Ford Transit Sport Van 2.2 TDCi

Just purchased a 60 plate with only 16000 miles and have to stay they are great looking vans but am a little concerned about tyre wear. Can you not get a XL (extra load) tyre which has a 99w rating to fit wheel size? Is there anyone who has tried or knows? please help

I am very happy of owning the sport van from new for the last three months. It is really great looking, comfortable, and powerful. Three thousand km on the road now and everything working ok. The only thing I don't like is the green colour of the car computer display. It’s very difficult to read the information shown on the display, because of the poor display colour resolution. This is something that has to be changed.

first of al sorry for my english, i bought the car new at the dealer it started with driving on the highway when i had to make an emergency stop and the ABS system refuses, had to pump 2 more times before it works.The dealer checked out the car several times but couldn`t find anything.The same [problem happened 8/10 times that year before they decided to replace the ABS pumpsystem. Two days later when i stood still on a hill i was suprised that the stood still for about 4 seconds, called the garage whit a complane that the brakes where blocking, received a call back after 5 min whit the announcemend that the car had HILL ASSIST suprised as i was this was never told to me but it maby explanes why i had to change the brakes completly before 10.000km and i have also got the same problems whit the tyres.

Then something else, i would like to know what other owners think about the speed ot the transit sportsvan, my van`s topspeed is 160 km/h and after tuning it`s know 170 pk the topspeed is still 160 km/h only accelleration is much better.

I like to hear some more experiances about ABS and Topspeed of the sportsvan.

Greetings Ron - Holland e-mail [email protected]

bought van march 2010, sea grey, silver bonnet stripes, van has had a lot of jealousy from fellow dudes in my joinery trade as it looks fantastic in comparison to their basic white junk!!, had roof leak issues and other minor probs but dealer in aberdeen been quite good at resolving them...then doin more damage...grrr!!!van turns heads everywhere and ill be gettin a stainless exhaust with quadruple pipes made soon to shut the mockers up!!, bit overpriced but i work hard and deserve the acclaim!!!

Had my sport van 6 months now and love it. Was worried about the tyre issue but ive done 9000 miles and ive still got just under half of the tread left! The bluetooth can be a bit flaky but ive been told alot of ford stuff is the same. Everyone comments on it too. Cant fault it at all.

I bought my black 2009 Transit 260 Sport Van from Marshalls at Cambridge, traded in my Mazda 5 MPV, only 4000 miles on the clcok, but it just WASN'T Transit. I had been driving an old "L" reg, 1993 "Smiley Face" low roof for the last 13 years,don't do that many miles a year but it was time to upgrade. The Sport van I bought had been modifed inside with a massive great wide full FOUR person seat. It folds down flat if you wanted a sleep out in the van and also folds up flat against the back of the front three seats, giving MOST of your van space back when required and can be used as a full 7 seat MPV when you need it. Side walls and roof lining all fully carpeted and insulated behind the boards and privacy black glass (with sliding vents) fitted in the side sliding door and the panel behind the drivers seat. Would have been nice to have an interior mirror and some glass in the back doors. Hopefully when my pockets are not so deep or my arms get longer :-)

Having six gears, air con , cruise control and a six CD changer with an extra couple of speakers fitted in the back, makes this as nice to drive as any car I have ever owned and is a lot easier on my bad back getting in and out of it than a lower vehicle.

From the back it just looks like an old black van, which has supprised a few Audi drivers on the motorway when they flash me to move over and then see me sitting in their rear view mirror for a lot longer than they expected.

SPARE WHEEL? or the LACK of......very disappointing.

Like I am really going to trust that this squirty stuff is going to work when I need it?I DON'T THINK SO!

I have made up some metalwork which fits from the tie down bracket over the left whelarch and bolted into a couple of spare holes near the rear light cluster (my years of working in engineering wern't wasted:-) and one of my old 14" spare wheels from the old Transit is only ONE INCH smaller diameter than the 18" low profiles normally fitted.

AND this old spare will ONLY fit over the rear disc brake. The front front disc is a larger diameter and it is impossible to fit one of the older wheels, something of a safety feature as far as I am concerned. How many people have you seen driving a front wheel drive car with a "space saver" spare mounted on the front end of the car....SCARY OR WHAT??

Would I buy another Transit if I didn't have this one?

YEP....no problem.

Had it 3 months parked up on the front all shiny and new some gypo- (seen them earlier) drives past,catches his eye! comes back at nite for my unique silver grille only fitted to ink blue transits rips my ford badge off and the grille but snaps it as the alarm went off had a clifford proximity alarm fitted- well recommended! Rang fords for a price £280+vat at least 3 week wait apart from that very happy with my gypo magnet.

load of rubbish black smoke misses in 2nd gear keeps reving when clutch ingaged and in reverse been in to ford 30 times

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

Excellent van since remap carried out, putting out 172 bhp. Better than driving a car. Great valur for money. I have had no issues what so ever with this van it has been a pleasure to drive. Since the remap it is giving me excellent mpg for a van of this size.