SDT
Veteran Member
You contradict yourself by saying tractors arrive crated but dealers assume PDI is done at the factory. There are many PDI checks that are verifications of correct assembly at the dealership. Your suggestion of reimbursements to dealers for PDI time is fantasy as it relates to Kubota, Mahindra and New Holland. Simply not fact based, period. And suggesting a tractor dealer actively and knowingly sends out equipment with assembly and PDI deficiencies in order to increase customer complaints and boost warranty income is just plain stupid. Manufacturers warranty departments are staffed with folks getting paid to reduce bogus claims and they do not pay for faulty assembly or things they figure should have been corrected at PDI. Dealership service departments do not enjoy unhappy customers, or benefit in any conceivable way from having them.
No contradiction. PDI and assembly are separate operations.
Please tell me where I stated that dealers "knowingly sends out equipment with assembly and PDI deficiencies in order to increase customer complaints and boost warranty income...."
Re read my post.
SDT