2007 Iveco Daily Problems

[Sherman Desrosiers]

Wehad the really long one at work, was nice to drive but the thing cost a bomb to repair it, so much shit went wrong including the immobilizer, fuel tank x 2, fuel pump, clutch bearing x 2, brake problems and various other things. The credit card was red hot keeping the van on the road.

I worked for an Iveco dealership from 2005 to 2013. They were a very comfortable and powerful van. Generally reliable. However it seemed that some would have more problems than others. Defiantly make sure any second hand Dailys have a good service history. Some were just lemons though. We had customers that bought new vans and had countless problems from day one, generally electrical issues, mechanically they were usually pretty strong if looked after. We had other customers who had them and the only time you would see them was when they came in for a service. It was almost pot luck what you would get.

Good dealer network though especially on the east coast of the country, however IVECO didn't seem to keep a large inventory of parts in stock for these things and some items had to come from Italy. I'm sure this has been rectified by now though. Fairly complicated things to work on at times so most backyard mechanics would struggle diagnosing problems, getting issues addressed at dealers would be a better bet usually saves money in the long run. If looked after would easily get 600,000km + from an engine. We had a customer who had 3 of them and the engines wasn't touched til nearly 1 mil Km.

Things may have changed since I last worked for them though.

I've driven an Iveco with Hi-matic and that 8 speed auto is simply stunning compared to just about everything else in the van sector I have driven. The Iveco's I have had experience with have been reliable.

Iveco Daily Owners:

I have a 2009 ( Automatic) Iveco Daily 65C18 and from time to time, like all vehicles I have issues and problems.

Recently on a trip, after stopping, I was unable to travel any further as tmy trucks computer displayed the message "Automatic Gearbox Failure 078".

This fault was caused by the failure of the Automatic Clutch Actuator, an electronic unit mounted on the left side of the transmission that automatically makes the gear changes. The Iveco OE part number is 42550296, which I believe is actually made by the German Company Sachs who's part number is 3981 000 093 or Sachs 3981 000 046

I had to have the vehicle towed back to my home and after a week of investigation, I found that the faulty part, the Automatic Clutch Actuator had to be replaced.

I got a quote from the local dealer for the part which was the best part of $3600+ GST.

I found another very good Service organization in Sydney that sold the same part for $1600 but had a special available at about $1200.

Next I went to Ebay and immediately found the part I required available through Ebay from several British organizations all at around $409 Australian delivered direct to my door.

I ordered the part which arrived 5 days later with instructions that indicated that the unit, once installed had to be calibrated, which is normally done using a computer connected to the vehicle by the Iveco service dept.

After further investigation I was given a procedure to do the calibration without a computer which is as follows:

1} Turn Ignition ON

2) Turn Lights ON

3) Disconnect Positive Terminal on the Battery and then a few seconds later, turn OFF the Ignition and the Lights.

4) After 10 seconds+ Reconnect the Battery.

5) Next, turn the Ignition ON and wait 20 seconds.

6) Push the Clutch/Break pedal down and release 3 times at the same even pace and then wait for 10+ seconds.

7) Turn the ignition OFF to complete the procedure.

According to the information that I received this procedure should cause the trucks inbuilt computer to automatically calibrate the new Clutch Actuator.

This whole episode bought to my attention the following:

a) Nothing is perfect and nothing lasts forever there will be problems and failures.

b) It appears to me that Vehicle Dealers in this country are over priced and noncompetitive.

c) Always do your due diligence and be persistent until you get a satisfactory and reasonable result.

d) In this case, if I used the local dealer, it probably would have cost more than $4100 for the local dealer to do the repair including the part cost. which is about 1000% more than the part actually cost me.

e) Somewhere in Google lies the answers that we crave. You have only to ask the right questions and also, although Ebay is not the answer to everything one wants, it's a great way to start when you need something.....

I found a good mechanic in brisbane, brisbane daily repairs. Iveco quoted me 18k for new engine as had too much end float apparently, ended up being a worn clutch and some bearing that was reducing the crank speed when trying to start.

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