stevieb
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Hi , having just realised we have a missing bolt , which we think is under a caravan parked opposite us ( I know , I was reading and chilling in a vacant space opposite our Cali ) . It might be easier to order a new one now . How much did it cost you inc p&p ?After seeing some information on an older thread we emailed whaug@camping-schuh.de from http://www.bel-sol.de who are the company that supply the chairs to VW, we emailed to check as the chairs are not on their site catalogue. He is going to hopefully send us some spare parts (we sent him a pic, below), he was really helpful. I'm just waiting for a price, postage cost and payment method information from him now he has our address, will keep you posted.
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You can't blame VW for that lolWe notice one of ours was missing and the bolt was hanging out, found it on the floor a few mins later, checked the other chair and it was holding on by two threads!
Obviously a manufacturing issue!
It must have taken them a while to find an appropriate supplierYou can't blame VW for that lol
Hi , having just realised we have a missing bolt , which we think is under a caravan parked opposite us ( I know , I was reading and chilling in a vacant space opposite our Cali ) . It might be easier to order a new one now . How much did it cost you inc p&p ?
Mrs B
Can you supply pictures and part numbers please?After getting a little concerned as we had not heard back from Wolfgang, look what turned up in the post today!
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Having taken Cali in to the garage for some work to be done , they have ordered a new chair for us under warranty . Well pleased .I have to say Wolfgang was an absolute STAR!
We too contacted him regarding missing bolts and he very kindly supplied us with replacement bolts.
Cannot praise Wolfgang whaug@camping-schuh.de from http://www.bel-sol.de enough!!!!!!
Thank you so much!
Bolts dropping out is a common thing.
I tighten all the bolts on the chair about once per season as they do become loose. This prevents you losing bolts or having damaged plastic joiners thru the loose joints.
It's surprising how quickly they become loose....
Good tip...I small dab of threadloc and you won't have that issue again
After seeing some information on an older thread we emailed whaug@camping-schuh.de from http://www.bel-sol.de who are the company that supply the chairs to VW, we emailed to check as the chairs are not on their site catalogue. He is going to hopefully send us some spare parts (we sent him a pic, below), he was really helpful. I'm just waiting for a price, postage cost and payment method information from him now he has our address, will keep you posted.
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Actually, that's a lot less than I imagined but still expensive.New chair about £70
But VW don’t bare the cost anyway. The Chair Manufacturers will.Anyone had this problem. The right hand plastic joint insert that joins the front leg bar to the arm rest support bracket has broken. This is odd because as far as I can work out it isn't placed under much stress when in actual use.
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I've visited my dealer and the Service Manager says that I will require a new chair!!! He's taken a photo and will send a report to VW where upon a replacement should be issued under warrantee.
If the plastic joint part were available and it wasn't factory riveted in place then it would be a two minute job to fix. I don't know what a new chair would cost but issuing a new one due to the failure of what must be only a 10p part seems daft. Still I'm not complaining!
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