Promaster Life

"cbell04" (cbell04) 06/20/2018 at 14:44 • Filed to: Promaster, Turd

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She’s been dead a week now forgot to tell OPPO. It dropped cylinder 5. Broken valves and trashed the cam shaft. I guess 13k in repairs in the last 20 months wasn’t enough. Got an infiniti Q50 3.0T. Been fun I’ll write about it later.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > cbell04 06/20/2018 at 14:46

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Is the Promaster the worst vehicle ever made?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > cbell04 06/20/2018 at 14:47

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Are Promasters just a special breed of bad, because everything else with the 3.6 seems to be pretty reliable.

WilliamsSW > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 06/20/2018 at 14:52

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Was wondering the same thing - next time I hear something good about their reliability will be the first time.

punkgoose17 > cbell04 06/20/2018 at 14:59

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This is all under warrenty too isn’t it?

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > cbell04 06/20/2018 at 15:10

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This is a Pentastar?

Under_Score > cbell04 06/20/2018 at 15:11

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Womp womp

cbell04 > punkgoose17 06/20/2018 at 15:11

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Just under 4 years old with 175,000 miles so not so much.

cbell04 > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 06/20/2018 at 15:14

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Its the halo car of bad cars

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > cbell04 06/20/2018 at 15:26

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And you wonder why everyone buys the Mercedes Sprinter...

Takuro Spirit > cbell04 06/20/2018 at 15:26

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Shoulda got Maxcare

punkgoose17 > cbell04 06/20/2018 at 15:29

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Dang! based off of those repair costs, I am guessing it is time for a new truck. The Nissan NV has a 5 year 100,000 mile warranty. That should cover you for 2 years worth of mileage.

cbell04 > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 06/20/2018 at 15:29

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Yes. I’ve burned up a hundred fifty thousand plus miles in 2 minivans and literally never had one issue but something about sticking it in a ProMaster turns it into a complete turd

duurtlang > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 06/20/2018 at 16:21

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Maybe it’s something to do with heat or something? These vans weren’t designed for engines (and transmissions?) this big. In Europe they are only offered with 4 cylinder diesels and mostly (only?) with manual transmissions. I haven’t heard any stories of absurd reliability problems here and this body style has been on the market for a decade+ now. The issue seems to be restricted to North America and the Chrysler drivetrain.

shop-teacher > cbell04 06/20/2018 at 23:37

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Jeeze. Time for a Chevy Express.