Tow bar issues

MOblyschuk
MOblyschuk Forum Participant Posts: 5
edited October 2013 in Caravans #1

Having purchased a caravan we needed to have fitted a 13 pin towbar. Used a highly recommended installer. Everything worked fine for the first 3 months then on a tow to the Lakes ( 360 miles) the side lights went off on the caravan and the audible sound that reasures the driver that the car is talking to the caravan and that the indicators , brakes etc are working, stopped. I quickly pulled of the motorway into the services. An hour later having called the AA, a van pulled up from a local garage .( presumably sent by the AA) He new about as much as I did about caravans and phoned for a tow truck to rescue us. An hour later the AA contacted us to say that a trailer was not available for 48 hrs. The caravan would have to be left at our own risk. I found the installers tel no: he advised looking in the fuse box. sure enough a wire had come loose. Problem solved and to think we paid £140 for premium service. I have also lost one of my 3 call outs.