Swift Elegance caravans

Hi pande. I have an Elegance 580 and have had no problems with the external LED lights. I tow with a Volvo XC90 previously a 2011 model now a 2017 model so relatively new cars. May this be your problem? Does your car have the single connection or the double set of connectors with a converters? Sorry I can't be more help.

I tow with a Kia Sorento and there is no problem.Towbar wiring is through a standard bypass relay.Our company Shogun 2017 with dealer fitted towbar is not compatable with the led road lights!!It seems that certain towcars need the Sargent "fix" to the caravan whilst others have no problem!!

Hi, pande don't see any problem. You tow it to your dealer for any services? If you decide to sell the van at a future date, any buyer will have to decide whether to fit a new VLM box if required. Lastly if you did have a break down and the van wouldn't go on a flatbed then any tow truck driver would have a rear indicator board.

Each VLM covers quiet a few styles of car A3 works on Discovery 2 but doesn't on a VW Touareg (2014) they don't need them.

Steve

Hi Pande,

We Have purchased a Swift Elegance 650, 6 weeks ago, and has not been the best start so far. We have had, and we are still having electrical issues.

The rear light issue and also interior lights flickering when taps turned on/off

continous Alarm triggering issue, the van has been back 3 times in 6 weeks and no further forward.

rear lights, Vlm4 module fitted but no fix the a vlm6 module fitted all appeared Okay at first, indicate and break and every so often it triggers both indicators, the power supply app also now shows car battery using 0.1v when unplugged from the car it’s only a small amount but even still it looks like this fix has a power supply bridge issue, 

internal light issue seems to have been sorted with a plugin fix ?

swift appear to be having more than one teathing issue with their swift command / Sargent partnership. 

Secondly, if for any reason I should suffer a breakdown whilst towing, UK or abroad, there is every chance that the caravan indicators will not work if a tow to a garage is required.  Tricky!!

Not sure about abroad, in UK if car is towed following a breakdown a tow board will be used with towing vehicles reg and lighting in my experience

I have recently brought a 2022 Swift and the indicators flashed whilst being towed by my Disco. I have been told I need to pay £141.78 for the part (VLM6) and £42.50 labour. My argument is the new caravan is not compatable to my tow car and not the otherway around. This is something I feel Swift should be fixing FOC. I didnt have an issue towing my Abbey Spectrum.

I had the same issues when towing this caravan with a Discovery. The problem is that the Swift LED lights draw much mess that the old type bulbs fooling the Discovery into not recognising that the 13 pin connection is plugged in. This causes several problems such as the 'trailer sign on the dash board does not flash when indicating, reversing sensors on the Discovery sound a warning during reversing as it assumes you are close to an object. Other items affected if you have them are towing assist etc. I got rid of my Swift Elegance at 12 months old due to numerous problem 4 years back but the solution was to buy a VLM convertor kit made by Sargant which cost about £39 although they offered a £10 discount. In effect the device converted the electric load to allow the Discovery to recognise a caravan was connected. Fitting is simple, it comes with instructions telling you how to unplug two existing connections and plug the device in between. They are colour coded and different fittings ensuring it only connects one way. The plugs lie under the seat in the front nearside corner. It was fiddly as the wires were short making it awkward but you only have to do it once. After first fitting you may need to switch on and drive forward a couple of feet to give the onboard computer in the Discovery time to recognise the presence of the caravan.