Consumer Complaint Detail
GEORGIE BOY / CRUISE AIR / 2002
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006065308 | Incident Date: Apr, 02 2006 |
| Consumer's City: MODENA | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: GEORGIE BOY MFG., LLC |
| Model Name: CRUISE AIR | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Structure |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5BCA057722F | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 14 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 13 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: This compliant is against georgie boy mfg. construction of motor home with a uvw over 1000 lbs heaver then the ratings specified on vehicle information posted in unit. the unit 2002 cruise air. has a uvw posted @21600 lbs with a ccc 2964 lbs. the actual uvw weight 22660 lbs. after speaking with georgie boy about the weight and the information posted they stated that the the unit is over the uvw due to optional equipment that is factory installed. this equipment installed added to the uvw as built. georgie boy failed to include the additional weight to the uvw. this weight reduced the ccc and also added to the failure of a tire due to over loading. the size and capacity tire installed fail to meet the load requirments of the motor home intent. this resulted in a blow out on a rear tire. after replaceing four rear tires with idenical weight ratings as manufacture as original equipment and contacting michelin only to determine the cause to be overloading. when this vehicle was manufactured with factory additions and alterations that increaced the standard uvw the tire size and rating were not taken into consideration. also the additional weight is not included on the vehicle information sticker posted near the driver's side front window.this label provides specific weight imformation for your motor home as a guideline for you to determine the load carrying capabilities to safely operate your motor home. as stated in their owners manual. by failing to include the actual weights georgie boy's certifications of construction are misleading and fail to meet requirements of ansi code a119.2 for quality and saftey. this unit should have had a tire rated at 5070lbs max tire load [ dual] and not 4410lbs max tire load. the increse in weight exceeds the the tire ratings when the ccc is less then the designed of 26,350 before adding any water to the fresh water tank @ 108gal . michelin states that ratings due to manufactures failing to equip them with the proper size tires. *nm |