Wednesday, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:23
Hi Signman. A couple of years ago, stories were everywhere about the Voyager. True or not, it was being said that, in the USA, Voyagers were the subject of a factory recall, and every customer was entitled to a replacement unit (Prodigy, I seem to remember). In Australia, word had it that any failed Voyager would be replaced free of charge, but working units were not covered.
The fault was an intermittent one, namely that the unit would energise the brake light circuit, at random usually when the vehicle was unattended, and owners would wake up to a flat battery (just think of all bake lights burning overnight - that's a few amphours!).
I talked with my friendly local caravan brake specialist, and he said he refuses to supply Voyager units, though he still sells Teconsha (spelling?) products including the Prodigy.
I decided, in the interests of personal compfort, to spend the cost of a Prodigy, rather than wake up in the middle of nowhere with a flat battery.
I have still got the Voyager unit in the garage - seemed too good the throw out, somehow!
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