I was looking forward of getting toyota made van, but probably need to look for something else?

Does anyone know of an alternative part or where I could possibly get an alternative.

TIA

Ian

Anybody done this? How to get the gear box out

We have had Toyota Proace City EV from new for under 2 years. After charging this week it would not start so had to get it taken to Platinum Toyota in Bath (on the back of a truck as all brakes on when electric vehicles fail!). Just been told it has a Transformer Assembly failure. Spare part not in the country and will not be here until middle of May so no vehicle for 4 weeks. We have already had a recall for software update last year. 

This seems a major part failure for a new electric vehicle so wanted to hear if anyone else has had same issue and if it is a known fault?

I just discovered that the vehicle weight could be a problem for my driving license (B)........................................

I wonder if the Toyota Proace Medium 1.5 is one of those that overtakes 3.5 tons, let me explain:

Vehicle Gross Weight: ~2.6 tons (people, fuel + load)

Vehicle Kerb Weight: ~1.6 tons (I guess the Van empty)

We are nowhere close to 3.5 tons, I noticed the Vehicle Train Weight of ~4 tons in the Proace specs, but is this about the weight of pulling a Caravan for example? I don't think it has anything to do with the VGW, or maybe is the max allowed between payload and trailer.

Anyway, the Van has the sticker on the right side that says that the Van could go beyond 3.5 tons (in a few words), so, can I drive it?
I don't need to use any sort of trailer and I'd never exceed 2.6 tons of VGW, well unless I transport gold 😄 

Today when accelerating the van went into limp mode and came up engine fault and a spanner sign on the dash.

my neighbor works for RAC and but his diognostic tool on it and it can up with P2448 fault code air inlet circuit Air flow greater than the maximum. 
Has anybody suffered similar problems or got any advice please?

searching online, I discovered that it's a Peugeot engine after all, and the entire Van is Citroen/Peugeot.

Just to make it short, does it make sense to think that if I do all the maintenance from Toyota (in time) the Van can last more than 230k miles? (my need is up to 230k miles, but could be much less than that based on other factors)

I've seen those old French engines going MUCH beyond that (2000-2016 versions, like the 1.4 TDI), but expensive repairs came in around 180-230k miles, commonly the turbo or diesel pump, what I'm trying to say is that if I replace those expensive components when they are due, is this new engine capable of going far? 😄 

Online is very difficult to find data of a Toyota ProAce (unless they all blew up and radio silence is the only proudness left 🤣), I mean everyone, private or businesses sell them before 100k miles, so I can only search for older engines that have been used on French cars (which is not the same thing, right?), because the Toyota ProAce seems unknown to Google...

Or I could find the respective Peugeot but in UK is not a common Van, I would need to search in European forums...

The idea to stay with this Van from 75k miles for other 16-20y MAX is kind of weird to me though, I've never had a vehicle for so long, but I hope I'm not betting wrong... The previous maintenance has been done by Toyota.

Apologies if these have been answered before, new to the forum and finding my way around. Oh, any ideas for Mods please? Initial small jobs to start with until we get to spring and it's warmer. The van is being used as a works van, I am a spark so any ideas for shelving or racking would be awesome. Thanks guys looking forward to contributing and I'll share my own thoughts, ideas and DIY's when I can,

Dave :-)

is it possible to retrofit the following things without too much effort? (I mean not invasive and that don't require a mortgage)

1. Adaptive Cruise Control

I have it in my current car, and it's so comfortable, I do mostly highway mileage and I really need it, the one I'm looking has cruise control, but if I'm not wrong, it does just acceleration, then it unplugs when there is a car too nearby based on the speed you are, then it resumes if you press the button "res", but it doesn't break. So, it doesn't resume speed and it doesn't break in my understanding.

I'm concerned about the warranty though, I'm afraid that doing it with Toyota won't be a few coins.

2. On the other side, it has emergency breaking, but I'm not sure how this one works, is it part of the cruise control feature or the Van is supposed to stop if it identifies a person or other critical items? (without using cruise control)

3. Rear camera (always ON)

I saw that also Halfords offers the product + mounting, I just hope it doesn't leave a floating cable 🤪

4. Wide mirrors

I don't see a problem with them, but it's probably cheaper with cameras or proximity sensor??

The upgrade on the website is relatively cheap (25 pounds each), but replacing the entire mirror must be another story 🥶, so I'm evaluating alternatives to see better on my sides

5. Carpeting

I would need to replace the entire floor in the back, carpets look cheap and it doesn't suit me anyway, I need metal based floor, but labour is not cheap. I also need to replace the panels on the sides.

Overall, how much I would looking to spend with all these things?

Moreover, is it feasible technically without much effort? (excluding the floor 🙂 )

I just wish to replicate the comfort of my current car 😌

I'm from UK and I'm planning to buy a 2020-2021 Proace panel van medium.

As all the Vans, they are always used for work, the ones I'm looking at have 45-65k miles, and I wonder if I can extend the warranty up to 10y.

From the Toyota website, I understood that I can, but I'm in the middle of something, I need to relocate far away in 6-12 months and finding the right Van is an absolute nightmare.

So, I want to take this one, extend the warranty from a local dealer (I can't do it online) and then eventually make claims in the official dealer of the new city.

I won't buy from their approved used scheme, it's a third party dealer and the Van has been serviced by an approved dealer, but not official dealer, it seems possible also in this case to enroll the 10y warranty.

The questions are:

1. Will Toyota recognize the warranty country-wide in their official dealers? (Just in case I need to clam the warranty in some other city, I may move again)

I'm planning to service the Van always in the official dealers, which is also by the warranty requirements, I think it should be fine but please let me know if I didn't spot something.

2. Do you know how much it costs roughly?

3. Do I need to enroll the extra warranty or it's automatically enrolled as long as I service the car from them?

Have a nice day.

Belt changed as it snapped last year. The one onto alternator. But it's noising again. When I got a mechanic to look at it. He taught it may be the pulley either on the alternator or the air con pump. 

But to me it looked so like it was the crankshaft pulley that was or is not running smoothly. 

Anyone with similar problems that might give me some help before big money is spent on this thing. 

Thank all for reading

Interestingly a friend has a Peugeot Boxer with a 2.2 litre engine. He had a recall for and adblue update and is suffering the same oil contamination/quality issues. 

Could this be due to a bad adblue update within the PSA group? 

Had a request from a potential buyer from Ireland for my Proace rear seats (3) He's asking what weight it is so he can price shipping. Has anyone got the knowledge to help me find out please

Thank you

Thank you in advance.

I'm new to here so hope I get this right. I'm converting my Proace so have for sale my Bulkhead & Rear seats (3) complete with brackets, fixings & seat belts. Excellent condition. The bulkhead is out & the seats will be out when R&R bed is fitted at end of December. Bulkhead is £200. Seats £700

Thanks for reading

Manchester Mike

However we cannot find how to remove the current radio.  Someone has replace the stock radio with a Kenwood (single DIN) CD player.

Does anyone know where I can find a guide or video on how to remove it so we can install the new one?