Denis w/2005
New member
Hi All,
New to this group, partner Pat and I have a 2005 van/06 Leisure Travel Van Conversion purchased new in Dec. 05 and am very happy with it. Our experience: After several short shakedown overnights with no problems we took a 32 night 8000 mile trip out to the Colorado Plateau - New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Utah, and back to Saratoga Springs, NY - no Sprinter problems whatsoever, excellent fuel - 23-24 mpg. After 2,000 miles changed oil to Mobil 1 synthetic and after 10,000 more, changed again. Excellent running in every respect, up and down some awesome hills and rough roads. On our trip a few minor glitches - the Onan generator quit at 23 hours, would have needed to wait at least two days in Utah for a fix, so we used our inverter for most small things and waited until we got home, took it to Cummins, who removed the unit, discovered a cross threaded inlet, now repaired and with oil changed, seems to work fine. The Initial TV tuner quit a week into the trip and when we returned home I contacted the company but they were very poor in their warranty/communication response, I actually complained to the CA BBB. So I contacted Wally at Leisure and he quickly sent me a new plug-in tuner and the unit now works fine. I'm told that Leisure will switch to Sony for their TV product - a good choice. The water heater works fine, however after 40 times heating on LP I'm seeing a slight heat caused deformation of the bottom of the plastic refrigerator vent on the outside of the van - just above the water heater. Nothing to change yet, but I'm watchful of it. The sliding door has a plastic retainer for the window screens which popped out part way during the trip. We actually saw the same problem on another Leisure Travel Van at Carlsbad Caverns, where, by luck and fun, three LTV units were parked when we were there. Fixed the plastic retainer with - you guessed it - black duct tape. The latch on the refrigerator broke and we replaced that through warranty at Camping World, The door required a spacer to raise it slightly. We were able to keep the door shut on the trip by inserting a small nail into the top right side hinge hole. Minor problems now fixed. Now several trips later with no problems - I love this bucket of bolts, the best purchase I have made.
New to this group, partner Pat and I have a 2005 van/06 Leisure Travel Van Conversion purchased new in Dec. 05 and am very happy with it. Our experience: After several short shakedown overnights with no problems we took a 32 night 8000 mile trip out to the Colorado Plateau - New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Utah, and back to Saratoga Springs, NY - no Sprinter problems whatsoever, excellent fuel - 23-24 mpg. After 2,000 miles changed oil to Mobil 1 synthetic and after 10,000 more, changed again. Excellent running in every respect, up and down some awesome hills and rough roads. On our trip a few minor glitches - the Onan generator quit at 23 hours, would have needed to wait at least two days in Utah for a fix, so we used our inverter for most small things and waited until we got home, took it to Cummins, who removed the unit, discovered a cross threaded inlet, now repaired and with oil changed, seems to work fine. The Initial TV tuner quit a week into the trip and when we returned home I contacted the company but they were very poor in their warranty/communication response, I actually complained to the CA BBB. So I contacted Wally at Leisure and he quickly sent me a new plug-in tuner and the unit now works fine. I'm told that Leisure will switch to Sony for their TV product - a good choice. The water heater works fine, however after 40 times heating on LP I'm seeing a slight heat caused deformation of the bottom of the plastic refrigerator vent on the outside of the van - just above the water heater. Nothing to change yet, but I'm watchful of it. The sliding door has a plastic retainer for the window screens which popped out part way during the trip. We actually saw the same problem on another Leisure Travel Van at Carlsbad Caverns, where, by luck and fun, three LTV units were parked when we were there. Fixed the plastic retainer with - you guessed it - black duct tape. The latch on the refrigerator broke and we replaced that through warranty at Camping World, The door required a spacer to raise it slightly. We were able to keep the door shut on the trip by inserting a small nail into the top right side hinge hole. Minor problems now fixed. Now several trips later with no problems - I love this bucket of bolts, the best purchase I have made.