FIAT Ducato Sevel X250 (2007 - ) - Reverse judder

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Sat 25 Apr 2009 11:24
Reverse judder - Spospe
I have just been browsing various motorhome forums and come across lots of postings regarding what owners of the X250 series of Fiat based conversions describe as severe judder when reversing.

From the postings this sounds like a major problem affecting many, many vehicles, yet I have not heard a word of it before, is it a case of commercial vehicles having a very low public awareness? If this was a problem affecting the Mini, or a flash BMW, I suspect it would get a mention on Top Gear, or even the main News on TV, but who fights for the commercial boys?

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Sat 25 Apr 2009 16:11
Reverse judder - bell boy
I know someone who had a new gearbox fitted to a new fiat motorhome last year.
However his was one of a vast fleet that came from a flooded dealership last year and they were sold as cat x,there were about 45 of them and as you can imagine they wouldnt be listed on any hit list, but just registered with the dealers name and address,i think it was a dealership in scotland that was affected
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Sat 25 Apr 2009 22:39
Reverse judder - AlastairW
ISTR recall it is something to do with reverse being slightly higher than 1st gear, oddly. Can be cure by fitting a lower final drive, apparently.

The problem affects campers more than the original van because they run so close to the maximum permissible weight for the chassis.
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