Which engine is better for motorhome

In all fairlness, Fiat offers a cheap alternative to Mercedes  both on their engines and chassis.  This is why the Motorhome  mass market uses the Fiat option. Those manufacturers are in business to make money. Buying Fiat engines and chassis at a price and producing in huge  quantity   helps their profit margin -----Quality is not exactly their first consideration.

My motorhome was built on a Fiat Chassis and apart from the usual front wheel bearing premature failure,(expensive repair)  it was trouble free for five years.

Cheers ........K.

 

How is the search for your new MH going, K?

Don't think we fancy changing any time soon, but Mrs M does keep looking at them when we're on site!

Hi All, Many Thanks for your reply, So I learn one/two thing on here, The motorhome we like at the moment is 2010 Autosleeper Nuevo 2 berth, Any one got one of those, and what to look out for, I know about damp ect as we been caravaning for 34 years, Thanks Elsa

You could have a look around on or join the Autosleeper forum...... http://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/    

There's very little wrong with any of the mainstream motorhome chassis'.  There are some 'characteristics', but in general they are all pretty well sorted and easy to drive.

The experience of the Fiat / Iveco workshop I use is that nearly all the vehicles with problems have been serviced outside the official manufacturers network. 

This can mean missed updates / recalls; non-original parts used; jobs bodged due to not having the expensive specialist tools.

So my advice would be to look carefully at the service history.  Then take it for a run, and if it looks and sounds ok then it probably is.

Autosleeper is a well-estabished highly regarded motorhome manufacturer. The Nuevo is one of its best selling products. 

Which is best ??? who knows, this thread could go on for ever

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The experience of the Fiat / Iveco workshop I use is that nearly all the vehicles with problems have been serviced outside the official manufacturers network. 

This can mean missed updates / recalls; non-original parts used; jobs bodged due to not having the expensive specialist tools. ....

I've come across many a task that has been bodged at main dealers (what ever the flavour) that have been fixed properly at independants that know what they doing ... otherwise they'd soon go out of business. And are cars now that well designed/made in the first place that they need subsequent software updates to allow them to continue to run properly?

I do agree with the use of none OE parts though in some applications eg crank sensors and other electrickery parts

It is often said on forums, including this one, and I agree with it very much, the biggest problem with motorhomes (and probably any vehicle) is that if they are left standing and not used regularly then problems develop.....

In work we ran a large fleet of non premium (Ford) vehicles.  They were used all day & all night by different shifts.  They were driven hard (very hard) but as a consequence were subject to a servicing regime of every 5000 miles or 3 months whichever came first.

I was always amazed that they were almost utterly reliable, I never had a breakdown in one of those vehicles despite covering many tens of thousands of work related miles, and some of them had approaching 200k miles on the clock...

The secret seems to be regular use and regular servicing.....

It is often said on forums, including this one, and I agree with it very much, the biggest problem with motorhomes (and probably any vehicle) is that if they are left standing and not used regularly then problems develop.....

In work we ran a large fleet of non premium (Ford) vehicles.  They were used all day & all night by different shifts.  They were driven hard (very hard) but as a consequence were subject to a servicing regime of every 5000 miles or 3 months whichever came first.

I was always amazed that they were almost utterly reliable, I never had a breakdown in one of those vehicles despite covering many tens of thousands of work related miles, and some of them had approaching 200k miles on the clock...

The secret seems to be regular use and regular servicing.....

Write your comments here...I think if any MH maker used a base vehicle that required servicing every 3 months they would not be very popular.  I tink Fiat currently say 20k or 2 years for servicing, personally after a eyar I think I will get a oil change and quick check over by local Fiat garage but thats a persoanl choice and to keep teh warranty only really need to have it done in 2 years which keeps costs down (a bit)

It is often said on forums, including this one, and I agree with it very much, the biggest problem with motorhomes (and probably any vehicle) is that if they are left standing and not used regularly then problems develop.....

In work we ran a large fleet of non premium (Ford) vehicles.  They were used all day & all night by different shifts.  They were driven hard (very hard) but as a consequence were subject to a servicing regime of every 5000 miles or 3 months whichever came first.

I was always amazed that they were almost utterly reliable, I never had a breakdown in one of those vehicles despite covering many tens of thousands of work related miles, and some of them had approaching 200k miles on the clock...

The secret seems to be regular use and regular servicing.....

Write your comments here...I think if any MH maker used a base vehicle that required servicing every 3 months they would not be very popular.  I tink Fiat currently say 20k or 2 years for servicing, personally after a eyar I think I will get a oil change and quick check over by local Fiat garage but thats a persoanl choice and to keep teh warranty only really need to have it done in 2 years which keeps costs down (a bit)

...You are doing a "service" at intervals shorter than req?but if a vehicle is doing very high milages,then they would need more service,when I was working because of the milages our  rollingstock had a "service" every 14days

My Peugeot Boxer requires a service every 29000 miles or every two years. However the small print says that if you complete less that 6000 miles annually you have to have it serviced annually although I am sure in the main that interim service is probably just an oil change and levels check.

David