Date:         Fri, 17 Jul 1998 15:39:18 -0500
Reply-To:     "Donald A. Drisdell" <DDrisdell@CI.CAMBRIDGE.MA.US>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Donald A. Drisdell" <DDrisdell@CI.CAMBRIDGE.MA.US>
Organization: City of Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
Subject:      eurovan problems
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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>Date:    Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:20:43 -0700
>From:    Dale Goodvin <dgoodvin@UPS.EDU>
>Subject: Eurovan problems?

>come on all you eurovan owners out there!
>let us know how your vehicles are doing, mechanically speaking.
>it's not like they are brand new items any longer
>the 93's are nearly 6 years old, so there is a history there!

>enquiring minds want to know

>dg

Fair enough.  I responded to the guy (Dave?) who was looking for info
on problems that owners might be having with vanagons or eurovan, but I
responded directly instead of to the list. So here's the response:

David:

We purchased a 1993 Eurovan--in 1993--and have driven it for the past
five years as the only family vehicle.  We use it mostly in town and on
endless weekend trips to the suburbs for soccer matches (three kids),
although we have taken it on several long trips (Canada, Ohio, etc.).
Other than routine maintenance (oil changes, tune ups, tire rotation,
fluids checks etc., one brake job, one muffler replacement, and one
replacement battery) the only maintenance problems we have had are a
broken power window cable (covered by warranty and replaced on both
sides by recall due to defective original cables, which happened in the
first year and have been fine ever since), relacement of the
receiver/driver unit in the air-conditioning system (after four years),
and just recently a problem with the air circulation fan which has not
yet been diagnosed.  In general the van has been very reliable.

don
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Don Drisdell, Deputy City Solicitor
The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts
795 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-3219
(617) 349-4121      FAX (617) 349-4134
drisdell@ci.cambridge.ma.us