GM Admits Fudging Payload Ratings

larry barnhart wrote:
Not wanting to keep this story going but some rv's including MH's have weight rating for cargo. In little print you can see if you add the awning it weight this much. Same for thermal windows etc. Little print is the key I think for nobody seeing the real numbers.

chevman

Chevman....yup and has many legal positions to back the OEMs up

Newbies out of college to my design teams always had to have their eyes
opened on this aspect

Even down to the packaging imprinted stuff, labels stuck onto those
boxes...then the biggies: documentation inside

Both the paper manual, 'read me first' sheets, stickers, etc, etc

Legally, there is nothing an OEM can do, other than to do that. They
CAN NOT make the new owners/users read the warnings and conditions
The courts acknowledge and limit liability when those warning labels/etc
were there on/in the box(s)

Like the 1, 2, 3 or more first pages of most manuals today warning
to NOT use it near/in water, do not pull the cord but use the plug,
and a BIG ETC

I do read them, because used to be in the business. My tech writers
became experts after a few cycles with the lawyers. Even standardized
the various paragraphs to 'cut n paste' into new manuals

Some times those warnings are very stupid...like why would anyone
do that...well...because it is in there...betcha someone did and sued
that OEM for NOT warning them... :S

Bottom line: until all of the OEMs in this market sector are forced
to comply to a standardized set of rules...they will all have to do
this gamesmanship...as the one who does this will reap the market
share from the others...again..it is 'us' who force them into doing
these things...