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Hello ,My van is well loved and no matter where Ive been van lovers tell me how nice my van looks ( Burgundy ) Love my van , but after going through months of mechanics, both dealer and expert local mechanic scratching their heads I dont know if its time to part ways. 100,000 miles and the dash abs lights have been on for sometime. At first off and on and at the dealer, who had it gone over each time and could find noyhing. One gut even kept it and drove it home. Nothing .Then this year after a couple of years of this, it stayed on all the time. dealer kept it a week. said over 6 grand; replace the rear axel as the module was replaced. Took it to my local guy. He had it over 2 weeks too. Cant see inside the whole to see the ?teeth? and doesnt know what it might cost if he could figure it out since no parts to be had? He said well it seems fine I'd drive it.Not what the dealer said. In looking at used vans or leased the numbers are staggering, since parts and vehicles are hard to come by. One gut sold his van for a lot of money because of that. A used van with alot of miles sold new at 32,000+ was recently sold online I saw it sell for almost 50,000 and it was several years old.They say this is the highest mark up of all autos in history. Still I dont know what to do about mine. I probably could sell it for more than its worth, I do love it, but the mechanic even said your problem may not even be fixed if you replace the rear right axel.Has anyone had this issue? Is it common? I thought Id get at least another 100,000 miles if not 50,000. I dont know about ford or ram but I remember they werent as comfortable. I used to have a Savana, maybe thats the way to go.

Hello Everyone, Picked up our 2014 NV2500 Friday and took it on it's first job Saturday. So far, I'm loving the potential. It came with shelves, some of which may go, and just enough upgrades in the creature comforts area, but not "overdone." I will need to get the backup camera that's discussed on here as I have drivers that will need it. However, overall I found it very easy to drive. The hardest thing to get used to is that from the drivers seat, it "looks" larger than it is. I was going down a narrow road and while I kept "feeling" like I was wide, especially when I'd meet an oncoming vehicle, it could clearly see in the lower mirrors I was well within my lane. Same for backing up, and feeling I'm too close just to find out I still have a couple of yards to go. Same when parking nose in, thinking "i'm there" and it turns out... I actually have a couple more feet. Something else of note is the turning radius which is quite impressive. Had to pull a couple of U-Turns that when I started was thinking would be K turns, but it fit... We ended up with the NV2500 because we had a 16' cube van with a lift that I don't think we ever loaded fully, which is just plain dangerous. We also had an AstroVan that (aside from being on its last legs) was only really big enough for small deliveries and small events. The NV2500 with it's high-roof, means we can most always "fill" the space by either putting the Cambros (hot boxes) on the floor, or stacking them depending on what else we have to bring. For the most part, I don't have to "strap" stuff in. I'm great at packing and nothing like having a big square space to load and lock everything in on it's own. Oh yeah, forgot the most important aspect for me. I'm 6'4", and I can stand up in the Cargo Area !!!!! I couldn't do that in the 16' box truck !!!! That also means standing up 6' tables. The only addition so far is the Fire Extinguisher and a piece of particle board on the floor and edge guards on the doors.

We are looking at purchasing a NVP in 2015 since our family is growing. Does anyone know of proposed 2015 model year changes for the NV Passenger? Thanks in advance, Dave