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โNov-20-2019 10:52 AM
azdryheat wrote:
Illinois top court ruled a couple CAN sue and get their money back plus damages from the sale of an RV with an undisclosed defect. Every RV sold has something wrong with it and if all buyers can sue....
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โNov-15-2019 02:21 AM
azdryheat wrote:((Where was the supervision)) Busy telling them to get the dang thing out the door so they can go home. Get quota done and you can leave early. Not conducive to building a quality RV.
So many RV problems could be avoided by oversight during manufacture. My trailer had metal tape installed in the A/C duct before any of the sawdust was removed. Obviously the tape failed. Where was supervision?
โNov-14-2019 08:01 PM
โOct-29-2019 06:56 AM
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be
Douglas AdamsโOct-29-2019 06:06 AM
jplante4 wrote:free radical wrote:
Or the manufacturers could make sure their products are built well in the first place.
Why is that so hard to do?
Because no one will be able to afford to buy your product. You can get a well built coach right now... from Marathon, Liberty, Country Coach etc. Just bring your checkbook.
โOct-29-2019 05:43 AM
theoldwizard1 wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
Sounds like they were yanked around and it literally took an excessive amount of time to address.
Similar to automobiles, if they fix things in a timely manner, it's not covered by lemon laws but if it gets crazy, it is.
Lemon laws vary state to state, but in general, factory representatives (dealers) are given a certain number of attempts to repair an issue. Also there is a limited number of days that the vehicle can be away from the customer. If either are exceeded, it is a "lemon" and must be re-purchased from the customer at full price.
I am sure, every major auto manufacturer has had to "buy back" vehicles. In all case they are repaired and resold, typically with full disclosure and with the full factory warranty "clock" reset to zero.
IMHO, it about time this gets applied to RVs !
โOct-29-2019 05:15 AM
free radical wrote:
Or the manufacturers could make sure their products are built well in the first place.
Why is that so hard to do?
โOct-28-2019 11:41 PM
theoldwizard1 wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
Sounds like they were yanked around and it literally took an excessive amount of time to address.
Similar to automobiles, if they fix things in a timely manner, it's not covered by lemon laws but if it gets crazy, it is.
Lemon laws vary state to state, but in general, factory representatives (dealers) are given a certain number of attempts to repair an issue. Also there is a limited number of days that the vehicle can be away from the customer. If either are exceeded, it is a "lemon" and must be re-purchased from the customer at full price.
I am sure, every major auto manufacturer has had to "buy back" vehicles. In all case they are repaired and resold, typically with full disclosure and with the full factory warranty "clock" reset to zero.
IMHO, it about time this gets applied to RVs !
โOct-28-2019 09:27 PM
JimK-NY wrote:Did you run out and purchase a I-Camp trailer (Chinese built travel trailer)? Neither did anyone else. Most of the components in your RV are already built by Lippert in China.
If we want a comparison to the auto industry, remember how bad those 1970 cars were. Remember the sabotage that often occurred due to the union-management battles. The door was open for Toyota, VW, Datsun and a host of other foreign manufacturers. Many of us gladly and quickly jumped ship for the newer choices and some of us will never return to buying American cars. The RV industry is in need of foreign competition. Maybe the Chinese....or we can at least hope...
โOct-28-2019 08:38 PM
jseyfert3 wrote:I'm not down home but your assessment of fewer choices and monopolies is correct. Their were way more manufacturers (especially the quality high end brands) that went out of business (a lot of them during the 2008 downturn). A lot more independent brands were purchased by Thor (Keystone) or Forest River.down home wrote:
Look at what has happened to the auto industry in the US since the Seventies. how many choices do you now have? How many did we have in 1970?
Not sure what you're getting at here. You seem to be implying the natural course of things is towards fewer choices and monopolies. Being a young guy (born in '91) I certainly wasn't around in the 70's, but from what I read there is way more choice now that in the 70's, and all of it much higher quality than the 70's. Which seems opposite your point, unless I misunderstand you?
โOct-28-2019 08:26 PM
โOct-28-2019 07:47 PM
down home wrote:
Look at what has happened to the auto industry in the US since the Seventies. how many choices do you now have? How many did we have in 1970?