Curly
Member Since: 30 Sep 2011
Location: suffolk
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Anyone ever had a problem with there front middle window on there swift caravan at all. mines an 08 model and when i have been towing for a few miles it has pushed againsed the inner window and you can hear it coming away from it sounds like its going to split,just wondering if this is a commom problem and is it a recall. thanks
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 25th Apr 2012 9:51 am |
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al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
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Had the nearside one split apart (outer and inner) last year on our Abbey (same Swift Group product). They cant be glued back together (I tried various glues - nothing would hold it, and conversations with quite a few caravan repairers all said the same, unfixable), so its a new window - are you sitting down. 330quid for the smaller one, and stupidly I asked about the big center one, over 500 quid.
See if you can find a 'van breaker with one, or there is a place that will make you a new one, but they werent much different in price to a genuine one.
The other pain in the a55 is that your original ones will have faded in the sunlight, and the new one will be as it was when new, so a different shade now.
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| 25th Apr 2012 2:33 pm |
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Curly
Member Since: 30 Sep 2011
Location: suffolk
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Thanks for that. Will it split apart without warning then. Insurence i guess when it comes to it.
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| 25th Apr 2012 2:54 pm |
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Biffysun
Member Since: 09 Jul 2011
Location: Central
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Hi Curly, I have a 2011 Swift Charisma just back from the dealers last week. I had complained about the front centre window which appeared to move to one side (left as viewed from front) after travelling. I had previously noticed this and released the catches, centred it then relocked it. The dealer tells me there is a spacer on the top outer hinge which is supposed to stop this happening and mine was missing!  Could this be the same problem which is causing your window to move? maybe an easy fix before any damage is caused! 
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| 25th Apr 2012 4:47 pm |
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al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
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When I looked at ours after it was taken off, you could see dirty water marks in the bottom, so I guess the seal had gone on ours for a while, before working its way up the sides.
Yes, did our via insurance claim.
Al Volvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
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| 25th Apr 2012 6:01 pm |
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