caravan service

[Kai]

When I bought a 13 years old caravan, I found some items were in fact not serviced or properly serviced by professional as service checklist mentioned. I decide to do service myself. Some insurance companies require annual professional service, and other not, just mention caravan must be in roadworthy condition or in good state of repair. I don't see any damages to be covered are related to roadworthy condition. Has anyone's claim been denied for DIY service or for bad state of repair?

 

[otherclive]

Over the many years I have been on the Forum I cannot recall such as situation as you describe.

 

[Dustydog]

The CAMC Super Cover says any caravan over 5 years old must be serviced annually by an AWS engineer. All the other covers beneath the Super cover don’t stipulate the same .

Like Clive in practice I’ve never seen such an issue as described on here or any other forum
Also a number of people on here do their own annual servicing.
The most important thing is be clear you are compliant with your insurers requirements

 

[Kai]

The CAMC Super Cover says any caravan over 5 years old must be serviced annually by an AWS engineer. All the other covers beneath the Super cover don’t stipulate the same .

Like Clive in practice I’ve never seen such an issue as described on here or any other forum
Also a number of people on here do their own annual servicing.
The most important thing is be clear you are compliant with your insurers requirements

I found 10+ years caravans had service gap in last few years, dealer told me they were serviced by owners or maybe the owner skipped service

 

[Mr Plodd]

Its a very common clause applied by insurers to cars. Its a get out for them if, after a crash, its found that there was a serious defect on say the suspension, or the brakes etc. Seems perfectly reasonable to me.