17' Series 17.56-1 cracking fibreglass

[Pathy + Expanda]

Hi all, well it's been 6 months since we picked up our van and we love it. Such a great way to spend our weekends away.
Anyway, after we got back from our last weekend away on Sunday I discovered cracking on the back L/H side of the van. (see pics)
I will email the photos to our dealer tomorrow and hopefully will be sorted out easily. Not sure if they would fix this type of thing or replace the whole piece??
Our van is already booked for a service next month so hopefully we can get it all done in 1 hit.

Will keep this thread updated on our progress

 

[bigman0510]

WOW!! Thats a new one!! I haven't seen that before!! Lucky Jayco are pretty good with warranty claims!!

Not good mate, hope it gets sorted quickly!!

 

[cruza driver]

Like Bigman I have never seen or heard of that before either.

I think ringing your dealer before it goes in for the service is a good idea as you mentioned, so they can allow time for the repair.

 

[andrea]

Hi pathy, ours isn't as bad but the fibreglass guy is out today to look at ours. I'll let you know what he says.

 

[chartrock]

I haven't seen it crack there but I had the cracks in my roof repaired 18 months ago. Roof cracks. No problems since.

 

[andrea]

Pathy, Michael from East Coast RV's just came out. No worries to fix. Said ours would have been caused from the screws near there. They have had a few come in even with the cracks where yours are. If you are dealing with Jayco Camperland this is likely to be who they will get you to talk to.

Cheers
Andrea

 

[chartrock]

Andrea, is that Michael from East Coast Refinishers at Ashmore on the Goldie? If so, I can't speak highly enough of him and his company. They are the ones who repaired our roof, fixed our wall, fitted a window, put a dolly wheel inside the draw bar, the list goes on. Jobs may take a while but their service is great.

 

[andrea]

Cr, sure is

 

[Pathy + Expanda]

Hey all, I called Bris Camperland and they put me in contact with Michael. Hopefully he will get back to me tomorrow so we can arrange the repairs.
Thanks for the advise and feedback everyone. I feel a bit more easy with a repair after the good work that has been done to others.

 

[skippy]

Hey Pathy-Expanda

I had similar problems with cracks in the fibreglass at both ends too and Jayco fixed them after lengthy discussion. They finally fixed the cracks and the van was out of warranty too. I was told that there was a problem with the moulds in the factory and not enough fibreglass was getting into the corners hence I had the same cracks as what you have shown.

Don't fear I would say Jayco will fix your cracks.

So because they fixed this problem out of warranty I don't think I would ever buy another brand of caravan ever again.

Buy the way I will be in the market for another Expanda very shortly.

Thumbs up Jayco!

 

[Grover]

i have a jayco expanda thats 6 months old top of lift up beds botht have crakes on either side and jayco wont fix under warranty dont know what else to do

 

[skippy]

Take some photos - up load them and I will compare them to what I had if ya like.

 

[Smergen]

OK... might rebirth this thread as I found some cracking on our van whilst up on a ladder cleaning it.



This is the join of the walls of the van, at the back RHS corner. I (stupidly) didn't check the other corners of the van to see what condition they were in. Going to email these through to the dealer and see what they think but thought I'd ask the wise collective of EF as well.

 

[BigSkiddy]

To me that looks like the paint is cracking on that metal section. Probably nothing to worry about.

 

[Smergen]

To me that looks like the paint is cracking on that metal section. Probably nothing to worry about.

Thanks for the input. I can confirm that you can see silver metal under one point. Will possibly need some treatment, I'd imagine to stop it spreading.

 

[Colsar]

OK... might rebirth this thread as I found some cracking on our van whilst up on a ladder cleaning it.

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This is the join of the walls of the van, at the back RHS corner. I (stupidly) didn't check the other corners of the van to see what condition they were in. Going to email these through to the dealer and see what they think but thought I'd ask the wise collective of EF as well.

Hi @Smergen,
My roof ( up on top ) was average as well on our second hand van,to the point it started to leak in the back corners if the front was raised slightly.
The paint crazing in your pic looks like the alum flashing, which you can sand back, etch prime, and re spray.
My issue was the old silicone ( cheap stuff with a shelf life on 12 months ) so i sharpened up a chisel and slid it around and took off all the old stuff, it was not sticking too well as i got it all off in approx 40 mins, including around the aerial.
I mast up either side of the roof join about 25mm apart and re sealed with marine grade sica flex.
Its been out in the rain and is all good.

I did sand and respray an alum trim on our old van before we sold it, come up a treat - as long as you do the prep work.

 

[Smergen]

Really appreciate the feedback there @Colin&Sue. If it's just a bit of paint coming off ali then I'm not going to go all "American Restoration" on it. However, the quality of sealant in a few spots was less than be desired so it might be a case stripping it back a bit and getting "my Sika on". Might just use a different type than last time as that small tube was a b!tch to use...

 

[stuartcarr2002]

OK... might rebirth this thread as I found some cracking on our van whilst up on a ladder cleaning it.

View attachment 28993

This is the join of the walls of the van, at the back RHS corner. I (stupidly) didn't check the other corners of the van to see what condition they were in. Going to email these through to the dealer and see what they think but thought I'd ask the wise collective of EF as well.

Mine has done the same thing, glad to see it is only just paint cracking. Might get up and re paint it.