Broken armrest

david white · Sep 10, 2025

Well it’s happened my wife has stood on the armrest and broken it. Now time for a very expensive week getting vw to replace it and look at getting some kind of ladder.

colintfcolintf · Sep 10, 2025

Ladders pop up on here for sale fairly frequently

pjm-84 · Sep 10, 2025

Let us know how you get on. I bought a replacement from Ebay but the cam profile is slightly different. So I moved it to the passenger nearside one which never gets used. VW only sell the arms rest which is annoying

calikev · Sep 10, 2025

Apparently my armrest has been superseded and will now cost me £182 plus vat instead of £128. Not including fitting might trade the wife in may be cheaper

brcas64 · Sep 10, 2025

The wife is my worry too. crash bang standing on everything. Might trade mine in too.

sidepod · Sep 10, 2025

brcas64 said:
The wife is my worry too. crash bang standing on everything. Might trade mine in too.

WOW!

JamesF · Sep 15, 2025

david white said:
Well it’s happened my wife has stood on the armrest and broken it. Now time for a very expensive week getting vw to replace it and look at getting some kind of ladder.

Contact

Contact Captain Seat Ltd. for professional campervan upholstery services. Call 01664 813 911 or visit us in Melton Mowbray. Appointments available Monday to Saturday.

www.captainseat.com

We went to this place when the ratchet broke on the arm rest in our old T5. They were able to replace if fairly cheaply. But if you’ve broken the actual arm … but. they might still help

Robert-ert · Sep 15, 2025

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Fatfranky · Sep 15, 2025

david white said:
Well it’s happened my wife has stood on the armrest and broken it. Now time for a very expensive week getting vw to replace it and look at getting some kind of ladder.

Campervan California, VW T5, T5.1, T6, T6.1, Ford, Renault,pop up roof step | eBay UK

After struggling to climb into my roof bed on my campervan, including carrying a folding ladder, I decided to make one of these. It hangs over the headrest on one of the front seats allowing you to step onto the seat squab, then onto the step, then onto the top of the seat back and then onto bed.

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Perfectos · Sep 15, 2025

Fatfranky said:
Campervan California, VW T5, T5.1, T6, T6.1, Ford, Renault,pop up roof step | eBay UK

After struggling to climb into my roof bed on my campervan, including carrying a folding ladder, I decided to make one of these. It hangs over the headrest on one of the front seats allowing you to step onto the seat squab, then onto the step, then onto the top of the seat back and then onto bed.

ebay.us

It's no point putting her on the Naughty seat now !

Ruddster · Sep 16, 2025

I had the same in a Caravelle that had a pop top fitted. If it's broken on the fixing to the seat itself it's an easy fix. Bought the part from eBay (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363525541498) and needed a long spline tool (M10 I think) for the rachet spanner but otherwise pretty straightforward.

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