Comments on: ANCAP 2008 Ford Transit Crash Test

By: Pomy mate

Pomy mate — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:12:37 +0000

Don’t go to Ford for brakes mate, Look up a company called RDA (Rotors, Drums Australia), rear shoes are well under $100.

By: Post Mech

Post Mech — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:06:59 +0000

Spitfire, the reason for Post not choosing Transits again is Ford do not do an auto box any longer and therefore could not for fill tender process!

Sprinter with less than 30,000klm on the clock (before first service) with failled cooling fans I wouldn’t call a good start with Post, would you?

Also very expensive labour rates and parts I wouldn’t say that Sprinters are going to save Post any money!! If anyone can test a van to the point of distruction Post drivers will be a good test ground.

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