Burstner Premio User manual

Instruction manual
Premio/Averso - 13/14 - Ausgabe 09/13 - 2354619 - BUE-0048-12EN
© 2013 Bürstner GmbH Kehl
Instruction manual
Dear Reader ...
We would like to congratulate you on the purchase of your new caravan. You have selected a top-quality
vehicle which will afford you many years of enjoyment.
To enable you to always use and operate your caravan properly and easily, your Bürstner dealer will first pro-
vide you detailed instructions for all important functions when you take delivery.
This manual, as well as the instruction manuals from the appliance manufacturers are your constant travelling
companions and will help answer any questions you may have regarding your caravan.
Before your first journey
Please familiarise yourself with this manual rather than relying on it strictly for reference.
Fill in the warranty cards for the appliances and special equipment in the individual instructions and send these
cards to the respective manufacturers. This ensures your warranty claim for each appliance.

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Contents
1Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2 Environmental tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1 Fire prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1.1 Avoidance of fire risks. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1.2 Fire-fighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1.3 In case of fire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.3 Road safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.4 Towing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.5 Gas system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.5.1 General instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.5.2 Gas bottles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.6 Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.7 Water system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3 Before the journey . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.1 Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.2 Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.3 Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.4 Detaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.5 Caravan couplings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.5.1 AKS 1300 stabiliser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.5.2 AKS 3004 stabiliser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.6 Caravan control system (ATC)
(special equipment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.7 Manoeuvring system (special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.8 Payload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.8.1 Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.8.2 Calculating the payload. . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.8.3 Loading the caravan correctly. . . . . . . 26
3.8.4 Caravan load, nose weight and
axle load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.8.5 Roof rail and rear ladder (Averso
Nature) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.8.6 Bike rack (special equipment). . . . . . . 29
3.9 External mirrors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.10 TV unit (special equipment) . . . . . . . . 31
3.11 Securing components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.12 Road safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4 During the journey . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.1 Driving with the caravan . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.2 Brakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.3 Driving in reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5 Pitching the caravan . . . . . . . . . 37
5.1 Handbrake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.2 Wheel chocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.3 Corner steadies (partially special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.4 Entrance step (free-standing) . . . . . . . 39
5.5 Waste water tank, mobile (special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.6 230 V connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.7 Refrigerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.8 Satellite unit (special equipment). . . . . 40
5.8.1 Equipment with automatic antenna
alignment (Alden). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.8.2 Equipment with semi-automatic
antenna alignment (Alden). . . . . . . . . . 41
5.8.3 Equipment with automatic antenna
alignment (Oyster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
6Living. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.1 Conversion door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.1.1 Conversion door, outside. . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.1.2 Conversion door, inside . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6.1.3 Window conversion door (special
equipment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6.1.4 Folding insect screen on the
conversion door (special
equipment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
6.2 External flaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
6.2.1 Flap lock, elliptical-shaped. . . . . . . . . . 46
6.2.2 Flap lock with recessed handle . . . . . . 47
6.2.3 Flap lock, rectangular . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
6.2.4 Flap for toilet cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.2.5 Flap for the 230 V connection,
square . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.2.6 Cap for the drinking water filler
neck (only for water tank 40 l) . . . . . . . 49
6.3 Furniture flaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.3.1 Furniture flaps with push button. . . . . . 49
6.3.2 Furniture flaps with handle. . . . . . . . . . 50
6.3.3 Furniture flaps with release handle . . . 50
6.4 Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.4.1 Entrance area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.4.2 Living area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.4.3 Recessed light with LED . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.5 Spotlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.6 Spotlight (moveable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.7 Holder for flat screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.7.1 Holder on the column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.7.2 Rail-mounted holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.7.3 Holder in the TV cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.7.4 Holder in the TV compartment. . . . . . . 55
6.8 Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.9 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.10 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.10.1 Hinged window with rotary hinges . . . . 58
6.10.2 Hinged window with automatic
hinges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.10.3 Blind and insect screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.10.4 Blind and insect screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6.10.5 Roman shade and insect screen . . . . . 63
6.11 Skylights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.11.1 Heki skylight (mini and midi)
(partially special equipment) . . . . . . . . 64
6.11.2 Heki skylight (special equipment) . . . . 66
6.12 Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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6.12.1 Suspension table with folding leg. . . . . 67
6.12.2 Swivel table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6.12.3 Suspension table and swivel table. . . . 68
6.12.4 Lift-off table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.12.5 Suspension table and lift-off table . . . . 69
6.13 Beds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.13.1 Bunk bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.13.2 Fixed bed (manual setup) . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.13.3 Fixed bed (spring release lever) . . . . . 71
6.13.4 Pull-down bed, manually operated
(Averso Plus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.13.5 Widening single beds (special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.14 Converting seating groups for
sleeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.14.1 Bench and central seating group
without additional cushion . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.14.2 Bench and central seating group
with additional cushion. . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.14.3 Round seating group with additional
cushion (foldable). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.14.4 Round seating group without
additional cushion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
6.14.5 Round seating group with additional
cushion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
6.14.6 Round seating group with bed
widening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6.14.7 L-seating group with additional
cushion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6.15 Shower connection point for external
shower (special equipment) . . . . . . . . . 82
7 Gas system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.2 Gas bottles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7.3 Changing gas bottles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.4 Gas isolator taps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
7.5 External gas connection (special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
7.6 Crash protection unit switching
facility (special equipment). . . . . . . . . . 87
8 Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
8.1 General safety instructions . . . . . . . . . 91
8.2 Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
8.3 12 V power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
8.3.1 Power supply unit CSV 300 . . . . . . . . . 92
8.4 Electric kit (special equipment) . . . . . . 93
8.4.1 Living area battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
8.4.2 Power supply unit CSV 409 . . . . . . . . . 94
8.4.3 Panel LT 408 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
8.4.4 Connection diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
8.5 230 V power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
8.5.1 230 V connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
8.5.2 Connecting 230 V power supply . . . . 101
8.6 Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
8.6.1 12 V fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
8.6.2 230 V fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
8.7 Thirteen-pin plug connection
diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
8.8 External socket (special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
8.9 Circuit diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
8.9.1 Circuit diagram, interior . . . . . . . . . . .107
8.9.2 Circuit diagram, exterior . . . . . . . . . . .108
9 Appliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
9.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
9.2 Heater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
9.2.1 Models with waste gas vent on the
right-hand side of the vehicle . . . . . . .110
9.2.2 To heat properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
9.2.3 Trumatic S 3004/S 5004 hot-air
heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
9.2.4 Airmix comfort package (special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
9.2.5 Ultraheat additional electric heater
(special equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
9.2.6 Warming unit for waste water pipes
(special equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
9.2.7 Electrical floor warming unit (special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
9.3 Air conditioning unit (special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
9.3.1 Dometic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
9.3.2 Telair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
9.3.3 Truma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
9.4 Boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
9.4.1 Models with waste gas vent on the
right-hand side of the vehicle . . . . . . .122
9.4.2 Truma boiler (special equipment) . . . .122
9.4.3 Hot water source (partially special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
9.5 Cooker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
9.5.1 Gas cooker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
9.5.2 Gas oven (Dometic) (special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
9.5.3 Microwave oven (special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
9.5.4 Extractor hood (special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
9.6 Refrigerator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
9.6.1 Refrigerator ventilation grill. . . . . . . . .132
9.6.2 Operation (Dometic 8 series with
manual ignition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
9.6.3 Operation (Dometic 8 series with
manual power selection MES) . . . . . .134
9.6.4 Operation (Thetford N3000) . . . . . . . .136
9.6.5 Refrigerator door locking
mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
10 Sanitary fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
10.1 Water supply, general. . . . . . . . . . . . .141
10.2 Water tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

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10.2.1 Water tank 16 l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
10.2.2 Water tank 22 l with external flap
(special equipment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
10.2.3 Water tank 40 l (partially special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
10.3 Waste water tank (special
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
10.4 Warming unit of waste water pipes
(special equipment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
10.5 Filling the water system. . . . . . . . . . . 145
10.6 Emptying the water system. . . . . . . . 146
10.7 Toilet compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
10.8 Toilet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
10.8.1 Preparing toilet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
10.8.2 Swivel toilet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
10.8.3 Toilet with fixed seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
10.8.4 Emptying the sewage tank . . . . . . . . 151
11 Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
11.1 External care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
11.1.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
11.1.2 Washing with a high-pressure
cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
11.1.3 Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
11.1.4 Windows of acrylic glass . . . . . . . . . . 154
11.1.5 Hot galvanized chassis . . . . . . . . . . . 154
11.1.6 Underbody. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
11.2 Interior care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
11.3 Water system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
11.3.1 Cleaning the waste water tank . . . . . 156
11.3.2 Cleaning the water tank . . . . . . . . . . 156
11.3.3 Cleaning the water pipes. . . . . . . . . . 157
11.3.4 Disinfecting the water system . . . . . . 157
11.4 Extractor hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
11.5 Air conditioning unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
11.5.1 Dometic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
11.5.2 Telair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
11.5.3 Truma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
11.6 Winter care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
11.6.1 Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
11.6.2 Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
11.6.3 At the end of the winter season. . . . . 160
11.7 Lay-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
11.7.1 Temporary lay-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
11.7.2 Winter lay-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
11.7.3 Starting up the vehicle after a
temporary lay-up or after lay-up
over winter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
12 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
12.1 Inspection work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
12.2 Maintenance work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
12.3 Stabilisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
12.3.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
12.3.2 AKS 1300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
12.3.3 AKS 3004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
12.4 Manoeuvring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
12.5 Braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
12.6 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
12.7 Replacing bulbs, external . . . . . . . . . 168
12.7.1 Front lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
12.7.2 Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
12.7.3 Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
12.7.4 Types of bulbs for exterior
lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
12.8 Replacing bulbs, internal . . . . . . . . . . 170
12.8.1 Ceiling lamp (cover with clips) . . . . . . 171
12.8.2 Ceiling lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
12.8.3 Recessed halogen light . . . . . . . . . . . 172
12.8.4 Recessed halogen light (flat) . . . . . . . 172
12.8.5 Recessed light with LED . . . . . . . . . . 173
12.8.6 Spotlight with flexible arm . . . . . . . . . 173
12.8.7 Halogen spotlight (swivelling) . . . . . . 174
12.8.8 Halogen spotlight (movable) . . . . . . . 174
12.8.9 Garage light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
12.9 Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
12.10 Vehicle identification plate . . . . . . . . . 176
12.11 Warning and information stickers . . . 176
13 Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
13.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
13.2 Tyre selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
13.3 Tyre specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
13.4 Handling of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
13.5 Changing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
13.5.1 General instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
13.5.2 Tightening torque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
13.5.3 Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
13.5.4 Changing a wheel at alloy wheel
rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
13.6 Spare wheel support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
13.6.1 Spare wheel support in gas bottle
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
13.6.2 Spare wheel support under the
vehicle (special equipment) . . . . . . . . 184
13.6.3 Spare wheel support at the rear
of the vehicle (Averso nature) . . . . . . 185
13.7 Tyre pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
14 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
14.1 Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
14.2 Braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
14.3 Caravan control system (ATC) . . . . . 188
14.4 Manoeuvring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
14.5 Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
14.6 Gas system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
14.7 Cooker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
14.7.1 Gas cooker/gas oven. . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
14.7.2 Microwave oven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
14.8 Heater, boiler and hot water
source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
14.8.1 Trumatic S hot-air heater . . . . . . . . . . 192
14.8.2 Truma boiler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
14.8.3 Truma hot water source. . . . . . . . . . . 193

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14.9 Refrigerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
14.9.1 Dometic 8 series and Thetford. . . . . . 193
14.9.2 Dometic 8 series with MES . . . . . . . . 194
14.10 Air conditioning unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
14.10.1 Dometic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
14.10.2 Telair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
14.10.3 Truma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
14.11 Water supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
14.12 Body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
15 Special equipment. . . . . . . . . . . 199
15.1 Weight details for special
equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
16 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
16.1 Table of linear measures . . . . . . . . . . 201
16.2 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
17 Helpful notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
17.1 Traffic rules in foreign countries. . . . . 203
17.2 Help on Europe's roads . . . . . . . . . . . 203
17.3 Speed limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
17.4 Driving with low beam in European
countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
17.5 Sleeping in the vehicle away from
camping areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
17.6 Gas supply in European
countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
17.7 Toll regulations in European
countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
17.8 Tips on staying overnight safely
during travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
17.9 Tips for winter campers . . . . . . . . . . . 210
17.10 Travel checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
18 Inspection plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

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1Introduc tion
Please read this instruction manual completely before
using the vehicle for the first time!
Always keep this instruction manual in the vehicle. Also inform all other users
of the safety regulations.
This instruction manual contains sections which describe model-spe-
cific equipment or special equipment. These sections are specially
marked. It may be that your vehicle has not been fitted with this special
equipment. In some cases, the actual equipment of your vehicle may
therefore be different from that shown in some illustrations and descrip-
tions.
However, your vehicle may be fitted with other special equipment not
described in this instruction manual.
Special equipment is described when an explanation is required.
Adhere to the instruction manuals which are separately enclosed.
Should the vehicle be subjected to damage due to a failure to follow the
instructions in this instruction manual, then the guarantee claim is deemed
invalid.
Our vehicles are subjected to continuous development. Please understand
that we reserve the right to alter the form, equipment and technology. There-
fore, no claims can be made against the manufacturer as a result of the con-
tents of this instruction manual. The equipment which was known and included
at the time of going to press is described.
The reprinting, translation and copying, including extracts is not permitted
without prior written authorisation from the manufacturer.
XThe non-observance of this symbol can lead to personal injury.
ZThe non-observance of this symbol can lead to damage being caused to,
or inside the vehicle.
ZThis symbol indicates recommendations or special aspects.
ZThis symbol indicates actions which lead to environmental awareness.
ZThe details "right", "left", "front" and "rear" always refer to the vehicle in
direction of travel.
ZAll dimensions and weight details are "approximate".
ZThe vehicle comes without a wheelbrace and vehicle jack. We suggest you
obtain a commercially available wheelbrace before you first use your car-
avan, in case of an emergency. If no AL-KO vehicle jack (special equip-
ment for AL-KO chassis) is present, obtain a conventional commercial
scissor-type jack or an hydraulic vehicle jack, in order to have it ready in
the case of mishap or emergency. Our authorised dealers and service cen-
tres will be happy to advise you.

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1.1 General
The vehicle is constructed in accordance with the latest technology and the
recognised safety regulations. Nevertheless, personal injury may result and
the vehicle may be damaged if the safety instructions in this instruction manual
are not followed.
Only use the vehicle in a technically impeccable condition. Follow the instruc-
tions in the instruction manual.
Malfunctions which impair the safety of persons or the vehicle should be
immediately remedied by qualified personnel.
Have the vehicle's braking and gas systems inspected and repaired by an
authorised specialist workshop only.
Alterations to the body are only to be carried out with the authorisation of the
manufacturer.
Luggage and accessories may only be transported up to the maximum permis-
sible gross weight.
Observe the test and inspection periods stipulated by the manufacturer.
1.2 Environmental tips
ZBe considerate of the environment.
ZRemember that: All kinds of waste water and household waste are not to
be disposed of in drains or in the open countryside.
ZOn board, collect waste water only in the waste water tank or – if
necessary – in other containers designed for that purpose.
ZOnly empty the waste water tank and toilet cassette or sewage tank at dis-
posal stations at the camping or caravan sites, which are especially pro-
vided for this purpose. When stopping in towns and communities, observe
the instructions at caravan sites or ask where there are disposal stations.
ZEmpty waste water tank as often as possible, even when it is not com-
pletely full (hygiene).
If possible, flush out waste water tank and, if necessary, drainage pipe with
fresh water every time it is emptied.
ZNever allow the toilet cassette or sewage tank to become too full. Empty
the toilet cassette or sewage tank frequently, at the latest as soon as the
level indicator lights up.
ZSeparate household waste according to glass, tin cans, plastic and wet
waste also when on a journey. Enquire at the town or community authority
about disposal points. Household waste is not to be disposed of in waste
paper baskets which are situated at car parks.
ZEmpty waste bins as often as possible into the containers provided for this
purpose. This helps to avoid unpleasant smells and an accumulation of
rubbish on board.
ZWhen parked, do not allow the engine of the towing vehicle to run more
than necessary. When running idle, a cold engine releases more contami-
nants than usual. The running temperature of the engine is achieved more
quickly whilst the vehicle is in motion.
ZUse an environmentally-friendly WC chemical agent for the WC which can
also be biologically degraded and only use small doses.

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ZWhen staying in towns and communities for long periods, search for
parking areas which are specially reserved for caravans and towing vehi-
cles. Enquire at the town or community authority about parking spaces.
ZAlways leave the parking places in a clean condition.

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