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Old 03-10-2020, 05:23 PM   #1
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RV Lemon law?

What does everyone think about a Lemon Law for RV's?

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Old 03-10-2020, 06:41 PM   #2
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Good luck. Has to be an individual State thing. Been tried before and went no where.
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Old 03-10-2020, 07:02 PM   #3
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Foolish endevour to try and make it uniform or even common.
It Would lead to another $10,000 tacked to every low line rv to pay for placation of people who can't work a tankless water heater, who think a gelcoat crack is a structural flaw, complain of sawdust, water spotted decals and weigh tow capacity to the ounce.
The '30 days to repair' structure of some state laws would lead to some very very shoddy work, a jam of folks in the shop for their sawdust problem and the shut down of many dealers who wouldn't want the headache of a service center.

You can't give the
'terminally entitled folk'
additional rights.

Current Lemon laws, or their essentially the same resolutions by manufacturers are enough.
Can you imagine if rv lemon laws got campaigned like anti smoking TV ads, motorcycle accidents or slip and fall?

You can however, give those folks an all inclusive warranty for a year, offer them front row immediate shop time for a large price, and then off them an extended warranty.
OH... Wait.... Those 'my loud doghouse is making me socially inviable' lemon law type folks won't pay for that.

I'm thinking if you offer the dealer you buy from $10,000 more than he asks for, you'll get into the service department in a minute and parts overnighted...if that's the deal you make.
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Old 03-10-2020, 10:12 PM   #4
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I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, an RV is not a car, and to expect a bunch of housing components on wheels to work like a car, isn't realistic. On the other hand, I shouldn't have to fix a slew of little issues, like hooking up overlooked plumbing and fixing poorly or incorrectly wired electrical components.

I've looked at brand new Thor's (and other models as well) and in my opinion there is no justification for the misaligned basement doors and general poor interior fit/finish. These are visual defects that anyone can see, and I (the consumer) shouldn't have to bear the cost of repair.

I would like to see manufacturers responsible for a daily fee (or for the finance payments) for the time it takes the dealership to fix the first set of warranty items. Maybe that would give them the incentive to fix the problems before the coach left the assembly line.

Also, my warranty shouldn't start until the coach is delivered in the kind of condition that it should have been in when I took delivery. If the coach sits in the repair shop for 2 months, the warranty starts when the coach is returned to me with the defective issues solved.
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