If you are someone who purchased a motor home and don't have much of a capability to do the maintenance yourself I would like to hear what you have to say.
Does your motor home have a factory warranty? How has that worked out for you? How much of an inconvenience is it to take it in to the dealer for work to be done?
If not a factory warranty do you have an extended service agreement that you paid for? What does it cover? How has that worked out for you? Are you able to have the work done anywhere while on the road?
{If you buy new, you get two warranties. Your vroom vroom part..and 'the house'. Vroom is easy...unless you live in a small-ish place where maybe they don't have a building big enough to handle your truck RV. There are just a bunch of good and bad stories about 'house' warranty issues. Good luck with that. Getting emergency repairs done to the house is usually a 'good experience'. It's when you are home and needing big time work that things seem to go sideways. Keep ALL your documentation. Take lots of pictures. Make notes when you are talking on the phone to a rep. Try to do it on E mail...keep THAT.}
If no warranty or service agreement, where you have to pay for anything that goes wrong yourself, how has that worked out for you? Where do you take your motor home for maintenance/repair both at home and on the road.
{If you get an extended warranty...again..lots of good/bad stories. If you do a Google search on reviews, you will find the biggest reason Warranty companies decline is oil changes. Get them done at a shop that is accredited and get them often. DIY guys get beat on this..they change their own oil..have a warranty claim that has NOTHING to do with oil changes. Warrant company asks for docs on oil changes. No docs? No Warranty.}
Do you ever utilize a mobile repair outfit that comes to your home? How has that worked out for you?
{Yep..and loved it. Came to me. Most..not all, but so many, problems are electrical in nature. Mobile tech has meter..does the trouble shooting..orders new part that you pay for, right then and there...mobile tech comes with part and installs.}
Do you have a roadside assistance agreement on your motor home and is that covered by your your factory warranty, extended service agreement, or do you pay for it separately?
{A dealer may say it is included...there is NO FREE LUNCH. You bought that when you bought the RV. There are only a few Roadside Assistance companies and really? They are all good. The problems arise when there is no service centre close by. It can take forever to get a tow truck. But..it is the same tow truck no matter which company you have. Some tow people are great..some not so much.}
If you buy privately buy the Roadside Plan with whomever you choose. But have one. One service call will more that pay for the year.
Gary Haupt
