Faults:

Battery died a couple of years ago.

The brake light bulb (driver's side) blows every year.

As you can see from above, in 10 years nothing mechanically has gone wrong.

General Comments:

The only thing I can say about the Hi-ace is the fuel consumption is bad; otherwise the best van anyone can get.

Faults:

Heater matrix has begun to leak badly - I have bypassed it to avoid a dash out job. Will leave it like that till winter.

Radiator has begun to leak, will need to be replaced.

Heater plugs are wrung off in head - probably due to muppet previous owner.

General sloppiness in steering and bushes.

General Comments:

Tough and reliable van, but not as tough and reliable as the earlier pre 95 model - they are the best van ever made and will run forever. I am sorry I changed.

I work the van hard, but it does not pull as well as a Mitsubishi l400, although it is more economical.

The older model was a better built and much more substantial van mechanically - one look at the new style diff. will tell you that. The older model was more economical and never once let me down, despite getting dogs abuse.

This is a softer van and not everlasting, but will still outlast any Ford or french offering!

Faults:

Torsion Bar Broke away from body on its on its first Doe, maybe the test was far too heavy. That was about ten years ago. It was repaired and I never had to replace it since. I had a problem with a cracked cylinder head at about 95000 miles and I had a reconditioned one fitted and also had a sleeve fitted to a cylinder. The van is still going well.

General Comments:

This Van has only broken down once in the past 16 years. I have used it every day and it never lets me down.