Comments on: ANCAP 2008 Ford Transit Crash Test

By: sos motorcycle recovery

sos motorcycle recovery — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:21:07 +0000

..im a pom lol and ive owned, driven and sold many transits over the years ….the transit is and always was aperfect example of a commercial vehicle comfortable relatively cheap and capable i presently run an old ex aus post swb van[amongst other transit vans on my fleet ] with a2.0ohc [petrol] lump init its done 300000kms and still going strong why ? because its been looked after.it doesnt help that Ford here semm to have no interest in supporting the tranny [i quote 783 bucks for a set of rear brake shoes ]i bought them for 16quid back home and had them shipped here for 10quid ..the guy inthe parts dept basically couldnt wait to get rid of me
ive also driven merc sprinters good vans but bloody expensive to run and when they go wrong they go wrong big time..the reason i use euro vans is because no jap van is wide enough for bike recovery and the only euro van worth owning is the transit

By: Howie-R31

Howie-R31 — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:56:35 +0000

Actually non of the late models are as expensive as $1200. But they’re still around $828.00, but no great suprise there

By: Howie-R31

Howie-R31 — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:38:47 +0000

Mark, thats not suprising one little bit. Price injectors for any late model diesel vehicle and you’ll find similar pricing I’d very confidently say.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:33:06 +0000

Well Rolf let me tell you the Transit is not much better for parts. Injectors for tubo deisel range from $450 to $1200 each. and that is just for the injectors.

By: Kingdaddy

Kingdaddy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:50:57 +0000

Any word on the ford transit safety results?

I see elsewhere that the ford transit has an ancap rating of 5 – how did it get this high score?

By: Surgicalfanatic

Surgicalfanatic — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:09:54 +0000

Does anyone have a view on transit vs ducato??

By: Spitfire

Spitfire — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:06:57 +0000

Bob says I was shot down. Well I am still airborne with all guns blazing.

The facts are Australia Post have ditched their Ford Transit vans and embraced Mercedes. I rest my case.

By: Rolf

Rolf — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:47:11 +0000

Hi have a 2004 sprinter 2.2TDI 125,000km, i wouldn’t say they are a “bad” van but they definately aren’t great either! I just had to do the injectors on mine, an i think doing that on a van that has not worked hard at all with only 125 k’s on the clock is pretty poor and to top it off Mercedes are RIP OFF’s! $2500 just for the injectors only, i’m starting to like the Ford Transits

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:45:05 +0000

Guys, I currently own a Sprinter and can’t fault it at all, however I can’t say the same for the previous Transit.
My Sprinter has had no problems at all, so don’t know what Richo is smoking ?
Maybe he’d care to provide some hard facts on these faults?

As some of you have already stated, the Ambulance fleet, Australia Post and many other big fleets run Sprinters now, cause they have proved themselves more than capable and reliable.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:11:40 +0000

Wheelnut,
i dont think anyone in the ambos think that hard about about the past of the make of vehicles they use.

I know the ambos put more choice into the purpose of the vehicle than any past bad experiences with the vehicle

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:39:29 +0000

Richo… Id say Merc-Benz have ironed out the problems with the Sprinter vans given that they are being used by the Ambulance Service – the last thing they’d want is an electrical gremlin to shutdown the engine whilst rushing someone to hospital etc.

Having said that I believe The transit still remains the worlds most popular commercial van because it comes in so many configurations etc unlike the Sprinter the VW Transporter The Renault Trafik or the Hiace.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:30:11 +0000

Well looks like spitfire just got shot down.

By: Pat E

Pat E — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:59:58 +0000

Nice one Richo!

Yes, they were flogged pretty well – just ask the service dept boys! haha

By: Richo

Richo — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:33:35 +0000

looks like we where both thinking the same thing Pat E!!

I’m a holden man as everyone knows, but i used to work for Australia post and credit where its due, those transits where flogged HARD every day and the Australia Post fleet of transits where often up to 10 years old, yet they still kept smiling and coming back for more.

And when i say flogged.. i mean properly PROPERLY flogged!

By: Richo

Richo — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:28:58 +0000

Spitfire – Australia Post changed over due to the lack of availability of an automatic gearbox on the current range of Transits. Probably not a good argument to bring up reliability when talking about mercedes vans, because mercedes vans actually have an EXTREEMLY suspect reliability record in Australia… one would hope they are ontop of them now, but the earlier models where hopeless, constant and often terminal overheating issues…

By: Pat E

Pat E — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:57:04 +0000

Australia Post went to Sprinters because of the availability of Automatic transmissions and Ford had issues with Supply of the Transit. Very frustrating as my dealership supplied Aus Post with their Transits and now that we don’t we have lost quite a bit of business. Unfortunately this is a manufacturer problem…

By: o

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:35:03 +0000

Simon look closely ont he falcon the fron is gone but look at the a and b pillars and see howt he barinas are crumpled

By: Spitfire

Spitfire — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:18:21 +0000

Good point Chris. Australia Post recently changed from Transit to Mercedes, due I believe to their bad experiences with Transit.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:23:14 +0000

If you need a large van, get the Mercedes Sprinter.
I had a Transit before the Sprinter, and the Sprinter is miles ahead.

By: Simon

Simon — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:20:07 +0000

The Barina looks less damaged than the Falcon ute….