As some of you may recall on the technical page there has been a thread running about Bailey water problems, TCP taste etc. We have had our nearly year old Ranger 550/6 water pipes replaced under warranty, this was about ten days ago and yesterday we went away for a weekend in the van coming back home tommorrow.
Well I am at home now with the van back at the dealership wating for Monday morning to come.
What happened, overnight the water system around the hot water tank had developed several leaks and this has resulted us waking up this morning to very wet carpet and a flood inside the van. On closer inspection it would appear that the dealers workshop have used slightly bigger pipes than the originals and the jubilee clips have not secured the pipes onto the tails of the fittings correctly, the pipes are also of a softer compound than before and have swelled under the pressure and the hot water inside them. The leaks have ran and sprayed everywhere under the front bed box with water soaking up the inside walls and leaching under the floor vinyl across to the other side of the van.
The bed box front ply panel has come apart and the floor around this area has started to de-laminate already with it spongy underfoot. The wall at floor level is spongy to touch and the water heater cardboard cover is a sodden mess, all over the electrics as well.
As you can imagine we are not very happy and the dealership were somewhat embarrassed this morning when we arrived there. Their initial thoughts were on repair but I told them you must be joking, they had a closer look and agreed that the van will probably be written off, they are going to talk to Bailey on Monday and come back to me. The total amount of water that leaked into the van is about 1 aqua roll full, and this happened during the night. As I told the dealer this is due to poor workmanship and they have agreed.
All this on a van less than a year old.
Well I am at home now with the van back at the dealership wating for Monday morning to come.
What happened, overnight the water system around the hot water tank had developed several leaks and this has resulted us waking up this morning to very wet carpet and a flood inside the van. On closer inspection it would appear that the dealers workshop have used slightly bigger pipes than the originals and the jubilee clips have not secured the pipes onto the tails of the fittings correctly, the pipes are also of a softer compound than before and have swelled under the pressure and the hot water inside them. The leaks have ran and sprayed everywhere under the front bed box with water soaking up the inside walls and leaching under the floor vinyl across to the other side of the van.
The bed box front ply panel has come apart and the floor around this area has started to de-laminate already with it spongy underfoot. The wall at floor level is spongy to touch and the water heater cardboard cover is a sodden mess, all over the electrics as well.
As you can imagine we are not very happy and the dealership were somewhat embarrassed this morning when we arrived there. Their initial thoughts were on repair but I told them you must be joking, they had a closer look and agreed that the van will probably be written off, they are going to talk to Bailey on Monday and come back to me. The total amount of water that leaked into the van is about 1 aqua roll full, and this happened during the night. As I told the dealer this is due to poor workmanship and they have agreed.
All this on a van less than a year old.
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