[cumbrianmale]

Dazzle

Have I got the jist of this?

You leaseed a V70 thinking it had a 90kg noseweight, you then towed at that limit and had an accident which wrote your caravan off. When you claimed on your insurance they wrote to Volvo who then said "no it's 75kg noseweight" and your insurers voided your claim?

If this is right and your owners handbook stated 90kg, then any reasonable man would reasonably believe this to be true. In this case I would sue my insurer in small claims court (up to £5k) as you acted in good faith and could not have reasonably known of the misprint.

I would also be speaking to VOSA as clearly this is a safety issue and I would expect that VOSA should insist that VCUK sends an addendum page, to place in the handbook, to every registered keeper of the models affected.

Has anyone looked to see what limits are issued on Focus, Mondeo, and Kuga models as these are the counterparts using the same platforms? Noseweight should be dictated by chassis strength and axle limits as opposed to towing weights which rely on engine output, and train weight also.