Ford Transit Sport Van 2.2 TDCi Review

Had this van from brand new. The van looks the part but not really the part for a work tool. Had many issues with this van which to be fair to Ford have been sorted but took too much of my time. The screws to the steps (front bumper) were rusty and left bad stains on the alloy steps, these were replaced three times under the warranty as the same problem kept occurring, now the screws have been upgraded to avoid this problem but what a waste of the the plates when they should have upgraded the screws the first time the under the warranty. The main problem (let down) is the tyre issue with these vans. Mine is ready for its 5th set on the front now after only doing 36,500 miles. They are not cheap and certainly puts me off the van as who wants to be replacing tyres that soon. I have done well compared to many as I have had an average of 9,000 miles to a set but its still not acceptable. I was in talks with Ford about this and was brushed away so many times so time came to get some back up as I was told the same as everyone else, "not had any other complaints". Set a thread up on the www.transit.org site (Calling all Transit Sportvan owners) and this led to a protest at Brentwood with What magazine and the TV cameramen present. We were all looked after very well as they then listened to our issues with the tyres and were upgraded to the later Michelin tyres. (Still not that great for tyre wear on these vans. We were all then given the name by Ford as 'The Brentwood 9' (Cheggs is one of them) so suppose will go down in the Sportvan history book. LOL. Clayton