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Quote: Originally posted by misterg on 13/11/2019

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I took the then caravan club to task about a Bailey Unicorn that came out of the factory with a nose weight well over 100 kg which was max for the chassis.Add. Calor lite and you would have serious problems.The Club said they were aware of the problem .However they had not warned customers in the magazine.
I also asked why they had not tested the van as it was a best seller ,first of the Alu tec style. They said they only test vans submitted to them by manufacturers. Thus no bad ones would be tested.

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Quote: Originally posted by issym on 02/12/2019

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We swapped our no problem Lunar Clubman for a brand new 2018 Coachman, the problems started from day 1 when we left the dealer without the van to be collected 4 weeks later. Every time we went away we ended back at the dealer as the van was unsafe......no external lights; water scalding hot; doors falling off onto us; shower rail falling off and finally gas leak from the back of the fridge. We owned it for 1 year but only managed 17 nights away as the rest of the time it was at the dealer. Gave up and sold it back to the dealer after one year of ownership, final straw was the squeaking floorboards which were blamed on ourselves and our towing......having owned caravans since the early 80’s I think I can safely say we are not boy racers when it comes to towing!

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Quote: Originally posted by iank01 on 12/12/2019

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IMHO the quality of the caravan depends on when you order the caravan. If early in the year before the October NEC you will have very few problems. If ordered late for delivery in June/July then expect a caravan with loads of problems as the workers are tired of doing the same job every day for the past year and just want to finish to go on holiday.

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