Calling All Mercedes Vito Specialists

Snotter doesn’t come close no need to be an expert to suggest you don’t waste your time. Having the same advisories year on year doesn’t indicate “a very well looked after van” to me. Blown rear shocks and persistent advisories on tyre wear are big red flags for me. Andy

 

I didn’t realise old vans were still so pricey, maybe my Caddy is worth more than I thought.
That looks pretty straight body wise, they are known for rust though. I snapped a glow plug on my Vito and it caused that light to come on but it may just be a general fault light.
Mirror trim is an easy fix.

 

Inlet manifold cracks are very common to, causes a load of rough running issues which are hard to pinpoint.

 

i bought a merc years ago, went with my heart instead of my brain

cost me 4 grand over 2 years to keep it on the road until it blew up

one thing guaranteed is as you fix one thing something else will pop up

it worth no more than £1500 as well

fuck it off

 

I’ve had 2 Vitos having done a combined mileage of 380k between them. Not had any issues that are major, just general wear and tear as you have with any vehicle.

Personally I’d avoid this overpriced ‘snotter’, I prefer my vans to have had at least some regular maintenance both preventative and reactive.
This van sounds a shambles having being owned by at least one owner who appears to just want to turn the key and drive on regardless.

If his 20 year old van is 5K, I need to reappraise what I ask for my 13 year old van next Month. I was only going to ask 3k for it……….

There will be others come along just bide your time.

 

funny init, and just goes to prove my regular advice to customers when they ask, what do i recommend? is probably correct. never ask a mechanic, cos generally speaking, we only remember the bad ones. the Vito would almost always be my last choice. and at 5k for any 20yr old midsized van seems way over the top unless mint.

 

According the .GOV MoT history web site, it’s done 18,000 miles in the last 4 months having done 17,000 in the last 6 years. Walk away. Andy

 

It is hard to believe that the milage is right on such an old van.

 

MoT history had it at 36,000 something in December last year, previously averaging about 4,000 miles a year back to 2018, about 6,000 miles a year in the first 3 years. Andy

 

That’s not the record I saw, WN65 HCH ?

 

Ah, okay HDH, the position of the white fixing confused me. Just my luck both the registrations are Merc Sprinters ? Andy

 

That hasn’t the nasty Renault engine, that’s the facelift model which was introduced 2011-12.

It has the same engine as the Sprinter, if the previous owners were sparkles or plumbers just doing domestic work in a town that explains the low mileage.

Looks a clean example, I paid 12,500 for mine back in 2015, that seems top of the price range.

SWB model though, but has a nice feature sadly lacking in both mine….a drivers armrest.

 

A ringing endorsement like it…

In the interest of balance, I’m on my 3rd Vito over 20 years. Currently in a 2019 119cdi bought new. Gotta say they’ve been very solid and relatively trouble free. Had a 2008 V6 diesel and the ecu shat itself but that’s as bad as its ever got.

A fairly good pointer to reliability/cost is seeing them as very popular among the taxi and courier services. I’ve always fancied a T5/6 based purely on aesthetics, I think they look cool (not the new ones, Jesus ) but I think the Vito is more for your money.

 

So what? A courier firm might have bought it at 17k miles. Those guys do space shuttle mileage.