Has anybody had a problem with the sink in the toilet of the Pathfinder. On our last trip we noticed that where the sink is attached to the back board where the sink pulls down, it has developed a crack.
We have contacted Pennine about this they said they they would phone us back with the part number, but they haven't my husband will contact them again tomorrow. I feel that this is a fault in the manufacture as it is a 2001 fc and it has been carefully treated.
Has this happened to anybody elses camper and if so how have you dealt with it.
Can't find any part number on the site but my husband is going to speak to them again. I will keep you posted with the result.
We love our Pathfinder, but I do feel that we have been a bit unlucky with it. On the second trip out it flooded. We found that where the pipe goes into the tank under the seat there should have been a serrated piec inside the conector to hold it in place, this was missing and the pipe fell out. The missing part was sent to us by Pennine and the dealer we bought the camper from noted it incase any floor damaged appeared at a later date.
Also within th first year when the beds are opened out, the locking nut on one side hadn't locked and it pulled out and gouged the side. We had a terrible job getting it down again. We took it back to the dealer and he rectified it for us.
Now the problem with the sink. I do feel that we have had more than our fair share of problems.
Has anybody else else experience problems with new Pathfinders or have we been unlucky. I still love it and don't regret for one minute purchasing a Pathfinder.
Goodness, you do seem to have been very unlucky with your unit. We certainly have had no similar problems with ours, and I have never heard any other such tales of woe!
Our only problem was of my own making - I let the wardrobe slip when packing up, and although it fell only a few inches, it was enough to break the mirror. I obtained a replacement quickly, and without any difficulty and fitted it easily.
It would seem that my seven years bad luck has somehow been transferred to you, for which I can only apologise!!
i also had the kitchen sink pipes leaking too... the connectors that join the sink to the cabinet were not tight enough! other than that its been fine... touch wood!!
I've just bought a Pathfinder. After picking it up from the dealer decided to have a few days away to try it out. As I've always been used to camping a lot of the information given to me at collection was old hat but there was an awful lot to take in too.
Trying to remember everything setting up on site - I was very pleased with having done everything and all seemed to be working properly. When my daughter washed up later that day there was water everywhere so I assumed that she'd left everything to dry and it dripped down the side of the sink unit. On closer inspection the plug was in the lower drainage unit in the sink and it overflowed - how embarrassed was I when explaining to my daughter that it wasn't her washing up skills that caused the minor flood. I hope it hasn't caused any lasting damage!
I've not had any other problems so far but as a novice Pathfinder owner I'm grateful for any little hints and tips all you experienced folk might pass on!
If you use a washing up bowl or plug make sure you don't let all the water out at once the little sink can't cope. If you kneel down and watch through the little cupboard you'll see it fill up to almost over flowing quite quickly. I soaked the lower cupboard and the settee at Lickhill. Luckily it was only cups I'd washed up and it all dried ok. Setting up gets easier and you wonder how you found it so complicated the first time! We leave all the roof lining and curtains that aren't on poles in place for the season which saves time. Turn the gas on before you open the front bed is the other tip I've got. Plenty of posts on here about pathfinders. Hope you enjoy yours as much as we do.
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Thanks for all your posts on here regardings sinks. So far we have had no problems with the kitchen sink overflowing, but I will certainly bear in mind the problems when I empth the bowl in future.
We have contacted Pennine and have been told that they have only ever seen one like ours before. We have been told to put our complain in writing to them, which we will do but we have also been told to try sticking it with super glue. We will try that next weekend to see if it will hold it. If it does, as long as we have the complaint in writing, should it get any worse or reoccur they may change it, we have been told possibly at cost. (labour free) but it will mean quite a long trip to Wigan.
Watch this space for further info and their response to our complaint
I have just collected my pathfinder from pennine after having the same crack how erver ours was caused by gale force winds last september some thing fell onto the sink cracking the back and the basin its self, if you speak to pennine ask for Nick or Katrina, they were brilliant and got things sorted