johnnyboy
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- May 30, 2021
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- autocruise rhythm
Hi I’m new to this forum and fairly new to the world of motorhoming. Bad omens from the start With my Autocruise Rhythm with comfort matic gearbox on the Ducato. Put deposit down in Feb 2020, was meant to pick up early March. Dealer had problem with airbag so rescheduled pickup to 23rd March . The day before pickup lockdown happened and didn’t get van until end of May. From the outset had warning messages about glow plugs. Didn’t affect performance but dealer paid for these to be replaced. Phew- let’s go camping. Did a few trips last year all good.
last month went for a day out ( oh nearly forgot- battery ran out if left stationary for more than two weeks- so have to leave constantly on charge). All going well but on return I get red error message. Transmission problem. I’m stuck in 2 nd gear. In traffic trundling along and unable to change gear. After 3 miles message goes and it’s all working again. Contact my usual garage and Fiat dealer. Both say it could be lots of things, sensors, wires but unlikely actual gearbox. Told to take it for a good run. Warranty by now has expired.
so last week went on a good trip. Covered around 400 miles. No problems until return trip. Red error message and couldn’t move from 2nd. Pulled into garage for fuel thinking the stop might sort it. This time everything dead. Engine wouldn’t start, angry people behind. Tried to start several times, nothing. Stress levels high, tried again and it started up. No error message and got home ok. Both times I had problems I was caught up in slow moving traffic. I’m at a loss as to what to do as reading other threads it seems it’s not straightforward knowing what it could be. Do I spend lots of money trying to get fault identified and sorted, are there simple things I can try. Can I reset things somehow? I’m set to go away again soon and really anxious about things going wrong again and being stuck. The idea of buying a van (2014- 37k) was to experience freedom and relaxation. Not getting much of that at moment. Any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks.
last month went for a day out ( oh nearly forgot- battery ran out if left stationary for more than two weeks- so have to leave constantly on charge). All going well but on return I get red error message. Transmission problem. I’m stuck in 2 nd gear. In traffic trundling along and unable to change gear. After 3 miles message goes and it’s all working again. Contact my usual garage and Fiat dealer. Both say it could be lots of things, sensors, wires but unlikely actual gearbox. Told to take it for a good run. Warranty by now has expired.
so last week went on a good trip. Covered around 400 miles. No problems until return trip. Red error message and couldn’t move from 2nd. Pulled into garage for fuel thinking the stop might sort it. This time everything dead. Engine wouldn’t start, angry people behind. Tried to start several times, nothing. Stress levels high, tried again and it started up. No error message and got home ok. Both times I had problems I was caught up in slow moving traffic. I’m at a loss as to what to do as reading other threads it seems it’s not straightforward knowing what it could be. Do I spend lots of money trying to get fault identified and sorted, are there simple things I can try. Can I reset things somehow? I’m set to go away again soon and really anxious about things going wrong again and being stuck. The idea of buying a van (2014- 37k) was to experience freedom and relaxation. Not getting much of that at moment. Any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks.