W447 Vito, what to look out for when buying?
Discussion
First up, was 50-50 between the Commercial Break and the Mercedes sub forums for this post, so if anyone's upset by me talking about vans here, I apologise!
I'm looking for a medium sized 5 seater combi van for leisure/family use, and the W447 Vito looks promising. On my budget I will be looking at earlier Euro 6 examples from around 2016 to 2018, with one of the various 2.1 CDi engines and the automatic gearbox, I believe they're the 7G-Tronic.
Is there anything specific I need to check for on this generation of Vito? Do they suffer any common problems that are expensive and/or a pig to fix?
Any advice gratefully received. Cheers!
I'm looking for a medium sized 5 seater combi van for leisure/family use, and the W447 Vito looks promising. On my budget I will be looking at earlier Euro 6 examples from around 2016 to 2018, with one of the various 2.1 CDi engines and the automatic gearbox, I believe they're the 7G-Tronic.
Is there anything specific I need to check for on this generation of Vito? Do they suffer any common problems that are expensive and/or a pig to fix?
Any advice gratefully received. Cheers!
Venisonpie said:
They're generally excellent. Key things are nox sensors and injectors.
I used to run a fleet of them (about 80) and they cost less pence per mile whole life cost than Ford Custom's.
Cheers, that's encouraging. The Custom does seem to have a poor reputation, especially the newer 2.0 engines.I used to run a fleet of them (about 80) and they cost less pence per mile whole life cost than Ford Custom's.
Any giveaway signs for those particular issues? Or just the usual warning lights or rough running?
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