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OK, sit up and pay attention!

I have now had a long informative call with BPW, who were very frank, open and very informative regarding this particular issue. The Chassis for the LV485 was - like all models - specified by Geist. The steel thickness was specified to keep the chassis weight low. This is confirmed by many other posters on other forum across the world. Some, but not all of the LV485 had fractures, BPW supplied replacements of a thicker guage steel in order to maintain their reputation - NOT Gesit's!

So, if there is a problem it can be sorted, hopefully before furniture and internal damage has occurred. There was never a recall for the LV485 model.

There we are, an end to this saga - at least it will be when I get my new rails fitted. I had seen some internal movement, but corrected by myself - blaming "she who must be obeyed" for over loading the 'fridge (oops! bit of grovelling needed here)

Here's hoping for another few years of 'vanning in a 'van which has been just what we needed over the past seven years. We do not want to change it!