Been using this van for a year pretty much 12hrs per night 5-6 nights per week and now shes gone, became quite attached to it, it was cursed i think but still was the nicest to drive out of our fleet.
Heres a quick run down

its 18 months old this is its downfalls in the last year since i have been using it
the turbo failed
the air con condensor failed
the clutch failed
and a few other mechanical parts

then in June it was attacked and damaged by Pikeys whilst I was sat in it at a job



it took about 8 weeks before we got it back

then ATS mobile fitted some new tyres to the front and left the passenger wheel nuts loose, it damaged the door and the wing that were replaced the week before from the pikey damage (no pics at moment though)

then when it came back 4 weeks ago it had a real violent shaking from the passenger front wheel so it went back to ford and it turned out they missed the bent driveshaft.

got it back two days ago and the stereo would not switch on but after about 4 hours it started working but i noticed over the course of the shift the little lights behind the preset buttons were blowing 1 by 1 then left at the office all day yesterday got it it last night, drove app 35 miles no problemthen switched the radio on and noticed that the heater control lights went out, then within 2 mins i could smell burning so i pulled over and grabbed the fire extinguisher but it was useless as there was a well established fire raging behind the dash within 2-3 minutes this was what happened


luckily i managed to save the key cases from the lock box in the back

heres a few pics of whats left





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anyone heard of this weird electrical problem on these connect vans before, is it common.

 

Bloody hell, I knew old Fords liked firing themselves....... glad you are okay though, could have been a lot worse..

 

yeah im cool, just a little bit of smoke inhalation and the bloody wind blowing the powder from the extinguisher into my face but bar that all was good. luckily i got the stuff out before the flames appeared so good timing. think the management are gonna have to invest in c02 extinguishers because powder is useless on electrical fires

 

blimey another eventful night then at work! stuff going on everywhere last night it seems. glad u gotout ok, n it did'nt happen when u were having a kip!

 

That passenger door handle never gave up did it! Still in one shape!

Remind me never to come back to Bristol, some kind of catastrophe happens nightly

 

It's a work van, get over it!

 

Thing is its not old


Glad you got out ok though

 

i had a new one of these vans , what i really mean omc had it i was just paying for it for 4 mths, dozens of electrical problems all the time proper shit vans.i wished that would have set on fire everyday but it just would`nt dealer was of no use either lost a fortune on it

 

I am over it, i was taking the piss.
still could be worse like Joy said i do also spend some time laid across the seats having a kip lol