avensis d4d

We had a trafic ( same as vivaro ) and it cost us a fortune to repair, I will get my husband to post the problems we had.

Jenny



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May 25th, 2010, 7:12 pm

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Location: Borders
Caravan owned: A big ugly static :)
Tow Vehicle: Toyota Avensis d4d

The list of things we had fixed.. most parts were covered under warranty.

2 gearboxes within 47,000 miles, under warranty the mechanic said they were £3500 each :shock: ( common problem according to out best friend the AA man :lol: )
2 clutches £1100 each if it was not covered ( another common problem )
alternator and battery
New engine after 41,000 miles
fuel pump
Mass air flow unit
loads of stupid electrical faults and breakdowns

The gearbox started to act up once more, :evil: so we part exchanged for the new volkswagon transporter and not one problem after 32,000 miles. The trafic was just 2 years old when we purchased it, and 5 years old when we sold the horrid thing.
Stay well clear of all vivaros, trafics and primastars no matter how much they say its been looked after.



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May 25th, 2010, 11:21 pm

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We have a few vivaro mini buses at our taxi rank, they eat the gearboxes and clutch's for breakfast :lol: I think one lad had 4 boxes fitted within 6 year. You can get them refurnished for £600.



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July 8th, 2010, 12:39 pm

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We had 4 of these vans at work and everyone had a broken gearbox after 50 thousand miles. Renault trade you old gearbox for the new gearboxes for £3499+ vat and then you need to get it fitted which is 10 hours labour. They say the new boxes dont have a problem :-Q



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