Colinc
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Just had one done as part of the first service of our van. Cost me £190 just for the "hab check" bit.
Now the service of the van itself makes perfect sense. They change or top up the various oils and fluids and check things like brakes that I can't do myself (well not easily anyway). So, like my car, I will always get that done.
But the "hab check" just seems that they run around the motorhome lights and systems to check they are working. And I could do that myself in under 30 mins. In fact I effectively do this whenever we are on the road as we then use them all the time. Ours is a panel van so they didn't do the moisture meter bit of the test as no need. I could easily do that myself anyway with a cheap moisture meter from B&Q. The list of tasks explicitly says that no "servicing" is done in a "hab check" - unlike the main van service.
So has anyone actually had anything really useful out of a "hab check"? Something that they wouldn't have picked up just by using the motorhome? Or is this just a scam by the dealers to get some annual easy money? You don't "hab check" your house, for example.
Now the service of the van itself makes perfect sense. They change or top up the various oils and fluids and check things like brakes that I can't do myself (well not easily anyway). So, like my car, I will always get that done.
But the "hab check" just seems that they run around the motorhome lights and systems to check they are working. And I could do that myself in under 30 mins. In fact I effectively do this whenever we are on the road as we then use them all the time. Ours is a panel van so they didn't do the moisture meter bit of the test as no need. I could easily do that myself anyway with a cheap moisture meter from B&Q. The list of tasks explicitly says that no "servicing" is done in a "hab check" - unlike the main van service.
So has anyone actually had anything really useful out of a "hab check"? Something that they wouldn't have picked up just by using the motorhome? Or is this just a scam by the dealers to get some annual easy money? You don't "hab check" your house, for example.