I raised the issue of transitioning from a caravan to a Motorhome in a previous post and thanks to everyone who gave great advice.

The trouble is, virtually every Motorhome I have looked at has a huge amount of extremely negative consumer reviews based on their personal experiences.

People generally say that once you buy the Motorhome, dealers are not interested in providing warranty support and you have to go round and round in circles over sometimes many years to get something fixed under warranty.

I really liked the Sunliner range, especially the Habitat model, until I started googling consumer reviews and consumer comments re warranty claims and dealer apathy in honoring these legal claims was appalling.

Then I googled consumer reviews on other leading brands such as Avida, Winnebago etc and the negative comments were almost identical.

Does anyone have a modern 2022/2023/2024 Motorhome that they would honestly say is not a piece of crap and that the dealer network supports.

And just for the record the range of negative comments on Jayco Motorhomes is almost longer than the novel, War and Peace"!

Cheers.

David

-- Edited by Pradokakadudavid on Friday 29th of March 2024 03:36:21 PM

I would not buy  a new motor home, get a second hand one that someone has sorted out most of the issues. 

It seems to me that quality control, is non existent during manufacture. 

Also look for something that can be serviced in Australia. It seems it is hard to get any Fiat dealer to deal with Motorhomes. 

Neil

Thanks Woolman.  Good advice.  I have already decided that the Iveco motor is the best one to buy.

Thanks Roy.

I did look at the Avans at the caravan and camping show but then got distracted by the more expensive models.  Probably a mistake.

Glad to hear  that your issues were quickly sorted.

I am not naive enough to think that there will not be issues but would hope that they could be resolved without legal action being required.

Cheers.

David

Thanks Nomadz.  Love the hear about it when you pick it up.

I have had two motorhomes, the first I purchased in 2015 and kept for almost 6 years. It was an English build Autotrail built on a Fiat Ducato. The second and current is a 2020 Adria Coral built in Slovenia & also on a Fiat Ducato cab/chassis. Both Fiats had ZERO warranty issues despite what I had read and heard. The Autotrail was generally a good vehicle let down by their window Flyscreen/shade supplier. Support from the local importer Elite RV was excellent with good local stocked parts backup.The Adria IMHO is a marginally better built vehicle than the AT. The local importer THL Apollo does not in my experience support the Adria brand as well as Elite RV did the AT. Having said that I am considering purchasing a smaller Adria campervan after looking at all the local options. Problems with the Adria have been minimal. Hope this helps.if you need more info pm me.