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- Have always camped, caravaned or had boats. Now in our second year with the motorhome.
Our van will be 12mths old in june (a way off I know) questions as follows......
how much is a habitation check
what exactly do they check
presumably your warranty is void if you dont
how many of you bother having one
how many of you do it yourself
NOTE
I have a point to this and that is that if the only reason to have one is that you dont look after your van well enough to notice a problem and need someone to tell you its knackered otherwise your warrantys void, then its prob worth it.
In my experience warrantys from dealers incl car dealers arent acctually worth that much anyway and if you want a job doing properly do it yourself because if you let someone else then theres a good chance of getting the van, caravan or car back with damage and or faults that werent there before. I cant even get my MH dealer or indeed the manufacturers to supply me with a 50p peice of plastic for the extending table which was missing from day one. (dont even ask about the hand over experience) so not much chance of getting a result from anything this so called "habitation check" could uncover. And as for cars well my 12mth old Ford Kuga is still waiting for a dashboard trim that was damaged by the dealer and a new elec seat base due to manufacturing fault. I am even considering doing the ford cab service myself cos I cant see what they do at 12mnth old and about 4k on the clock anyway and the warranty I suspect is worthless.
As you can tell I am somewhat miffed about tha lack of after customer care and consider that warrantys and habitation checks are "probably" a money making exercise or for people who cant or dont look after there van. Of course I am open to oppinions that prove me wrong.
Any thoughts on any points above or related topics.
ips
how much is a habitation check
what exactly do they check
presumably your warranty is void if you dont
how many of you bother having one
how many of you do it yourself
NOTE
I have a point to this and that is that if the only reason to have one is that you dont look after your van well enough to notice a problem and need someone to tell you its knackered otherwise your warrantys void, then its prob worth it.
In my experience warrantys from dealers incl car dealers arent acctually worth that much anyway and if you want a job doing properly do it yourself because if you let someone else then theres a good chance of getting the van, caravan or car back with damage and or faults that werent there before. I cant even get my MH dealer or indeed the manufacturers to supply me with a 50p peice of plastic for the extending table which was missing from day one. (dont even ask about the hand over experience) so not much chance of getting a result from anything this so called "habitation check" could uncover. And as for cars well my 12mth old Ford Kuga is still waiting for a dashboard trim that was damaged by the dealer and a new elec seat base due to manufacturing fault. I am even considering doing the ford cab service myself cos I cant see what they do at 12mnth old and about 4k on the clock anyway and the warranty I suspect is worthless.
As you can tell I am somewhat miffed about tha lack of after customer care and consider that warrantys and habitation checks are "probably" a money making exercise or for people who cant or dont look after there van. Of course I am open to oppinions that prove me wrong.
Any thoughts on any points above or related topics.
ips