Sorry, I was thrown off by your contradiction. You said:
bowler1 wrote:
The trailer brakes were not engaging correctly.
Followed by this, which describes exactly how the brakes are supposed to operate, meaning that they are engaging correctly.
bowler1 wrote:
I found this out at the rest area when I applied them manually and they slowed the vehicle MUCH faster than the brake pedal. I can only guess that this is a function of the fact that I have a proportional brake controller which runs off an acceleramator. Since the vehicle was not slowing down quickly, the trailer brakes were engaging only minimally--my guess.
Now you say:
bowler1 wrote:
Next, the brake controller. The brake controller was working correctly.
Now you know what the manual lever is for. If you want people to glean clearer meaning from what you write, try writing clearer. You make a definitive statement, followed by a "my guess"....if you are guessing, then try opening your paragraph with a question instead. We participate in this forum to share experiences and learn, not be subjected to reading comprehension drills resulting from poor writing.
I understand that you are not assuming this is a factory defect until you hear from the dealer. I get that. MY point is that it doesn't matter if it was a defective part, or that it wasn't installed properly so that it rubbed through, or if a road hazard put a hole in it. Yes, safety is important, but people build trucks and people make mistakes.
bowler1 wrote:
I have worked developing requirements and specs, as a test evaluation officer and in program management of running and managing the development of the system. So my comments on reliability, safety failures, etc are based on my experience.
Do you publish RFPs with specs that require 100.0000% performance with NO exceptions? If you did you wouldn't get any bids. Like you, Toyota and every other ISO 9001 manufacturer gets as close to 99.9xxx% as possible, but there will always be a defective unit given a large enough sample size. Sorry you got the bad apple this time.
