Vuelta al mundo empezando desde australia, camion 4x4 [Blog]

[Xaft]

Estos me los he encontrado estas vacaciones en el camping de Chefchaouen... Me quede flipado al ver que son australianos!
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http://www.doubledutchworldsafari.com

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[ooznak]

jodo.. que de problemas tuvieron con el camión según cuentan...

[Xaft]

Acabo de encontrar la web y no he leído mucho todavía. No veas el percal que había en el camping ese, un Toy HZJ con techo elevable rígido que has visto, una iveco 4x4 española con ruedas de camión que daba miedo de verla, y luego este cacharro, que era Mitsubishi, no tenía una pinta muy robusta que se diga, pero mis conocimientos de mecánica son casi 0...

[ooznak]

http://www.doubledutchworldsafari.com/ddws100/page001.php

It was born as a Mitsubishi Canter Fuso FG 84 4X4, but it required a lot of modifications before it could do what the brochure stated. Further to this, we have found the Mitsubishi service and knowledge to be very poor and that is being polite. They have put us through a nightmare and an expensive one at that. More disturbing is the fact that according to the National Service Manager, dealers have no say in warranty matters irrespective of the vehicle being diagnosed as being faulty


We purchased new hoping for a trouble free the first 100,000km or so. Unfortunately this was not to be. From day one, we had diff- and brake problems while Fuso dealers in Australia were unable to repair (Mitsubishi and Daimler). After 6 or 7 dealer visits we had been advised by the dealer in Cairns (our home town) that the LSD no spin diff was faulty. I was advised to go back to the selling dealer and get the whole diff looked at. It appeared the noises were gone when they replaced the no spin diff with the factory diff. (We had purchased the no spin diff as a option when purchasing the truck) but once we arrived in South Africa all the noises and problems re-appeared. The other issue we had was squeaking brakes. After every dealer visit, the squeaking seemed to stop until we did another 1000km or so when all the squeaks reappeared. Again it was established in South Africa that this was a warranty issue. No warranty when your truck is taken overseas. Mitsubishi and Fuso dealers have no say in warranty cases (see email).

Fuso supplied the FG with a 4.9 liter turbo diesel engine (1KZ-TE) with 120km on the clock. It is part time 4WD as our truck was delivered with a faulty Limited Slip Differential we made in an open differential while in South Africa because we were unable to get a new diff under warranty. Is it a good expedition vehicle? NO. Why not? It is not available overseas and despite being an international company, communication is poor and they do not listen to either advice or complaints. See response from Australia to the findings of the South African Mitsubishi/Mercedes dealers (see email).




We have learnt an expensive lesson and we have rebuilt our truck. All that is left of the original is the motor and cab.

[Xaft]

puffa, ya sabemos que vehiculo no hay que comprar para expediciones. 

[tinerfe vw]

Autralianos yo les diria austratrotamundos, joer que pasada de viajes y todavia van por Africa, les queda la repera, yo me conformo con recorrer toda Europa, y es verdad del dicho que dice " te haces a la inmensidad de tu pais", en fin otro sueño que no cumplire por no ser rico, si tuviera pasta este 4x4 de Iveco me lo compraria o algun otro que este preparado para estos menesteres, saludos campers, y seguiremos soñando