A recreational vehicle dealer shall not do any of the following:
(1) Fail to perform any warranty service work authorized by a warrantor in a reasonably competent and timely manner if a transient customer requests service work on a recreational vehicle of a line-make that the dealer is authorized to display and sell;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 190A.100

  • Line-make: means a specific series of recreational vehicle products that: (a) Are identified by a common series trade name or trademark. See Kentucky Statutes 190A.010
  • recreational vehicle: includes motor homes, travel trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, and folding camping trailers. See Kentucky Statutes 190A.010
  • Transient customer: means a person who is temporarily traveling through the area of sales responsibility of a recreational vehicle dealer. See Kentucky Statutes 190A.010
  • Warrantor: means any person, firm, corporation, or business entity, including any manufacturer or supplier, which provides a written warranty to the consumer in connection with a new recreational vehicle or parts, accessories, or components thereof. See Kentucky Statutes 190A.010

(2) Make a fraudulent warranty claim to a warrantor; (3) Misrepresent the terms of any warranty;
(4) Fail to perform any pre-delivery inspection functions as specified by the warrantor in a competent and timely manner;
(5) Fail to accurately document the time spent completing each repair, the total number of repair attempts conducted on a single recreational vehicle, and the number of repair attempts for the same repair conducted on a single recreational vehicle;
(6) Fail to notify the warrantor within ten (10) days subsequent to the second repair attempt on a defect which impairs the use, value, or safety of a recreational vehicle; or
(7) Fail to maintain written records, including a customer’s signature, regarding the amount of time a recreational vehicle is stored for the consumer’s convenience during a repair.
Effective: January 1, 2015
History: Created 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 10, effective January 1, 2015.