spoon059 wrote:
Lantley wrote:
The sticker is required by NHTSA and does have legal ramifications.
You don't think all manufactures put the same info sticker on every vehicle because they are nice guys.
It has legal ramifications only to the original seller, in that the OEM has to provide a vehicle that is capable of carrying those weights. That sticker is in direct response to the Ford Explorer/Firestone tire fiasco where Ford recommended lower tire pressures than could adequately carry the weight. Ford realized that the Explorers were prone to overturning in certain circumstances. Rather than redesign the vehicle, they simply lowered the recommended PSI of the tires. Those lower tire pressures weren't sufficient to carry the weight of the trucks, which lead to tire failures.
That is the only legal ramification that it carries. It cannot be enforced by law enforcement out on the street.
Since this thread is focused on truck buying and payload rating vs. enforcement.
I guess we agree it has more legal ramifications than
"The sticker has as much to do with "legality" as the price of tea in China"
