Motorhome Money Pit

I have no idea if it’s the same for a MH, but we never return to the dealer for any warranty work instead we have servicing, and any warranty work, carried out at an approved workshop.

Beside the advantages of cost savings their loyalty is to us and not the manufacturer who’s product they sell.

Same here, but a quick call to the dealer got us home safely. On the whole the only problem we've had with our present m/h is the oil sensor light coming on  when over filling occurs at servicing. Now out of any warranties everything gets sorted at our local garage and  costs are reasonable.

Airbag warning light problems with the ECU seem to be a rite of passage with Fiat/Peugeot vehicles which cover the majority of MH's on the road. Had mine pack up on previous MH at four years. 

Yours is the better quality MB, of course👍. We found the costs at the Merc main dealer to be surprisingly reasonable.

Btw, a quick call to our MH dealer was a waste of time and contributed to our list of complaints.

Dont own a MH, but might contact KIA and suggest they get in the MH market, like TTDA, never buy new, too stressful, but my Sorento now 8 years old, 1 minor problem since i bought it, dodgey connection to reversing camera fixed at annual service as part of 7 year warranty and they come and collect for annual service and valet it whilst they have it, my 7 year warranty service cost just £70, bargain. 

Money pit or not, lots of people buying them apparently, and when we are given permission to travel, the roads will be to congested to get about and "Live the Dream", I think we will see lots staying on site and lots of folk queuing for the bus into town

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Be carefull our sportage2ltr diesel KX4  is 8yrs old now , ,the dealer has given up trying to convince me the later models with the 1.6 engine and no spare wheel are as good   

had an Email yesterday ro advise the new Sorrento Hi brid with a 1.6 petrol engine is a good buy? hope some one does a towing test with it

but they still have the 7yr warranty 

As advised, most things Italian look good but you need deep pockets to keep them (women included) 

Fix It Again Tomorrow comes to mind

Ours phoned the garage, sensible people. 

We didn't have problems with our peugeot based van conversion...except the reverse gear but that design has improved somewhat. When you think that most m/h bases are designed to run as commercial vans they should be up to the job. Haven't been past Bristol docks for several months but that's where you see all the imported cabs and chassis lined up ready to be turned into "dream" motorhomes or commercial vehicles. I suppose van conversions have the edge as they are not a box added to a chasis. But the engine gear and wiring should be up to standard on all the vans...hopefully.  

I note the latest MCs from the Bailey stable are Ford based autos as standard all four berths so far,  with drop down from the roof beds

Our last MC(Autocruise) was on a boxer base with the Ford 2.2 engine and was very reliable,and with the removable steering wheel,was just about theft proof

Ps with the steering wheel removed there was not any problems turning the drivers seat either