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Chart tracking customer complaints for the 4¼ litre Bentley model during the latter half of 1938.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\3\  scan0030
Date  12th January 1939 guessed
  
CHART OF COMPLAINTS - 4¼ BENTLEY

PERIOD: 1938, JULY-DEC

COMPLAINT DATA:

1) REV. COUNTER CABLE NOISY
JULY: NIL
AUG: 1
SEPT: 1
NOV: 2

2) REV. COUNTER HEAD NOISY
JULY: 1
AUG: 2
SEPT: 1

3) SPEED TRIP FAULTY
JULY: 4
AUG: 3
SEPT: 2
OCT: 1

4) SPEEDO CABLE NOISY
JULY: NIL
AUG: 2 (DRIVE IN GEARBOX)
SEPT: 1
DEC: 1

5) RAD SHUTTERS RATTLE
JULY: 7
AUG: 11
SEPT: 6
OCT: 6 (FAULTY CALOSTAT)
NOV: 3
DEC: 3

6) PETROL GAUGE FAULTY
JULY: 2 (GAUGE TANK UNIT)
AUG: 5 (GAUGE TANK UNIT)
SEPT: 8 (GAUGE)
OCT: 2 (TANK UNIT)
NOV: 2
DEC: 2 (GAUGE TANK UNIT)

FOOTER: GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 7 (SHEET 2)
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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