"Tri-Pacer" wrote in message
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I remember one of the posters to this group bought an XL. I was
wondering
how the AD is affecting him and how Zenith is helping with the situation.


One of my neighbors has one.

All he has to do is get it to the factory and pay a lot of money and the
AD will be done.
The other option is to order a kit and have it installed here 80 -100 man
hours plus the kit---again lots of bucks.

What ever happen to the concept of product warranty? Seems like it does not
apply to airplanes.

If you buy a TV, and it does not work right, you take it back and the
company fixes it. Works for cars, and other products, too.

So now we have an airplane that does not work safely when operated in a
normal, expected manner. I don't think it is too much to ask to have the
producer of the product repair or modify it to work properly, Too bad that
is not reality (for the usual producer) in the airplane world. The airplane
is defective, but the consumer has to pay (big bucks) for the fix. Don't
manufacturers buy insurance to cover issues like this? They should. Either
that, or self insure. It really burns my ass. This is one circumstance
that perhaps lawyers have a place.

Oh, the manufacturer can't afford it, they don't have high enough product
output to pay for such a thing, bla bla bla....

If it was an auto manufacturer, the big bad government would hold their feet
to the fire.
--
Jim in NC