And I thought it was just a scabby connection on the supply hose I bought for the 'van, not realising that it is just the standard Jayco fare, most likely procured from the cheapest end of the supply chain monster that is possible. I am a relative newbie to the dragging your home behind you brigade but, come to think of it, I had the same issue with the old Swan Outback where we had the same ever expanding water ring of no confidence that would be present most of the time.
This stuff can't be rocket science to ensure that it is right from day one. If a $5 fitting will fix it, then Jayco should be aware of it and just rectify it from the factory as part of a continuous programme of customer satisfaction upgrades. These rigs, whilst not being the most expensive units on the market, aren't cheap and surely it is the small things that make a difference when it comes to Quality. The Expanda is a brilliant concept that is let down by poor factory perception of their buying public, bordering on arrogance. In the end though, we are all to blame for putting up with crap as we keep buying the bloody things knowing we are going to have to fix stuff. Dumb things like this on a Holden Commodore purchased for half the price of what we buy our rigs for, just would not be acceptable to us or the major manufacturers and we would all be banging on the GM Service Department door with a large pineapple to assist in the argument to have inherent faults fixed. I seriously doubt we would get the spanners out and jerry rig the vehicle that gets us to work and back, so why do we do it on our 'vans? This goes for issues that I have had with ours that all seem to strike a familiar chord with other owners on this site. Whether it is badly fitting internal doors and drawers, screws that hold things together being too short and too small a gauge and drop out on a regular basis, jockey wheel mounts that have been erroneously tack-welded by the one armed, blind apprentice with questionable trade skills. I could go on, but you all know another dozen or so inherent faults that seem to occur with monotonous regularity on these pages.
Jayco have hit on the holy grail of supply and demand. They supply what they want to and we, the buying public, don't demand enough when it comes to Quality.
I need a holiday -I am beginning to sound like my Dad
