WELCOME TO THE WORLD
OF CARAVANS
You are now the owner of a quality caravan.
The User’s Guide has been prepared for
your guidance to help you derive the
greatest amount of pleasure from the use of
your caravan. It is recommended that you
read the pages of this guide thoroughly so
that you are fully conversant with all the
caravan systems. The major proprietary
components of the caravan such as the
chassis, heater, oven, water heater,
refrigerator and electrical control systems all
have their own comprehensive operating
instructions which should be supplied with
your caravan. It is strongly recommended
that you read these too as it is not possible
to include all the information they contain in
this handbook.
Your supplying distributor is responsible for
carrying out a thorough pre-delivery
inspection on your caravan and also for
arranging any warranty work or routine
servicing which may be required.
Authorised Dealers will be able to supply
any replacement parts for your caravan,
should the need arise, along with any
accessories you may require. Please note
that it is not possible to purchase
replacement parts or accessories direct from
the manufacturer.
We are sure you will have many happy times
with your caravan but please remember a
happy carefree time is based on proper,
thorough and responsible preparation,
careful driving with regard to the “Rules of
the Road”, other road users and above all
ensuring your caravan is in a first class
roadworthy condition. It is a condition of
your warranty that your caravan is serviced
by an authorised Dealer once every twelve
months and that the service record in the
back of your Warranty and Service Manual,
is maintained in accordance with
instructions.
Your Coachman Caravan has been designed
as a luxury recreational vehicle and is
intended for recreational use only. It is not
intended for living in, using for business
purposes, or hiring, and the Company
accepts no liability if the caravan is used for
any purposes other than holidays.
To ensure the very best quality and reliability
the caravan has been through an extensive
design and testing programme. Therefore
the Company accepts no liability if the
caravan is altered or modified
in such a
way that, in the Company’s opinion, the
changes would adversely affect the
reliability.
You should consult your Dealer before
any additional equipment is fitted.
REPAIRS
We at Coachman, together with our
suppliers, are continually undertaking
extensive research into, and testing of,
repair procedures and materials such as
body sealant, adhesives, gaskets and tapes.
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INTRODUCTION
TOWING VEHICLES
• When selecting a towing vehicle for
your caravan we strongly recommend
you consult THE CARAVAN TOWING
GUIDE, which is based on the
recommendations of the NCC, and a
copy of which is in the information
pack provide with this caravan.
• The caravan is manufactured for
towing behind normal road cars and
is
not suitable for towing behind
commercial vehicles.
Providing care
is exercised when towing with a 4x4,
especially when off road and loading
limits are strictly adhered to, then no
problems should arise. However,
some 4 x 4 pickups have tremendous
rear suspension movement which
could, over time be detrimental to
the chassis of any caravan, on these
we would recommend a shock link
is fitted.
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