Help New trailer PDI this week

beemerphile1 wrote:
The PDI or prep should be done by a service technician before the customer arrives. A proper PDI can take many hours, as many as eight hours.

The service tech should fill all tanks, and check operation of all systems and appliances. If anything is incorrect the manufacturer is contacted, a warranty claim made, and warranty repairs accomplished.

After the service tech has verified that every aspect of the RV is correct, adjusted, and working correctly, and then the customer arrives and does the "walk through".

If the dealer does not perform this function then the customer is being short changed.

While you agree with this, the reality is most dealers spend as little time and $ ad possible to prep a rv for delivery. I recently did a pdi for a friend of mine talk ng delivery of a brand new TT. We info med the dealer ahead of time that we would be doing a 3 hr pdi. When we arrived the tech informed me that he went through every system twice and we would find nothing wrong. Here is what I found :
- bedroom AC inoperative
- all 4 tires 20 lbs under posted psi
- rooftop AC shroud cracked
- twelve areas of cracked caulking on roof
- antifreeze still in waterlines indicating that tech never checked plumbing or h20 heater
- catastrophic water leak (cracked waterline fitting under bathroom sink, which flooded bathroom upon powering up water pump
- 5" gouge on cabinet door in kitchen
- front cap severely faded (common Keystone issue)

Like I said, the dealer said that they went through everything twice and basically lied. All they appeared to do was vacuum, wash the unit and put tire gloss on the tires.
It is your $. Make sure you are satisfied before you sign any documents.