I have just bought a 2013 Caravan. Before I bought it the Caravan dealer said "We will service ir"
Of course after you buy something things change.
Anyway I did see it on the ramp with the wheels and brake hubs off and when I asked what they "Serviced" I was told "They make it safe"
The salesman said they would put new tyres on it, but they must have changed their mind and only changed the spare which was the original being a 2013.
The two that were on the caravan they totally ignored.
So after delivery I looked at one of the tyres and thought it looked a bit underinflated.
But when I tried to remover the Metal Valve Cap I found it was seized onto the metal valve stem.
As a retired MOT Tester of over 20 years and fitted hundreds of tyres on wheels I am familiar with Tyre Valves.
Anyway even grabbing the valve with a pair of grips and using a 8mm socket on the Hexagon Shaped Valve Cap I cannot get the Valve Cap off without squeezing the valve so hard that it would collapse and deflate the tyre.
So it is obvious that they never checked the Pressure of the Tyres before they delivered it to me.
And the recommended pressure in the New spare was 42 instead of the 65 as recommended in the Owners Handbook.
So it goes to show, check your tyres and dont assume that the Caravan Dealer will do it for you.
Of course after you buy something things change.
Anyway I did see it on the ramp with the wheels and brake hubs off and when I asked what they "Serviced" I was told "They make it safe"
The salesman said they would put new tyres on it, but they must have changed their mind and only changed the spare which was the original being a 2013.
The two that were on the caravan they totally ignored.
So after delivery I looked at one of the tyres and thought it looked a bit underinflated.
But when I tried to remover the Metal Valve Cap I found it was seized onto the metal valve stem.
As a retired MOT Tester of over 20 years and fitted hundreds of tyres on wheels I am familiar with Tyre Valves.
Anyway even grabbing the valve with a pair of grips and using a 8mm socket on the Hexagon Shaped Valve Cap I cannot get the Valve Cap off without squeezing the valve so hard that it would collapse and deflate the tyre.
So it is obvious that they never checked the Pressure of the Tyres before they delivered it to me.
And the recommended pressure in the New spare was 42 instead of the 65 as recommended in the Owners Handbook.
So it goes to show, check your tyres and dont assume that the Caravan Dealer will do it for you.