1998 Mercedes-Benz Vito 108D from UK and Ireland - Comments

2 front CV Joints (1st at 48,000 2nd at 60,000)

Drivers Seat (Cloth) started to wear badly at 45,000.

All round Brake pads Changed at 68,000 (£500 + VAT Mercedes Dealer)

All round Discs (Badly Scored) and Pads Changed (£700 + VAT Non Mercedes Dealer)

Exhaust Changed (Not Front Pipe) 70,000.

This Van, unladen is heavy and slow.

Steering is uninformative.

Motorway Driving can be noisy at speed.

Servicing Costs form Mercedes Dealerships are high.

Van still starts first time every time.

Drives more like a car than a van.

Driving Position is good, I find slight blind spot with driver side windscreen pillar, this is a minor point though.

Body work especially paint finish is poor, rust showing on sliding door runners and sills. Rivet marks visible around panels on side of van where glass would be fitted for Traveliner.

I also own a 1998 Vito Van. We managed to buy the Front Brake Pads for Forty Pounds a Set. The Replacement Brake Discs Cost us Thirty Nine Pounds Each. We had the entire Job completed in half an afternoon including replacing all the Brake Fluid. Obviously these were not Mercedes Replacement Parts, but as the Warranty ran out I could not care. It would seem that you would be better suited to finding yourself a cheaper Mechanic.

I have just loaded my 2001 Vito onto a stretcher truck for a trip back to the local Mercedes dealer because of another fuel pump failure. This is the third time that the pump will need to be replaced. The first two were under warranty, this time it won't be. Likely to be a very expensive repair job.

I Have a 108 vito and it has a problem - yet no one can seem to sort it out? its been in and out of garages and the last garage told me to put the van in auction to get rid of it - they just could not repair it? the van runs great starts first time and no problems - then out of the blue it starts to mis fire and will not accelerate, but slows down to a crawl, if you try to accelerate it stops, and then will not start, then after a day or sometimes just one hour it starts again and is back to normal - only to do it once again at some unknown time - usually at the worst time (at an island or at traffic lights etc) I have had a new exhaust, new lift pump, new O rings on the fuel line (not all the complete line) new injectors, I do not know if its the injector pump or a blocked line due to dirt - but its cost me a lot of money and its still not sorted out - anyone out there got any idea's what it could be - I am now desperate!

The problem with your vito is more than likely due to a defective start stop solenoid located on the diesel pump sounds as though the problem is intermittent next time it happens try and see if the solenoid is ticking. only a educated guess mind.

How goods the garage you use.

My son had a Volvo car with the same problem. It was traced to a carburetter freezing open. Good luck.

It sounds like a fueling problem, check the filter, if that's OK, there will be a problem on the fuel injection pump or fuel lines, try adding some fuel system cleaner (redex or something like that) and leave it to idle for a while so the cleaner can start to work.

Hi, it sounds like a faulty pintle sensor, it happened to my Sprinter, got a second hand injector and problem solved. Hope this helps, Robin.