We have just bought a Swift Challenger 550L (2005). We viewed the caravan at the vendors house. The caravan was lovely and the vendor seemed very genuine.
They advised us that they bought it in 2007 from Harringtons, but since then not used it much at all due to parents ill health. Due to this fact it has not been serviced. The van has been stored on their driveway so has been aired and cleaned on a regular basis.
My question being do you think it is advisable to purchase without a recent service.
I think that will be fine, you could always get it serviced, or at least find out what it will cost.
Servicing is a bit hit and miss with caravans. I have had mine serviced and they do the van, they do not do the Alde central heating boiler, the Dometic fridge, the cooker etc. The first two need servicing once a year to maintain any warranty, of course I was not aware of this, thinking that the van service would do all of it.
The amount of people that own caravans and dont get them'serviced' is beyond belief if truth be known.I would welcome an anual inspection being introduced, but if it was it would only be for brakes,lights and your hitch and dampers/wheel bearings and tyres.Just book it in for a service better still find a good mobile service engineer (its cheaper that way) and remember if you want the fridge,fire,cooker etc checking you have to request it as that is usually extra.A basic service can be done by anyone that is competant enough to do their own car service and folow the manual tech info for torque settings etc.habitation check is a different matter though
Have been phoning around for Mobile services, and not sure whether to go for a NCC approved servicer at a cost of £165 (full service in and out) or a MCEA approved servicer at a cost of £125. Could you advise at all as I am new at all this.