Brand new f$cking trucks with TONS of problems

[BRICKNICK]

What happens too this country???? I feel I live in the greatest country in the world, but I'm ashamed sometimes that we have gone from the ultimate super power and industrial giant to a mediocre joke of engineering. We allow our government to restrict our equipment and abide by these awful legislations that are put in place by a bunch or suit wearing pencil pushers in Washington who don't even know how to change a tire, but they know what our vehicles emissions levels should be????? PLEASE.

So here's why I'm so pissed, I work for the Brick Township Public Works. I'm a mechanic specifically on the trucks . We just ordered (over a year ago) 8 new Peterbilt 320 cabover garbage trucks with Cummins motors and Labre automated garbage bodies. We received the trucks 3 months later then the promised delivery date. (Another bullshit scam in its own, but anyways). We planned to put 7 of the 8 new trucks on garbage and one of the new trucks on automated recycling. Well before the trucks seen the road everyone of them were at the Pete dealer multiple times for the check engine lights being on ....wtf already? Then on Tuesday we attempted to send 7 trucks out for there maiden voyages, most of them didn't leave the yard and they had engine lights and other issues. 5 went out that day and four had to come back and couldn't go back out. The one actually worked the entire day , but came in and on the way got a " hydraulic oil temp warning" light and buzzer.

So we had to have a Cummins tech come out with software, labre tech and a Pete chassis guy who was familiar with the chassis harness, to chase these gremlins. When I spoke with all of these guys they told me yeah you guys have problems here. One truck has a bad blade piston, one truck has a bad ecu, one truck has a short in the body control harness,etc...... The techs told me " yea the factory knows of these issues, they're common. " Why would our manufacturers put out a product that is flawed and not completely functional?

I would rather them tell me sorry this year has issues can't sell them yet or else we look like idiots giving you something that is in the shop more then on the road. Its just heart breaking , its not just our petes either, its our ford pickups and ambulances, our internationals that we officially we never purchase again, and our stupid durmax junk chevys. Icant stand it all of these companys are American icons of manufacturing and engineering, where did we stop giving a **** and start excepting junk from these guys??? WTF??? I took a few pics of the trucks lined up outside my shop, sorry for the crappy cell phone pics, and sorry for my extremely long rant. Especially if you read the entire thing....