fire from aftermarket deck

So how long after the truck burned, did he contact you...? We have some wording that gives us first right to inspection/repair on our receipts when they sign, If taken elsewhere or not given first access , could possibly void warranty...! Sounds pretty fishy and is probably looking at whatever he can do to get a vehicle and sounds like he is just exploring/exhausting every possible avenue to get compensation...(probably was his only vehicle and carried liability insurance...) Knew a guy that loosened his own oil plug...(got an engine w/ about half the original miles!) Good Luck...And thats going to be a tough one to prove...He never even gave you access to the vehicle so i can only imagine your insurance will punk him down...Just tell him to not contact you again except by attorney and get kind of passive/aggressive! Take notes and those old voice recorders work great in your shirt pocket...!!!M.E.C.P & First-Class

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mike swanson wrote: Our shop told him over and over to put fuses in and he didnt. Now his truck burnt down and he wants to blame us cuz we put a deck into his 1997 Dodge Ram truck

It was a Dodge... It was a fire waiting to happen from the day he drove it off the showroom floor! It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

Any electronic equipment has the potential to start a fire.  If it is properly installed and properly fused then the likelihood is very low.  Any installation shop should always maintain sufficient records to prove that anything the shop installed was done properly, just to defend themselves against this sort of liability claim.Support the12volt.com

Well thanx for all your inputs. I never have been blamed for somthing like this EVER! I do most the installs here and if an employee works on it i watch and guide them all the way

the shop i get to work at part time goes beyond on this type of bs. they take digital pics of customers bs installs. than when pointed out put it on there bill. CUSTOMER IS IN AGREEMENT OF POSS HAZARDS AS INDICATED IN ATTACHED PHOTOS AND HAS REFUSED REPAIRS TO MAKE THIS SAFE ETC. we had some on come back with a messed up i know what im doing syndrom. so my boss ate the job but never again. may seem anal but if you had those pics and the above signed bill you would have no worries. sounds like you have no worries anyway. my dad runs a video cam and audio at his mech shop. due to people like to try and claim they didnt understand there bill? so they do the old c/c dispute thing. so we just burn a copy of the dvd and send it to the c/c company end or story etc. not only that it is a type of fraud, what this guy sounds like hes pulling on you?OWWWWWWWWWWW you said you discharged the cap!

Update please.....

Well,,, he hasnt set a date yet. I know we didnt do this and the deck dint start the fire thats for sure the thing is tho ,,he tells every1 that we are at fault not to go to our shop or your car will burn down So i figure i can put a counter claim on him due to all the people that will back me up on what he has said. I cant wait!

yeah you can and better yet get some one to tape him running his mouth about your shop. counter claim? id sue him now people in life need to learn lessons. i hope you teach him one.OWWWWWWWWWWW you said you discharged the cap!

I warned him for this and he didnt want to fix it. Now we wont work on any car like this we wont even pull it in the shop We ask what kind af lay out they have. If they say 2nd bat we look So we have turned alot of work away due to street installs like this. Im sure glad it didnt start a fire in the shop and no1 got hurt But, for the system he had with a 2nd batt and 2 2500w amps, a 30amp fuse would just pop or melt and still cause a fire. We dont install a 30amp fuse on any amp we sell. He needed 4 ANLs on 0g I cant give $100.00 in fuses and blocks away just for free Plus install them? Wow thats asking alot! I will send all my customers over to CC if they dont want to pay for fuses LOL what a joke