How does your brand label the sides of the coach?
I was talking to a service technician today who was complaining about the way the different manufacturers labeled the sides of the coach. For example, Newmar uses DS = Door Side and ODS = Off Door Side. But others use DS = Driver Side versus PS = Passenger side. Still others use Curbside, and RS = Road Side but sometimes RS = Right Side and LS = Left Side.
To make matters worse, he could not get his service managers to agree on nomenclature so he would often get descriptions of service issues that referenced DS or RS and it meant nothing to him because there was no standard. At least with boats, they use port and starboard.
So how does your manufacturer label this?
BTW, this isn't only an issue with the sides. On my Newmar Coach, they use 5 different terms to describe the two types of shades.
In the cockpit, a "shade" is the blackout shade and the see through ones are just a "visor."
On the passenger side, the "shade" is the see through shade.
In the living room and coach area, there are "Day Shades" and "Night Shades"
And in the console above the driver's seat, the blackout shades are referred to as "Privacy Shades."
I can see how different manufacturers might use different terms, but having one manufacturer use several terms for the same thing, seems senseless to me.
Of course I've gotten used to it and know what each button does, but I can see how confusing this must be for service people who have to work on lots of different coaches.
To make matters worse, he could not get his service managers to agree on nomenclature so he would often get descriptions of service issues that referenced DS or RS and it meant nothing to him because there was no standard. At least with boats, they use port and starboard.
So how does your manufacturer label this?
BTW, this isn't only an issue with the sides. On my Newmar Coach, they use 5 different terms to describe the two types of shades.
In the cockpit, a "shade" is the blackout shade and the see through ones are just a "visor."
On the passenger side, the "shade" is the see through shade.
In the living room and coach area, there are "Day Shades" and "Night Shades"
And in the console above the driver's seat, the blackout shades are referred to as "Privacy Shades."
I can see how different manufacturers might use different terms, but having one manufacturer use several terms for the same thing, seems senseless to me.
Of course I've gotten used to it and know what each button does, but I can see how confusing this must be for service people who have to work on lots of different coaches.
