Hi, I bought a 2001 DRV 3500 for a decent price a little over a year ago. It was a medical patient transport fleet vehicle that had problems which caused it to sit for a long time. Whatever the big problem(s) was it was fixed and ran OK when I bought it with 68K miles. I've spent some time and money- maybe 2 grand- to get it in pretty much excellent shape with no problems or codes at this time. Without considering what to replace the van with would it be smart to sell the van while it's in real good shape? I guess I'm really asking if older DRVans, even with low miles, just tend to be problem after problem. I do like the van but have come to suspect these vans seem prone to problems after all I've read on the internet about them. On a site like this of course we just read of the problems so I don't know if there are others out there who consider them reliable or not. Are these "problem prone" vehicles?
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I put a bed in mine and took off (from Fl.) to the Smokey Mountains in Tn.. Started off strong thru the mountains but in a matter of 2 days could barely drive over the peaks and so headed back home thinking it was the torque converter or tranny. Made it to Ga. but conked out in a rest area. I was stuck there 5 days while I put in new ignition switch but still wouldn't drive so up graded AAA to "premium" to get 200 mile tow to sister in laws where the main problem of an extremely clogged cat converter was fixed. Same day I drove van back from that repair it wouldn't start. Took a week to figure jiggling the PCM ("brain") connectors would occasionally allow van to start but it would keep running once it started so drove the last 200 mi home where I eventually replaced the PCM (which probably went bad during welding of the cat converter).
That was a month ago and van runs fine now. That experience dropped my confidence in the van but really shouldn't have as it was more the circumstances being semi stranded for a couple weeks than the fairly simple and relatively cheap fixes ($500 combined). The van is for road trips coincidently like you with Canada my next destination. My post was sort of stupid but your response ending with "Best of luck" says it all- with any vehicle on a long trip it is a matter of chance (luck) whether things go bad. I put myself in a situation where a major breakdown away from home could really have left me screwed. I like my van a lot but will delay my next road trip until I have more than a couple grand for when things go bad. Maybe I'll run into you in Canada.