As fairly new owners of said 540 Troll, I was rather surprised how easily the door jumps off the hinges if one tries to lock it back against the rubber door catch vigorously. Is this common? Also the understanding that once opened anybody can walk up and simply lift the door off.

Any views on how to make it secure while opened?

Thanks Norfolk Wanderers.

thanks for rapid response, the van is Feb 2016. It is not wear causing this. I now carefully "adjust" to the clip, all is ok. Linda was caught out because she tried to lift the door to make up the difference in heights (only a couple of mm's) and ended up with (what could only be funny after the event) the door in her hands sitting on the grass.

I looked at the fixings, there does not seem to be any slide adjustment available. I believe that the door has been fixed slightly below the point where it should be. In the best guess options, I have fitted a thicker washer on the hinge pin, which seems to work alright. The door is easaier to shut fully now.

regards Ian

think the older doors are heavier, perhaps storing either the awning pegs on the shelf or the hiccup juice, draughts board might help, teehee..
are there any shelves on 2016 doors?????

It is possible to realign the door hinges and move the door slightly, when I renewed the Herzim strip on our old Troll I had to remove the "fixed" door hangers, when I first refitted them the door was slightly out, so I took it off and "played" with the position! Easy enough even for a non diyer like me!!!

I know "some" policemen as according to another "place" I'm like Michael Jackson, Agger grabs his crotch with a gloved hand and shouts "I'm BAD"! 😲😨

In this "place" it is possible to laugh at yourself or self deprecate (I'll clean that up later😨😲) other "places" don't like it! Very naive

On the subject of the Troll door. We picked up our new 542 yesterday and noticed (not immediately) that the bottom half of the door (lock side) doesn't fit exactly flush with the frame. When the door is pushed there is no movement at all which prompted us to look at our older van (430) to make a comparison. Lo and behold, that door too wasn't what one could call exactly flush although during the 3 years of ownership we have never really noticed it. Is this something that is common?

My 2002 Troll door sits slightly proud of the frame at the bottom. Maybe it's a design feature so water drips off the bottom! Ian

OK, but just for clarity a few pictures to highlight the problem (or feature LOL).
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It has been standard practice at Eriba dealers to bend the caravan door over a piece of timber to reshape it.
Also AL told me to periodically wipe a smear of silicon polish on the door rubber seal so that it closed more easily.

Blimey Deeps, yours is way out top and bottom! I'd get the dealer to sort it out.....

Ian

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On the subject of the Troll door. We picked up our new 542 yesterday and noticed (not immediately) that the bottom half of the door (lock side) doesn't fit exactly flush with the frame. When the door is pushed there is no movement at all which prompted us to look at our older van (430) to make a comparison. Lo and behold, that door too wasn't what one could call exactly flush although during the 3 years of ownership we have never really noticed it. Is this something that is common?

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Thanks for all the replies. The caravan is now tucked up having it's winter sleep so have today arranged an appointment with our local Hymer Service Centre for early April 2017 to have the necessary work done on the door (adjusted or replaced as necessary) under guarantee. QC from Hymer certainly leaves a lot to be desired imho.

On the subject of doors, we noticed today that the bottom hinge of. Our Familias door is a little loose where it's attached to the door, does anyone have any idea how we could get inside the hinge to tighten up any loose screws? Thank you.