I have been noticing that many GVWR choices have been ranges. I'm fine with that and like to use one of the drop-down choices provided, but many times there's more than one correct choice. In the example below, my vehicle was a 7200 GVWR and there are four choices that fall into that category. Which one do I pick? For now I'm just manually entering the number, but curious why it's displayed this way.
GVWR Choices
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GVWR Choices
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Re: GVWR Choices
I have noticed that for a long time so I manually enter the correct one
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Re: GVWR Choices
Inquiry has been made.
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Re: GVWR Choices
Here's the background that tells the story:
"The 2015 Ford F150 King Ranch VIN decodes to a single GVW range: 6250-8000. I did find the following, which probably exemplifies what you’re referring to: Here is what our 2006 Ford Pickup F150 MVCs – with wheelbase and bed length visible – look like: You can see that the GVW ranges above are fairly specific to a combination of MVC attributes. Depending on vehicle selection and mappings, there could be overlap in what the end-user sees. But, the GVW ranges aren’t necessarily incorrect. And, more often than not, our editorial data is not qualified to the level of GVW."
"The 2015 Ford F150 King Ranch VIN decodes to a single GVW range: 6250-8000. I did find the following, which probably exemplifies what you’re referring to: Here is what our 2006 Ford Pickup F150 MVCs – with wheelbase and bed length visible – look like: You can see that the GVW ranges above are fairly specific to a combination of MVC attributes. Depending on vehicle selection and mappings, there could be overlap in what the end-user sees. But, the GVW ranges aren’t necessarily incorrect. And, more often than not, our editorial data is not qualified to the level of GVW."
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Re: GVWR Choices
Thanks for the explanation. There's a lot going on behind the scenes that we never see or realize.
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Re: GVWR Choices
A lot of times when you are ordering parts you need the correct GVWR I always manually put the correct one in for that reason