Hi everyone!
I'm a new motorhome owner - I purchased a nearly new (approx 400 miles on the clock) Ducato van conversion in March 2017. Unfortunately we've only been away in it once as we have had major trouble already with the semi-automatic gearbox.
I'm currently waiting on the side of the road for it to be towed away again as the fault reoccurred on the way back from picking it up from the garage this morning
The problem first occurred about a month after we bought the van. Basically when in automatic mode it starts to feel as if it might stall at slow speeds. Next step is that it does stall, and then won't come out of neutral. If we manage to get it going again then it soon starts to do a horrible juddering, lunges forward with the engine revving and eventually stalls or we have to switch it off to stop it lurching forward. It then won't come out of neutral when we try to restart. It all feels quite dangerous and it's definitely not driveable.
Has anyone heard of/had this kind of problem with a semi-automatic? I do not really know much about semi-automatics and I am pretty upset thinking that I've made a horrible mistake. Starting to wish I'd never bought it....
If anyone can help or advise I'd be so grateful. And I'd love to hear if anyone else had this problem and if it was ever fixed. Feeling pretty depressed about our lovely van right now
Many thanks in advance
Meep
I'm a new motorhome owner - I purchased a nearly new (approx 400 miles on the clock) Ducato van conversion in March 2017. Unfortunately we've only been away in it once as we have had major trouble already with the semi-automatic gearbox.
I'm currently waiting on the side of the road for it to be towed away again as the fault reoccurred on the way back from picking it up from the garage this morning
The problem first occurred about a month after we bought the van. Basically when in automatic mode it starts to feel as if it might stall at slow speeds. Next step is that it does stall, and then won't come out of neutral. If we manage to get it going again then it soon starts to do a horrible juddering, lunges forward with the engine revving and eventually stalls or we have to switch it off to stop it lurching forward. It then won't come out of neutral when we try to restart. It all feels quite dangerous and it's definitely not driveable.
Has anyone heard of/had this kind of problem with a semi-automatic? I do not really know much about semi-automatics and I am pretty upset thinking that I've made a horrible mistake. Starting to wish I'd never bought it....
If anyone can help or advise I'd be so grateful. And I'd love to hear if anyone else had this problem and if it was ever fixed. Feeling pretty depressed about our lovely van right now
Many thanks in advance
Meep