"WTF"

Yes Barrie. Several of the 'new breed" of off roaders are mentioned. In fact, friends of ours bought a particular brand and on their first trip had major problems. There must be no quality control at the factory. Apart from the serious problems. Believe it or not, ALL the clearance lights on the van were fitted backwards. "ie" red facing forward and amber facing back. How the hell did it pass registration?
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Spydor & Robyn

I tend to agree with you in regard to the majority of comments on the lemon site. There seems to be people making a "mountain out of a molehill". But as i stated, How could a simple mistake like the clearance light situation on our friends new van passed rego? They are now worried about what else was installed incorrectly. electrical wiring "etc". Considering the 80k spent they do not have COMPLETE confidence in the van. This obviously makes travelling in remote areas a little more stressful. Especially from the wife !!!
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Spydor & Robyn

Your friends will build confidence the more they use it.

we have a family member with a JB Scorpion and friends are on their 2nd Lotus Freelander both have had minor issues that have been easily fixed.

We love our van but under no illusion that it's the only van that's capable of travelling off road.

Pretty sure that manufacturers do not actually take every caravan they build to be inspected for rego purposes. They have some sort of exemption....in the same way that new cars don't have to be inspected for rego.

So, they have to self-inspect.....which is pretty obvious that nobody bothered to do if the clearance lights are all installed by the school kid doing "work experience".

Bill