Joined the Comfortmatic failure club

[B+W vanman]

You've been luckier than me , I've had 3 torque converter autos and they all gave trouble with leaks, clonks, rattles and broken bits

Could you be a bit more specific?

 

[dunnah01]

Could you be a bit more specific?

Porsche sheared input shaft and had bad leaks, Jaguar Aisin auto box imploded and destroyed a 4x4 transfer box with it, Maserati Australian BTR box had a clonking torque converter and leaking input shaft seal.
These were all years ago but put me off owning true autos

 

[Tony50]

You've been luckier than me , I've had 3 torque converter autos and they all gave trouble with leaks, clonks, rattles and broken bits

Blimey that's unlucky I can only say of my experiences, mind you I now have a Transit base motorhome, and really in this day and age would you think we would be worried about whether the injectors are going to fail ?

 

[B+W vanman]

Porsche sheared input shaft and had bad leaks, Jaguar Aisin auto box imploded and destroyed a 4x4 transfer box with it, Maserati Australian BTR box had a clonking torque converter and leaking input shaft seal.
These were all years ago but put me off owning true autos

Well, since the early 90s, I’ve owned 10 cars with automatic gearboxes and none of them have given me a moments trouble
Opel Commodore, Vauxhall Senator x2, Saab 9000, Saab Cabriolet x3, Mazda CX5, MB GLC, MB GLA
Plus family owned VW Golf and now Fiat Ducato auto (not Comfortmatic)

 

[KUSKUS]

A few years ago a company I worked for ordered 22 Fiats with the Comfortmatic gearboxes and every single one failed, some failed more than once.
It got that bad that they had to hire ten Mercedes based vehicles to keep the fleet running.
I wrote about this on Motorhome Fun forum many years ago as some might remember.
The vehicle I drove clutch gave up at 22,000 miles, clutch slave cylinder and again at 37.000 miles
Many of the vehicles were fixed under warranty by Vickers of Telford and Guest trucks Wolverhampton.
Comfortmatic didn't work well in a commercial environment, possibly OK for motorhomes with less mileage.

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[Just smiffy]

I’ve had to have automatics since 1978 and fortunately have not had any trouble with a gearbox….

 

[Boswell Bear]

You need a registered copy of Multiecuscan and a means of connecting to the OBD port. Not an expensive bit of kit tbh for what it allows you to do

Can it be done on a phone or does it need to be a laptop?

 

[dunnah01]

Can it be done on a phone or does it need to be a laptop?

I think it's Windows PC only but if you contact Gendan they will be able to advise

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[jongood]

Not during the severe COVID times when stuff wasn't being produced as it was normally. You had more chance of getting hen's teeth! 2 garages didn't have a lift tied up with vans waiting for parts for fun, parts were in very, very short supply, now it wouldn't be anything like that.

Its not really a relevant comparison then.