MK7 Build Quality

[blue estate]

Was there something about high roofs being turkeys?

You could ask blue, he's the only one with personal experience of roasting one

Beutifull as Mr Mathews used to say !

[ake]

The vin no. It has certain digits to indicate build location

TT in vin number indicates Turkey

[FATTBOYY]

how can you tell where the van was made?

what are the certain digits in the vin number?

**EDIT**

i found it on the etis

mine is:

Otosan (Turkey) Plant Build

[walt1984]

Probably better put together in turkey. I bet dash doesn't buzz and vibrate

[ake]

Probably better put together in turkey. I bet dash doesn't buzz and vibrate

I bet it did, until I took it out and refitted it on my 2010 350, which was made in Turkey!

[Auscharlo]

I have 2002 90t350 and 2003 125t430, I think both UK built. Last year in a fit of insanity purchased a 145t460 (Turkish built) and it's no-where near the quality of the earlier ones. What a cheap piece of crap, Ford definitely saw me coming, so far- both front shocks burst, steering rack leaking, oil leak at front of engine, diesel cap broken (2004 spare one is good), 2 front tyres gone through to wire on inside edge, headlight protectors fall off if windy, but not while moving, roof has cracked above windscreen, under it yesterday and I think rear seal starting to leak and the front battery has boiled dry (SMART? charge). Last night it started to derate and cut out and all it brings up is U0001! Not bad for a van with the grand total of 25,000km. It has taken 8 months to get a warranty claim of Ford as I am 900km from the nearest dealer. They can't understand why I won't do the 1800km round trip to get it repaired, all I want is for them to send me the parts- I'll fit them myself and send the displaced ones back. I only bought the thing because it was the last (mk7) one here and the new one makes me sick to look at it. Ford Australia have such retarded thinking- Transit here, standard 80?ltr diesel tank only, in the UK option of 105 or 115 ltr (can't remember which), bearing in mind it's nearly as far to my dealer as from top to bottom of UK! In future I won't be so lazy and convert the body to fit a Sprinter. And to top it all, IT'S A PIG ON DIESEL!!

[loot]

I always thought mine was Southampton but low and behold it is a turkey and there's only rust where it is damaged but nowhere else except the rear x member that i need to sort out.
Those otosan chaps know how to make em eh

[bigjohnthomas]

When you say made in Turkish Turkey they army actually made there just put together
Like in Leyland there used to be factories all over leyland makingvstuff engines gearboxis axles buses then one day they launched the t45 a new range built a new factory to "build " them in the lap leyland assembly plant stufthe rom all over the world gets bolted together there but nothing actually made ,all the other factorys are housing estates now what the f*** are you on about allcock talking bolloks again you prick
Er well anyway
They are only assembled there with the same bits they would of been assembled with in southwankton
Must be a sh*t paint shop

[walt1984]

Cool looking fleet.
My dad used to work on D8s and 9s back in late 70s not sure if he said if they had a donkey engine to start main engine.
Back in the room, think u get good and bad in everything. If our last van was a your 1st ford you would never buy another.
Would expect a van going to aus to have long range fuel tanks and maybe ford would have mobile fitting shops.
Maybe holden owners are sabotaging it.

[Auscharlo]

Thanks very much, we try hard to keep them looking good and True mate they did, my old fella was out in Abu Dhabi in 72 they had D9's with start engine and run engine, we have a customers' with D11"s now. 20 years since I finished my apprenticeship and I don't think it's a van problem, it's a Ford Australia one, Last week all agreed to send parts, this week mind is changed, want more pictures.. Get this on a 12mth old van. they want me to clean the dust and oil off the burst shocks and take pictures, will look just like a new shock! Then they will say there is nothing wrong from the photo's, or the extra weight of the spotlights caused it. They used to have a service agent in the town but he was more than useless, on my driveway is a van they put the wrong chassis number into IDS and all the ecu's are now security locked out. Nobody anywhere in the Ford world wants to talk to me about that and apparently it can't be reversed, waiting for Andy to sort out a mtdi pump for it. There is no customer service in the motor industry out here, every dealer is nice till you pay for it then ...... " well you bought it, warranty- don't swear in my office " Heaven help you if you have an electronic issue, might as well put on a truck and send it to the nearest big city. Rio Tinto were putting their new Ford Ranger pick ups and sending them to Perth (1600km) to get warranty work, as Ford's back up service is so bad. When I first saw the shocks leaking- last November, I emailed the photo's to the local dealer and to the dealer on the east coast who I purchased it off. Guess what? no reply from either of them. Think for the next one I will have to go to China and buy a brand new Mk3, still make them there!! The average Holden owner is so dumb he couldn't figure out how to open the bonnet- they still think it's an Australian car, All Holden did was work out how to put the American engine into an Opel!!!!!!!

[loot]

What is your problem with the modules mate? I do a bit with them and might be able to look if you have ids and team viewer 10.

[andypdq]

Thanks very much, we try hard to keep them looking good and True mate they did, my old fella was out in Abu Dhabi in 72 they had D9's with start engine and run engine, we have a customers' with D11"s now. 20 years since I finished my apprenticeship and I don't think it's a van problem, it's a Ford Australia one, Last week all agreed to send parts, this week mind is changed, want more pictures.. Get this on a 12mth old van. they want me to clean the dust and oil off the burst shocks and take pictures, will look just like a new shock! Then they will say there is nothing wrong from the photo's, or the extra weight of the spotlights caused it. They used to have a service agent in the town but he was more than useless, on my driveway is a van they put the wrong chassis number into IDS and all the ecu's are now security locked out. Nobody anywhere in the Ford world wants to talk to me about that and apparently it can't be reversed, waiting for Andy to sort out a mtdi pump for it. There is no customer service in the motor industry out here, every dealer is nice till you pay for it then ...... " well you bought it, warranty- don't swear in my office " Heaven help you if you have an electronic issue, might as well put on a truck and send it to the nearest big city. Rio Tinto were putting their new Ford Ranger pick ups and sending them to Perth (1600km) to get warranty work, as Ford's back up service is so bad. When I first saw the shocks leaking- last November, I emailed the photo's to the local dealer and to the dealer on the east coast who I purchased it off. Guess what? no reply from either of them. Think for the next one I will have to go to China and buy a brand new Mk3, still make them there!! The average Holden owner is so dumb he couldn't figure out how to open the bonnet- they still think it's an Australian car, All Holden did was work out how to put the American engine into an Opel!!!!!!!

Sorry to hear you're having so much hassle, there are plenty of people here in the UK who suffer lots of down time and expense due to inept "experts" trying to repair ever more complex systems, it must be a nightmare when you are based in a remote area and the nearest dealer is hundreds of miles away. The next Mtdi pump has your name on it as soon as the parts arrive, Bosch UK aren't the fastest either. At least with a nice simple mechanical system, it can't lock you out.

Cheers.

[andypdq]

Cool looking fleet.
My dad used to work on D8s and 9s back in late 70s not sure if he said if they had a donkey engine to start main engine.
Back in the room, think u get good and bad in everything. If our last van was a your 1st ford you would never buy another.
Would expect a van going to aus to have long range fuel tanks and maybe ford would have mobile fitting shops.
Maybe holden owners are sabotaging it.

The strangest starting system I've seen on bulldozers was on an old International, start it on petrol, switch over to diesel when it's warmed up a bit. An explanation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y81EUqzvbWc