Mercedes VITO und V-Klasse Forum Re: Jetz isser weg ..
Geschrieben von Andy Brady am 27. Februar 2001 21:13:16:
Als Antwort auf: Re: Jetz isser weg .. geschrieben von Günter am 27. Februar 2001 09:10:10:
Hi Gunther,
I keep asking myself why I kept it ! but I have to admit that when its going well it really is a pleasure to own, fast comfortable and in sport mode it really goes!
It seems you had 'The Van From Hell' but looking back mine only seemed to go wrong when I'm in economy range on the box , It never did go wrong in sport mode… curious! perhaps they need to be driven hard, although I suspect it is a software fault in the ECU. I suspect this because as luck would have it it went wrong recently right outside the local Mercedes dealer and I was able to run in a drag the workshop manager out with his portable computer to look at it… but the diagnostics showed no fault!!!!
The problem took a long time to become known here in Britain as so few Vito's with the automatic box were sold. My local dealer group recalled all the V230's they sold (13 in two years) and all received the newer post June 1999 ECU which seemed to cure most of them of the fault.
There is no real advantage in buying a diesel Vito here in Britain as both diesel and petrol both cost around DM2.80 litre :-(
I was talking with my local van salesman ast week, I seems the 'new' vito will be a much bigger @ 3.0m internal length van and much more industrial in appearance, there will be no V Class based on it, he expects to sell the new Vaneo as a direct replacement for the current Vito.
Still, so far I keep getting the problems fixed for free :-) so I will keep with the 'three pointed star'.
Best regards
Andy