Operation Manual

5Caravan - 10-13 - EN
Contents
12.7.1 Temporary lay-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
12.7.2 Winter lay-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
12.7.3 Starting up the vehicle after a temporary lay-
up or after lay-up over winter . . . . . . . . . . .164
13 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
13.1 Inspection work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
13.2 Maintenance work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
13.3 Stabilisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
13.4 Braking system AL-KO chassis . . . . . . . . . . .167
13.5 Alde hot-water heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
13.5.1 Checking the fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
13.5.2 Topping up the heating fluid. . . . . . . . . . . .168
13.5.3 Bleeding the heating system . . . . . . . . . . . .168
13.6 Air conditioning unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
13.7 Replacing bulbs and fluorescent tubes . .169
13.7.1 Halogen spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
13.7.2 Recessed halogen light with housing. . . .170
13.7.3 Surface-mounted halogen light (swiveling).
171
13.7.4 Indirect lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
13.7.5 Light column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
13.7.6 Range hood light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
13.7.7 Children's bed lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
13.8 Changing the battery of the wardrobe light
with LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
13.9 Vehicle identification plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
13.10 Warning and information stickers . . . . . . .174
14 Spare parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
14.1 Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
15 Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
15.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
15.2 Tyre selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
15.3 Tyre designations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
15.4 Handling of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
15.5 Changing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
15.5.1 General instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
15.5.2 Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
15.5.3 Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
15.5.4 Changing the wheel at alloy wheel rims .182
15.6 Spare wheel support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
15.7 Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
16 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
16.1 Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
16.2 Braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
16.3 Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
16.4 Gas system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
16.5 Cooker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
16.5.1 Gas cooker/gas oven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
16.5.2 Microwave oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
16.6 Heater, boiler and water heater . . . . . . . . .189
16.6.1 Trumatic S 3004 (P) / S 5004 hot-air heater. .
189
16.6.2 Alde heater/boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
16.6.3 Truma boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
16.6.4 Truma water heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
16.7 Refrigerator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
16.7.1 Thetford refrigerator without SES (error diag-
nostics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
16.7.2 Dometic 8 series with MES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
16.7.3 Dometic 8 series with AES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
16.8 Air conditioning unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
16.9 Water supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
16.10 Body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
17 Special equipment . . . . . . . . . . . .197
17.1 Weight details for special equipment . . . 197
18 Helpful notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
18.1 Dethleffs travel tips on the iPhone . . . . . . 199
18.2 Traffic rules in foreign countries . . . . . . . . 199
18.3 Help on Europe's roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
18.4 Speed limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
18.5 Driving with low beam in European coun-
tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
18.6 Sleeping in the vehicle away from camping
areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
18.7 Gas supply in European countries. . . . . . . 206
18.8 Toll regulations in European countries . . 209
18.9 Tips on staying overnight safely during travel
210
18.10 Tips for winter campers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
18.11 Travel checklists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211