Bomp Bomp Bomp

"cbell04" (cbell04) 01/24/2019 at 14:24 • Filed to: ProMaster

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And another bul b bites the dust, Another bulb bites the dust, And another bulb gone, and another bulb gone, Another bulb bites the dust. Hey, I’m gonna bankrupt you! Another bulb bites the dust!!! *Sad trombone (end song)*

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 14:30

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WHY DO YOU STILL DRIVE THIS THING. DO YOU HATE YOURSELF??????? It seems to hate you...

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 14:32

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this is the funniest car on Oppo

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 14:35

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I have to wonder what in the wiring and cooling of the setup they got so incredibly wrong for it to do this. Electric headlights have been with us for well over a hundred years - it’s almost a kind of genius to fuck up this bad.

Svend > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 14:47

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Have you had the wiring looked at, even a diagnostic volt meter should be telling you if something is wrong. 

Chariotoflove > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 14:48

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Aw man, for a few shining moments, all was good.

promoted by the color red > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/24/2019 at 14:48

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Fiat has also been making this van in other markets since 2006. You would think they would have it figured out by now. 

jimz > Svend 01/24/2019 at 14:53

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it’s probably shock/vibration killing them. any wiring issue would likely reduce  the voltage and current to the bulb and actually prolong its life. 

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 14:55

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When dodge was “making” the dart, they had to delay it due to electrical issues. Given that the dart was a re-bodied alfa/fiat chassis, either a) dodge engineers fucked up electrical work while putting on a new body. Or b) fiat/alfa romeo gave that few fucks about electrical quality.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > promoted by the color red 01/24/2019 at 14:56

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nope they are all in a state of permanently breaking something...somehow... it hilarious and impressive... when its your workfleet and you dont have to pay for it

hell we had one come in to park up for the day but it was making an odd rattling noise.. as we walked up to it to have a looksee it spat out an engine pulley

cbell04 > Svend 01/24/2019 at 14:59

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Known issue it’s the actual socket really bad design i f you Google it every owner has it. I’ve already had the entire headlight assemblies replaced and they blew the same month. Typically you find tbe bulb laying in the assembly it shakes and around blows. If i rig up a ziptie to keep it snug I get like double the longevity.

cbell04 > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 01/24/2019 at 15:00

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Company car not by choice. Can’t believe they approve the repairs but they do...

Urambo Tauro > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 15:10

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I’m ashamed to say that this is the first thing that popped into my head upon reading “bomp bomp bomp”. It doesn’t even make sense for a Promaster (one of the least sexy things ever to come out of FCA, IMO).

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > promoted by the color red 01/24/2019 at 15:11

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I saw an ad for ProMaster vans on YouTube (ad on something I was watching), and it had all these lines about reliability and dependability but it was all slight of hand referring to the people who own them . Not once actually even saying that the van was reliable. Nice.

Svend > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 15:14

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Lol. That’s insane in this day and age.

I guess it is a Fiat then, Fix It Again Tomorrow. 

Monkey B > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 15:15

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haha...I needed a laugh, so thank you sir

RickSanchez:Fury Road Edition aka Junkrat > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 15:24

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We have two of these vans at my company. The newest one has gone through 3 bulbs on the driver’s side since the beginning of last year. The nylock nuts that hold the door catches have all backed off on both vans. They are dreadful from a fleet standpoint.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Svend 01/24/2019 at 15:38

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My beautiful, overengineered,   E34 melts headlight sockets if I used anything brighter than a standard 55W bulb. If strange things like that  happen to good vehicles I'm not in the least bit surprised if/when it happens on an FCA product...

cbell04 > RickSanchez:Fury Road Edition aka Junkrat 01/24/2019 at 16:14

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B oth door stopper things are snapped and stripped . . long long time ago.

RickSanchez:Fury Road Edition aka Junkrat > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 16:26

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Ours came off the door not the door frame, so multiple points of failure within 6 inches of each other.

Under_Score > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 16:33

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Your van will probably look like this in a few months.  Just natural disintegration.

WilliamsSW > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 16:48

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“ just a blub” seems like a huge victory for that POS.

cbell04 > WilliamsSW 01/24/2019 at 17:02

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Tis  but a scratch

cbell04 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/24/2019 at 17:46

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I have 2 holes in the passenger side headlight where the bulb stayed hooked up and on but rattled out of the lens and burned it’s way right through to above the wheel well. Fun times. Extra watts my be just what I need to burn th is thing to the ground once and for all.

QCGoose > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 01/24/2019 at 18:49

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Given Chrysler’s   and Fiat’s track records, I’m gonna say both A and B are correct.

7:07 > cbell04 01/24/2019 at 19:39

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Demuro should buy one of these and see how high he can run up  repair bills. I bet he could leave his Rover in the dust

cbell04 > 7:07 01/24/2019 at 19:56

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When I get rid of it I plan to detail the total but I’m at roughly $40000 dollars of repairs in 4 years some of that includes maintenance they snuck in to pad the bills while it was trapped at the dealership (all fleet cars get bills racked up they see $ signs when they see thrm )   but I bet 25-30k is legit broken stuff and the labor it took to repair it.

pip bip - choose Corrour > cbell04 01/25/2019 at 03:55

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what bulb do they run?

H7?

H4?

HB4?

H11?

H9?

cbell04 > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/25/2019 at 08:15

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H7 but I think I might just tape a flashlight on there this time:)