tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post1625857411996858347..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: JCPS sues school bus manufacturer over 400 "Lemons"Richard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-16449582804667682582016-06-01T18:09:52.845-04:002016-06-01T18:09:52.845-04:00This is still an existing problem all over the US ...This is still an existing problem all over the US with the MaxxForce7 engine. The problem is the type of exhaust filtering regeneration that is done inside the engine resulting in fuel traveling down to oul pan.all international is doing is ECM updates, they know the problem. They know they need to remove the regeneration system and install it outside of the engine. But they wont admit it and they wont ever repair it. The whole developing team has been fired and now international is replacing this engines with an outside vendor, Cummins.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626019842190567700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-44965430609486134732013-08-06T17:28:58.177-04:002013-08-06T17:28:58.177-04:00396 lemons over a six year period? Come on, that ...396 lemons over a six year period? Come on, that doesn't make any sense. Why would a company knowingly sell "lemons" to one of its biggest buyers? Equally, why would JCPS keep buying these "lemons" from the company over a six year period if they were having these problems?<br /><br /><br />Are other schools reporting similar short commings because if so, it hasn't been publically reported. <br /><br />Sounds to me like there is as much a problem at the garage (or maybe its financial books or staffing records) as there is with the buses. Maybe somebody in house started questioning why the maintenance staff was getting paid twice as much as in the past. Worse yet maybe they were reporting the hours and not doing the required work which resulted in the mass failure of hundreds of buses from what is generally considered a reliable vendor.<br /><br />We need to send the Commissioner down to JCPS bus garages and check for possible transportation genocide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com