Iveco Daily 4x4

Reckon you could a lot worse...we'd love to get one to replace the VW Transporter dual cab (and make up for the long lost Defender) except the price of entry is just a little too steep...but then I can't afford a new VW or Defender either.

And given the expected demise of both the Defender and Land Cruiser dual cab chassis in the coming few years...what else is there? I've driven a Mitsubishi Canter 4x4 before...this is not an alternative!!

The funniest thing for us with respect to servicing is that here we are in a large regional community in Victoria and the nearest Land Rover dealer is four and a half hours away. No-one here amongst the local independents will touch a modern LR because none of them are prepared to invest in the bespoke coding required to sort them out...if it breaks properly then expect to get it tilt-trayed to Adelaide, Melbourne or Wagga Wagga...yet there's an Iveco service agent. Go figure.

I bloke I know bought one new and the engine blew up within three months and bugger all kilometres. It took months to get a new engine supplied and fitted under warranty.

He sold it soon after and now hates them, from memory he bought a Merc to replace it.

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Originally Posted by sean0

No-one here amongst the local independents will touch a modern LR because none of them are prepared to invest in the bespoke coding required to sort them out...if it breaks properly then expect to get it tilt-trayed to Adelaide, Melbourne or Wagga Wagga...yet there's an Iveco service agent. Go figure.

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Not sure what you mean by "bespoke code" since all brands and models have code that is bespoke, if it is the ECU's you are referring to. However, all modern vehicles (not just Land Rover) have ECU's, so they are no different to any other brand. The problem is, no one where you are wants to invest in the training required to service them and that is a fair call.

Having said that, you have no guarantee the Iveco service centre will support those models. They have a much wider range of ECU's, and therefore bespoke code, to invest in than other brands. I doubt there would be much call to support these vs tractor units.

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Originally Posted by TerryO

I bloke I know bought one new and the engine blew up within three months and bugger all kilometres. It took months to get a new engine supplied and fitted under warranty.

He sold it soon after and now hates them, from memory he bought a Merc to replace it.

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Could happen to a vehicle from any brand.

Well this is one of the issues I'll be facing if I go ahead, there are many DIY OBD Diagnostic options for the Landy, Nanocom, Hawkeye, Scanguage etc that we take self service for granted

Iveco E A S Y seems to be the propierty OBD system and yes its expensive, so
If I start buggering around with DPF, EGR, CAT etc I may have to wait till waranty expires :o and hope a clone OBD reader becomes available.

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Originally Posted by BMKal

Rear seat in them is huge. You could easily seat 4 on it - and the seat itself lifts up to reveal a huge storage box underneath - bigger than your average coffin. You could "seat" another full size adult in there. :p

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A special seat for the staff member who talks too much on long drives...:angel:

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Originally Posted by disco2hse

Could happen to a vehicle from any brand.

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Yes it could and it often does, for him the real problem was how many months it took for them to get it back on the road even under warranty.

Ask just about any truck driver what they think of the Iveco Cursor engine that Iveco trucks come standard with. I'm sure you will get some interesting responses.

Still we are all Land Rover owners here so we all should be used to owning temperamental vehicles.

Aah! you mean that they are like Leyland were,Monday build,:( Wednesday build,:) and then there was Friday build. :mad:

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Originally Posted by disco2hse

Not sure what you mean by "bespoke code" since all brands and models have code that is bespoke, if it is the ECU's you are referring to. However, all modern vehicles (not just Land Rover) have ECU's, so they are no different to any other brand. The problem is, no one where you are wants to invest in the training required to service them and that is a fair call.

Having said that, you have no guarantee the Iveco service centre will support those models. They have a much wider range of ECU's, and therefore bespoke code, to invest in than other brands. I doubt there would be much call to support these vs tractor units.

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Truth on both counts. However, at least there's an actual factory approved Iveco service agent in town that you can deal with personally one-on-one if there is an issue or a warranty problem.

Land Rover on the other hand...you are on your lonesome. For example, if your D3 has a software fault in the suspension and hits the limp home setting there's no-one within hundreds of kays who can help you...as my parents learned. They ended up driving the thing home anyway.

Land Rover and Iveco are both niche brands in this country...neither really deserves to be but that's just the way it is.

Mate of mine (Electrician) had the large Iveco van, after 15 months, 2nd engine, 2nd gearbox, 3rd computer and 2nd diff (couldn't back up a driveway of only 1 in 10mtrs), Iveco ended up giving him his money back and he bought the Merc Sprinter. He loves it.