Repair Guides and Shop Notes
Written from what actually comes through the shop rather than from general advice. The recurring theme across almost everything here is that large repairs start as small ones that were missed, and that documentation decides insurance outcomes.
What we write about
Four subjects account for most of what owners need to know, and all four are things we see go wrong repeatedly.
Insurance claims: How claims work, where they get underpaid, and your right to choose your own shop under California Insurance Code section 758.5.
Water intrusion: Roofs, slides, seals, and windows. These four cause most of the expensive structural repairs we do.
Repair economics: What things actually cost, why ranges are wide, and how to check any estimate against a posted labor rate.
Vehicle specific failure modes: Why Schwintek rails strip, why absorption fridges fail after being run off level, why conversion claims get underpaid.
Start with these
If you are dealing with a claim right now, the insurance section is more useful than anything here. The anti steering page in particular is the one owners most often did not know existed, and it is the one that changes outcomes.
If you are trying to prevent the next problem rather than solve the current one, the owner resources page carries the inspection intervals that matter in Southern California, which are shorter than the national guidance because of UV exposure here.
Last reviewed by the OCRV Center shop team.
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