Commercial Vehicle Safety Inspection

Check your motorhome chassis is safe to use

Have you just purchased a used motorhome? Is it safe? Is it going to let you down somewhere up a mountain?

Let our Commercial Vehicle Safety Inspection tell you the news, be it good news or bad!

These are the items that are checked:

Inside Cab

• Windscreen wipers & washers
• Lighting switches
• Audible warning (horn)
• Driving seat
• Seat belts
• Mirrors
• Speedometer
• Tachograph (if applicable)
• Driving controls
• Pressure / vacuum (warning) (if applicable)
• Mechanical brake hand levers
• Service brake pedal
• Service brake operation
• View to front
• Condition of glass
• Play at steering wheel
• Steering wheel
• Steering column
• Cab floor & steps

Ground Level & Under vehicle

• Smoke emission - visual check
• Cab doors
• Cab security
• Side guards, rear under-run, bumpers
• Security of body
• Condition of body
• Road wheels, hubs & wheel fixings
• Tyres (size, type)
• Tyres (condition, wear)
• Wings & spray suppression
• Spare wheel carrier
• Trailer coupling
• Chassis
• Fuel tank & systems
• Oil leaks
• Engine & transmission mountings
• Exhaust system
• Electrical wiring & equipment
• Suspension pins & bushes
• Suspension spring units & linkages
• Attachment of spring units & linkages
• Shock absorbers
• Stub axels / wheel bearings
• Steering linkages
• Steering gear
• Power steering
• Transmission shafts etc
• Mechanical brake components
• Brake actuators (if applicable)
• Braking system & components & load sensing
• Front lights
• Rear lights, rear fog lights
• Reflectors (side & rear)
• Direction indicators
• Stop lights
• Headlight aim
• Headlights
• Rear markings

Braking Performance (by means of a road-test)

• Braking performance is steady and straight
• Parking brake performance on sloping ground

To discus this service, for latest prices or to make a booking for your vehicle, please call our Service Reception on 02392 674825 or Contact Us by email.

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