Re: Owner's Manual mistake

[BBEGIN -at- aol -dot- com]

Thanks, Yehoshua.
 
Which brings up another question: who reviewed the manual?
Technical or publications manager? Or no one?
 
Beth Najberg
 
 
In a message dated 7/6/2012 10:25:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
yehoshua -dot- p -at- technicalwriting -dot- com writes:

I think that there are a lot of technical writers who assume that  no one 
is ever going to read their work. Apparently whoever wrote this manual  was 
wrong.   


Yehoshua Paul,
_www.technicalwriting.com_ (http://www.technicalwriting.com/) 

On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Bruce Megan  (ST-CO/ENS2.5-NA) 
<_Megan -dot- Bruce -at- us -dot- bosch -dot- com_ (mailto:Megan -dot- Bruce -at- us -dot- bosch -dot- com) > wrote:

Here is the owner's manual....I'm not sure if it is  already updated.

_http://brz-club.com/2013-subaru-brz-owners-manual-pdf-published/_ 
(http://brz-club.com/2013-subaru-brz-owners-manual-pdf-published/) 

-  Megan

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Subject:  Owner's Manual mistake


I just read something scary: an owner's manual mistake led to  a recall of
Scions and Subarus.

The car is OK, but the owner's  manual supposedly describes the airbag
operation improperly, although  details are not included.

Does anyone know more about how it  happened?












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