Talk to me about add-on products

LuciaBella · Dec 17, 2009

If they say they are crash tested to the FMVSS standards but they aren't, they can't lie can they? Why isn't anyone suing them for false claims. Do they actually crash test the product?

Mainly I'm talking about the seat protectors, bundle me's, sun shades and mighty tites. 4 most common ones I see at checks and the biggest waste of money. ever.

wendytthomas · Dec 17, 2009

They can say they're tested to those standards, but those standards don't cover aftermarket items. So it'd be like me saying I've tested cookies that I've made to Pepto's standard. Great. They're completely different things. Pepto doesn't cover cookies at all.

Wendy

Pixels · Dec 17, 2009

It's all in the wording. They always say something like "Meets all applicable FMVSS standards." But, there aren't any applicable standards, so there's nothing for them to fail.