Caravan Servicing

[Jimbob1]

Hi Everyone.

Just been quoted a price for servicing our caravan -£209-00.

Needless to say I won't be paying that price.The caravan is a Bailey Pageant Champagne 2003.We live in the Home Counties do any of you have any thoughts on this item?Jim

 

[Dustydog]

Jim

My dealer, Chipping Sodbury Caravans charges

 

[Stephen_374341239]

Hi jimbo

I paid this year

 

[Allyson]

In the Caravan Club magazine there was a flyer from Discover Leisure offering services from

 

[caravanoracle]

that is only for a trailer tent service.

a single axle service is

 

[Allyson]

Caravan oracle

Do you have the leaflet" Lets Go outside" Issue 3?

It clearly reads Tourer Servicing From

 

[Allyson]

Caravan Oracle

Please follow link below for prices

http://discover.co.uk/letsgooutside

 

[caravanoracle]

i may be being sceptical but i would say that when they state caravan servicing FROM

 

[Jo-AnneFairway5402010]

jimbob where is home counties?.

jo-anne

 

[Gerald_374336620]

Discover price is

 

[Steve_374341117]

Jo-Anne,

You are joking????

 

[Dustydog]

Steve

Not all of us come from Surrey etc!

Cheers

Alan

 

[Allyson]

Booked my van in today for asingle axle service with Discover Leisure Newport, it will be

 

[MagsAlan]

So services are done at the end of the season rather than the begining?

 

[Allyson]

Hi Mags & Alan

You service your van the month that you bought it to keep the warranty in date.

We purchased our van in December 2006 that's why I have booked my van in for December.

Allyson

 

[MagsAlan]

Ah, ours was second hand in April, only came with a 3 month warranty.

 

[Hamer_5041128]

Mags and Alan,

If you have a Swift Group caravan your service is upto 3 months before or 2 months after the date of delivery.

However your 3rd annual service, at end of 3 year warranty period, must be before the date of delivery in that year.

Bailey serviceing is different. I don't know the exact time scale but i think it covers a 6 week period.

Other manufacurers may be different.

These dates are only to keep a valid warranty.

Hamer

 

[Stephen_374341239]

Steve

Not all of us come from Surrey etc!

Cheers

Alan

Alan

I come from West Sussex. Purchased Caravan in Surrey. Never Asssume.

Regards Steve/

 

[Dustydog]

Alan

I come from West Sussex. Purchased Caravan in Surrey. Never Asssume.

Regards Steve/

Hi Steve

Jo-anne comes from Coventry and tells me the Home Counties were never mentioned in her geography lessons!

Me, born in sutton surrey, spent 3 years in Burgess Hill West sussex, last 30 years in Wiltshire.

Cheers

Alan

 

[Jimbob1]

Hi folks,

Many thanks for your replies,it does seem that it pays to shop around a bit for servicing prices.I will be looking more to the mobile servicer in future as it seems that dealers do take the "micky"somewhat over there servicing charges.

Jo-anne the home Counties cover Hertfordshire Buckinghamshire Surrey etc.I'm in Hertfordshire not the posh part.Jim

 

[Allyson]

Hi Jimbob

From what I heard I do not think that mobile services are as thorough, because they are unable to pick the caravan or the vechicle up on ramps to check all the underdside.

Don't forget to make sure they are NCC approved or dealer approved as this could compromise your warranty with the manafacture.

(You will need to ask them if they are NCC approved because because they are not obliged to inform you).

 

[Chaps]

We recently had our single axle caravan serviced for the first time and chose a mobile engineer (Nationwide Caravan Services of Chesterfield) who charged

 

[caravanoracle]

im sorry but if he spent 2 hours doing the service, he couldnt have possibly completed a full service. a full service should always take approx 4 hours to complete it thoroughly.

 

[Jimbob1]

Hi Caravan Oracle,

I would like to know where you get the figure of 4 hours for doing a service on a caravan.You have no where near as much work to do on a caravan as one has to do on a car and that can be done in 2and a half hours.So please how do you justify 4hours on a caravan?????????

My opinion is that we get heavily turned over by the dealers both on servicing and buying accessories and how do we know the job has been done thoroughly?Jim

 

[Jimbob1]

Allyson,

With the greatest of respect, you quite obviously have not looked under a caravan and I would say very little knowledge of the workings of a caravan and and could have the wool pulled over your eyes quite easily.If I had the time I would do my own sevicing as it reasonably straight forward bar the gas side of the servicing which is a Calor Gas trained job.Jimbob