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Our most recent review of the 2021 Iveco Daily resulted in a score of 8.4 out of 10 for that particular example.
Carsguide Contributing Journalist Mark Oastler had this to say at the time: Australia’s 3501-8000kg GVM commercial vehicle market is highly competitive, with at last count 12 brands and 15 models fighting for market share. The Iveco Daily Van’s modest sales in this segment are not reflective of the robust engineering, performance, low emissions, driver comfort and load-carrying attributes of this vehicle, which is worthy of consideration and a test drive by prospective van buyers. It has its shortcomings, like any vehicle, but there’s lots to like here.
You can read the full review here.
This is what Mark Oastler liked most about this particular version of the Iveco Daily: Powerful user-friendly drivetrain, 3.5 tonne towing/8.0 tonne GCM, Good use of cabin storage space
The Iveco Daily is also known as Iveco EcoDaily, Only first generation: Fiat Daily (until 1983), OM Grinta, Alfa Romeo AR8, Zastava Rival, Irisbus EcoDaily in markets outside Australia.
Six-speed manual gearboxes often have gears one, two and three sharing a shaft inside the gearbox. The fact that you can select all those gears but not have any drive in them suggests that something on that shaft is failing to mesh with either the countershaft or the output shaft.
Does the gearbox make any weird noises when you select any of the first three gears? Is there any oil leaking from the gearbox casing? It could be anything from a stripped gear or spline to a failed bearing. Either way, I think it’s probably a fundamental mechanical failure and you’re looking at a gearbox rebuild or replacement. At least if the top three gears are working, everything downstream of the gearbox seems to be okay.
Error codes in any vehicle are a way of indicating a problem with a particular area of the vehicle. For an Iveco Daily you should check your user manual and book an appointment with a dealer or qualified Iveco mechanic as soon as possible to get the vehicle inspected.
The Iveco Daily is available in two-wheel drive or 4x4 format. The 4x4 models can be purchased in single-cab or dual-cab formats.
Its six steel wheels (dual rears) are fitted with Michelin 195/75 R16 load-rated tyres and there’s a full-size spare stowed under the rear floor. Also standard is adaptive cruise control, electric windows, big truck-style exterior mirrors with heating, electronic adjustment and indicators, height-adjustable asymmetric (flat bottom) steering wheel, cordless mobile phone charging, intelligent electronic parking brake and daytime running lights to name a few.
The relatively small 380mm diameter flat-bottom steering wheel allows room between it and the driver’s seat for unimpeded entry and exit and the curvaceous car-like dashboard makes good use of space, is well laid-out and easy to use.
There’s a suspended, heated and fully adjustable driver’s seat plus a bench seat for a crew of two as standard equipment. However, our test vehicle is equipped with the optional single passenger seat, with the same comfort features as the driver’s seat.