IVECO S-WAY queries

Good afternoon,

For those who have or may have driven an IVECO S-Way, I was wondering what your thoughts were on this truck and if it was a common theme or something only affecting mine?

Firstly, the brakes….these are quite frankly appalling, you don’t get much feel through the pedal and there has to be a significant amount of pressure through the pedal until they feel they are actually doing something!

Secondly, there is an ‘almost’ constant hissing of air which is prominent, seems to come from under the back end of the cab, but not exactly sure. Gaffer has spoken to IVECO and they have just said it’s fine or words to that effect! There is no drop in air pressure at all, it only happens when it’s running, it’s almost like an over active pressure relief valve or something! Or maybe the way the air compressor works on these :person_shrugging:

Thirdly, 7th Gear….just doesn’t seem to like this gear and goes very very quickly from 6th through 7th into 8th! Needs to give a little more through this gear as it makes pulling away at roundabouts, junctions etc rather slow as it loses what momentum you have with the quick gear changes.

Fourth, and not so much a query but more of a point if anyone else has it, there was a random, intermittent and loud “ding ding ding” type alert with no indication what it was on the dash or infotainment system. Had a play about in the sat nav settings last night whilst parked up and turned off some of the alerts on there and seems to have done the trick so could have been linked to one of those!

We are going to get them to have a look at these on the next safety check / service but wondered if they were common or potential issue with the truck!

Would be keen to know if anyone else has or is experiencing any of the above or previously had it and been rectified in some way, and what that rectification was!

Many thanks in advance!

I drive S-ways at the moment. The only one I have noticed is the ding ding ding. That, I believe, in my truck anyway, is linked to the AI cameras when they detect a person. I think it’s that. It seems to happen on roundabouts quite bit, and definitely when I pass pedestrians. Sometimes it appears to be random.

My main issue with S-ways are the terrible gearboxes, especially when coming into and pulling out of roundabouts. They feel like the first generation autos with how slow they are to change, and sometimes don’t change down at all. Worst auto I’ve ever driven by a mile. All the ones on our fleet are the same.

Horrible truck in many ways.

Hi Ezydriver,

Many thanks for your response, yeah the gearbox isn’t that great, think this truck is a couple of years old so maybe 22 / 23 plate.

What age is yours and you haven’t noticed anything with the brakes? The ding ding ding happened a couple of times on the motorway when no one anywhere near me, but hasn’t happened at all today so think mine was down to the truck sat nav alerts / warnings!

Any sign of the hissing noise on yours at all? Maybe the truck is knackered!? :joy: