W447 Vito, what to look out for when buying?

[Jonny_]

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!

[Venisonpie]

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.

[Jonny_]

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.

Any giveaway signs for those particular issues? Or just the usual warning lights or rough running?

[Venisonpie]

Jonny_ said:

Cheers, that's encouraging. The Custom does seem to have a poor reputation, especially the newer 2.0 engines.

Any giveaway signs for those particular issues? Or just the usual warning lights or rough running?

Warning lights and limp mode.