Farm van

[suffolksmallholder]

I feel for those folk who have new(ish) machinery and that includes tractors.
I bought my daughter a 2019 plate Peugeot Partner van on Friday. It is a very nice little vehicle. She can work at the many festivals she attends without the worries of wet tents and all that. And ‘stealth camp’ if required (sorry to all the haters)
One and only let down is the windscreen wipers. They do not work on anything except fast and if turned off don’t park themselves where they should.

There’s not much around on t’internet about this being a common problem yet as this is still quite a new model, but I have been told the wiper system is fly-by-wire. In theory this is a brilliant idea although this is where the problem starts.

There is a BIG car dealer in Ipswich John Grose, who has the Ford, Citroen & Peugeot agency and as I was in Ipswich I called this morning to ask and was told that they would call me back.
Well that never happened!

As I was nearby I popped in to ask if this vehicle had the fly-by-wire and nobody knew or could offer any kind of sensible answer to my supposed simple Q
They would, however take close to £95 off me to plug it in to their diagnostic equipment.
Needless to say I declined this offer as I felt that I needed more information before committing.
I did say that I was surprised that on visiting a supposed Peugeot expert there was nobody to talk to about the how and why of the problem or if it was fly-by-wire.

Are folk who drop in to ask a simple question always treated this way I wonder?
SS

 

[Spencer]

I feel for those folk who have new(ish) machinery and that includes tractors.
I bought my daughter a 2019 plate Peugeot Partner van on Friday. It is a very nice little vehicle. She can work at the many festivals she attends without the worries of wet tents and all that. And ‘stealth camp’ if required (sorry to all the haters)
One and only let down is the windscreen wipers. They do not work on anything except fast and if turned off don’t park themselves where they should.

There’s not much around on t’internet about this being a common problem yet as this is still quite a new model, but I have been told the wiper system is fly-by-wire. In theory this is a brilliant idea although this is where the problem starts.

There is a BIG car dealer in Ipswich John Grose, who has the Ford, Citroen & Peugeot agency and as I was in Ipswich I called this morning to ask and was told that they would call me back.
Well that never happened!

As I was nearby I popped in to ask if this vehicle had the fly-by-wire and nobody knew or could offer any kind of sensible answer to my supposed simple Q
They would, however take close to £95 off me to plug it in to their diagnostic equipment.
Needless to say I declined this offer as I felt that I needed more information before committing.
I did say that I was surprised that on visiting a supposed Peugeot expert there was nobody to talk to about the how and why of the problem or if it was fly-by-wire.

Are folk who drop in to ask a simple question always treated this way I wonder?
SS

They have overheads and bills to pay.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

They have overheads and bills to pay.

Fair enough and I don’t begrudge this at all.
What niggled was the lack of any knowledge. If I worked for a major vehicle manufacturer I’d at the very least immerse myself in how they are made and be up to date with the tech coming through but perhaps I am too optimistic and it is ‘just-a-job’ and the computer says no
SS

 

[Spencer]

Fair enough and I don’t begrudge this at all.
What niggled was the lack of any knowledge. If I worked for a major vehicle manufacturer I’d at the very least immerse myself in how they are made and be up to date with the tech coming through but perhaps I am too optimistic and it is ‘just-a-job’ and the computer says no
SS

Welcome to modern society.. The days of time served “mechanics” are long gone. Today we have “fitters” of varying abilities I’ve found.

 

[2wheels]

the timing belt on these are scheduled to be changed at 120,000 mls . if they are anything like the smaller ones ( citroen berlingo et all) they quite often snap the belts at under 100,000 mls. my son has had a few do this at his work and they now change the belts a 90+ 000 mls.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

I was just stunned at the lack of spark/interest/drive/interest/interest.
WTF!
Like everything today it seems to be run by overweight, ill informed computer operators who just rock up to work, take the pay and then go home to sit in front of the TV/video game
Food, ah. That comes from a supermarket and milk grows on trees.
Eggs come in a pack of six wrapped in cardboard. What is a chicken?
Oooops
Rant!

SS

 

[Ffermer Bach]

I was just stunned at the lack of spark/interest/drive/interest/interest.
WTF!
Like everything today it seems to be run by overweight, ill informed computer operators who just rock up to work, take the pay and then go home to sit in front of the TV/video game
Food, ah. That comes from a supermarket and milk grows on trees.
Eggs come in a pack of six wrapped in cardboard. What is a chicken?
Oooops
Rant!

SS

just been to the gym (first time in 40 years!), anyway, Doris remarked, how can the young people on reception be so gormless. Does membership include the classes? No idea! So not just garages, leisure centres too.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

When one does come across a young and keen person, isn’t it like a breath of fresh air
They may not know everything but just the enthusiasm is infectious.
SS

 

[GOODYSMATE]

My sister has taken here ford car that she bought second hand of John Grose back to them 3 times to get a small problem fixed and every time the next day the problem comes back , she got it booked in at another garage for next week , John Grose is not the garage it used to be

 

[Baker9]

I feel for those folk who have new(ish) machinery and that includes tractors.
I bought my daughter a 2019 plate Peugeot Partner van on Friday. It is a very nice little vehicle. She can work at the many festivals she attends without the worries of wet tents and all that. And ‘stealth camp’ if required (sorry to all the haters)
One and only let down is the windscreen wipers. They do not work on anything except fast and if turned off don’t park themselves where they should.

There’s not much around on t’internet about this being a common problem yet as this is still quite a new model, but I have been told the wiper system is fly-by-wire. In theory this is a brilliant idea although this is where the problem starts.

There is a BIG car dealer in Ipswich John Grose, who has the Ford, Citroen & Peugeot agency and as I was in Ipswich I called this morning to ask and was told that they would call me back.
Well that never happened!

As I was nearby I popped in to ask if this vehicle had the fly-by-wire and nobody knew or could offer any kind of sensible answer to my supposed simple Q
They would, however take close to £95 off me to plug it in to their diagnostic equipment.
Needless to say I declined this offer as I felt that I needed more information before committing.
I did say that I was surprised that on visiting a supposed Peugeot expert there was nobody to talk to about the how and why of the problem or if it was fly-by-wire.

Are folk who drop in to ask a simple question always treated this way I wonder?
SS

Try an auto electrics specialist, main car dealers mainly employ idiots who hate their job, there are good specialists about who can use a code scanner and more important understand what they see. Ask around locally to find out who the good one are.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

Try an auto electrics specialist, main car dealers mainly employ idiots who hate their job, there are good specialists about who can use a code scanner and more important understand what they see. Ask around locally to find out who the good one are.

Thanks for that.
For now I’ve bit the bullet and booked an hours scanner time at a Peugeot specialists.
Fingers crossed they will find out whats what.
SS

 

[Blue.]

It’s taken Land Rover 18 months to decide my dad Evoque needs a new timing chain,it seems every day is their 1st day with staff,no body has a clue anymore.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

It’s taken Land Rover 18 months to decide my dad Evoque needs a new timing chain,it seems every day is their 1st day with staff,no body has a clue anymore.

Meh!
SS

 

[box]

Have you tried disconnecting the battery for a couple of hours? It's amazing how many "problems" it fixes.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

Have you tried disconnecting the battery for a couple of hours? It's amazing how many "problems" it fixes.

Thanks for that idea.
I’ll have to find out whether these vans have a radio code. I’m assuming this idea is out of date coz who wants to steal a car radio now
SS

 

[deleted user 837354]

They have overheads and bills to pay.

You would not be treated that way in my Uncle's garage, I know that much.

 

[Spencer]

You would not be treated that way in my Uncle's garage, I know that much.

Is it a Peugeot garage?

 

[Cowabunga]

Are folk who drop in to ask a simple question always treated this way I wonder?
SS

In car main dealers, yes.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Is it a Peugeot garage?

No, they work on all kinds of vehicles and he has bought all kinds of diagnostic equipment for many of the brands. He also sends staff on update courses for the latest vehicles, most of them are former main dealer techies who saw the light.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

First off you say its not parking, the motor needs a continuous live to it to park, check the plug on the motor to see if a continuous live it there when the ignition is on but wipers are in off position, if no live then it can throw up faults in intermittent wipe.
If live is there continuous with the ignition on, then its most probably the the wiper stalk unit not sending the right communication to wipers,
If getting a new stalk unit, get the right one as there could be different variants depending on spec of vehicle,

They are a marvellous cracking van, I have one , but I went for the Tepee version not the commercial, as there better finished off inside, rear seats just clip out in seconds,
Less than half the Road tax of a commercial and continuously does over 50 mpg, and the traction control means its in and out of fields with ease or not got stuck yet anyway, and can drop seats back in in seconds if needed