Breakdown Nightmare SCANIA S 580 V8 Not Happy What Happened?

we had a chap delivering a load in our yard few months ago and his 20 plate Renault managed to fry both the ECU's that control the rear half of the truck so no suspension control and when the tech plugged in the truck didn't know it even had a tag axle. poor guy was stuck for 14 hours waiting for a pair of ecu's. this kind of crap is why i still run a 2004 164 480 only ever had wearing parts changed, lot to be said for simplicity and quality.

So sorry to hear your Scania broke down. Had the same problem with my 2012 PGR- Scania 5 years ago. Luckily for me the dealer had the right ECU in stock after which it was a 'plug-and-play'-thing. Truck was repaired in approximately 3 hours... And I agree, the airconditioning on the older PGR worked way better than the one in my new NGS Scania. Nonetheless I wish you many safe km's! Cheers from Belgium!

My cousin in Paris has a towing/scrap business. They bought an even bigger recovery vehicle then the one that towed you. So cool. Sorry to hear about the truck.

Such a shame what happened to you ( and your truck of course ) but we also all know that the " miracle" truck having never problems doesn't exist .What about the 'Scania services' so ? Happily they got a new part very quickly, just think friend of mine have to wait 3 weeks due to electonics problems on his MAN ! .... I imagine " spotters" too happy shooting a v8 behind an FH ... Stay strong . Greatings from Brittany.

I'm the literal opposite when it comes to pallet trucks, double boggies on front, to get over door thresholds and rubbery wheels on them not to have the load jump as one thumps over said door thresholds.

I hope you can get better air con. I know from working with computers that the operator needs to keep cool in this weather just as much as the chips. 👍

Sometimes high tech stuff is like customers, the job would go a lot smoother without them!😅 Best of luck going forwards (and in reverse). Cheeeeers👍

I really think OEMs are not spending as much time in testing as they used to. Additionally, they apply components on their specifications limit. Therefore, these systems fail quite more often than past ones did. What you experience has been the norm in many vehicles, starting on cargo vans. Cargo vans share a lot of parts with passenger cars, especially the smaller ones. Regardless, these small vans run quite more than cars, meaning, they will show their true colors sooner. I have been seeing many delivering companies using rental vans more regularly, as their own vans breakdown and go to the dealer to get fixed. One can argue that this is due to regulations on emissions. I feel that it may have something to do with it, as more complex systems shall be implemented - such as AdBlue and DPF - however, I feel OEMs need to test more, and sell a reliable product. Otherwise, people will look for alternatives in order to get reliable products, and predictive revenue. Regarding AC, I really feel that to improve fuel consumption, AC on cars has gotten quite less effective than it used to be.

Dear Stavros IDK what others believe but for me I am quite enjoying this kind of contect. Kindly, keep them coming and stay safe.

Great video Stavros. Hope you get things sorted soon. From William " Mount Gambier South Australia

As a mechanic I find it really strange how some stuff will do huge km with no issues and others are just lemons even if they are siblings off the factory

that tow truck was awesome

Having driven old gear across North America and having those dang random issues I hear your pain. Love the channel very entertained

A real drama this time and a great insight into how you have to deal with it. Bet ye there was nothing mechanical had to be fixed on that truck. Where are Scania making their electronic components..

I remember a brand new Atego we had in 1999. There was a faulty gear linkage on them which we later found was recalled, however we didn't know that at the time. We had to try tease it into a gear for what seemed like ages, until we got 4th, then we had to drive it through Galway City. Somehow got back to base and then the long wait for a repair, only for it to fail again in Newmarket on Fergus. Managed to get it into 4th again and hope. An absolute nightmare.

that M50 gets really busy you have to take care hope you get paid for a night out you would think the dealer ship would have a scanner to see what has happened ,thanks for the video

Volvo to The Rescue 🚛

The joys of being a professional driver 😤

I have been driving Scania Trucks since 2017 I bought a R620 and I got the 1.1 million km warranty plan I’ve had very few issues with it only a diff at 990000 km it’s now just hitting 1.1 million km I have a new 2024 r650 coming in the next few weeks to replace it I’m hoping it preforms like the old one has.

Enjoyed the video chap...MAN owns Scania now?.....They share an engine soon and cross over parts....Have a great weekend chap....