Every piece of heavy off-road equipment uses a diesel engine.
I think you’re not up to date on what a racket the big equipment manufacturers have going. If you want to replace an alternator… simple part, should be a 1 for 1 replacement done in 30min, you can’t do it because it requires a John Deer tech to program the computer. This is done so they can mandate you use their service people and their parts, or your warranty is void on a million dollar piece of equipment.
And the service techs can be backed up during harvest, so you miss your harvest and your crop dies on the vine. It’s ridiculous
I guess that’s what I was exactly thinking about I just didn’t know JD would use that very emissions control loophole. I’m imagining they behave like that for non diesel related parts too.
Doesn’t matter if it’s emissions control or not, they use these laws like a shield for their anti consumer, protectionist crap.
Happy to accept that this is a positive thing for farmers.
It’s a small step in the right direction of right to repair, which is the actual fix. The company should not be able to deny warranty coverage on a gear box because an alternator wasn’t put in by the JD tech and that is what they do.
This is slightly better. Right to Repair would actually fix the problem. But I’ll take movement in a positive direction