No Warranty on your RV? Don't buy new?
I am new here and I am surprised most of you guys recommend not getting a new RV with warranty. I bought a very old boat a few years ago and it was my first boat. Looking back I wish I had a warra...
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Good to see you came back!
Never know sometimes....
Warranty is good for a year for most RVs and based on this forum's reports and real world folks I know who've bought new RVs, warranty service is spotty/not great.
Extended warranties are generally a rip off.
So, think of a new RV as no warranty, but you may get a couple things fixed for free, then it's yours and yours alone to get fixed.
Also, seems "most" common issues are with assembly, QC, defective components and "alot" of these issues show up pretty quickly.
So a used or slightly used one has a better chance of these things worked out already.
I don't believe most RVs are the purported piles of junk some make them out to be. Now, we don't use ours often, but through 2 different truck campers from 8, to now 17 years old, I've had no real issues. Yes, some little fixes, just like your car, house, anything else that is made of of thousands of little pieces.
By far the biggest problem was a jack that froze up. I cribbed up the camper (since it was not on the truck), removed the jack, figured it was toast. Took it apart, ended up cleaning it up and greasing it....good to go.
But, unlike your boat story, the one's I bought were pretty well cared for prior to us owning them and then cared for since.
I'm sure if I just parked it in the back pasture when not in use, all year, and generally did not maintain it, the story would be different.
Never know sometimes....
Warranty is good for a year for most RVs and based on this forum's reports and real world folks I know who've bought new RVs, warranty service is spotty/not great.
Extended warranties are generally a rip off.
So, think of a new RV as no warranty, but you may get a couple things fixed for free, then it's yours and yours alone to get fixed.
Also, seems "most" common issues are with assembly, QC, defective components and "alot" of these issues show up pretty quickly.
So a used or slightly used one has a better chance of these things worked out already.
I don't believe most RVs are the purported piles of junk some make them out to be. Now, we don't use ours often, but through 2 different truck campers from 8, to now 17 years old, I've had no real issues. Yes, some little fixes, just like your car, house, anything else that is made of of thousands of little pieces.
By far the biggest problem was a jack that froze up. I cribbed up the camper (since it was not on the truck), removed the jack, figured it was toast. Took it apart, ended up cleaning it up and greasing it....good to go.
But, unlike your boat story, the one's I bought were pretty well cared for prior to us owning them and then cared for since.
I'm sure if I just parked it in the back pasture when not in use, all year, and generally did not maintain it, the story would be different.
