2026.4.1

app/models/vehicle.rb

@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ class Vehicle < ApplicationRecord
     super(val.to_s.strip)
   end
 
+  def name
+    val = self[:name]
+    val.present? ? val : to_s
+  end
+
   # Redmine compatibility shim
   def project
     nil
@@ -63,7 +68,9 @@ class Vehicle < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def to_s
+    return self[:name] if self[:name].present?
     return vin if year.blank? || make.blank? || model.blank?
+
     suffix = vin.to_s[9..] || vin
     "#{year} #{make} #{model} - #{suffix}"
   end

init.rb

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Redmine::Plugin.register :redmine_qbo_vehicles do
   name 'Redmine QBO Vehicles plugin'
   author 'Rick Barrette'
   description 'This is a plugin for Redmine to intergrate with the redmine_qbo plugin to provide vehicle data tracking'
-  version '2026.3.4'
+  version '2026.4.1'
   url 'https://github.com/rickbarrette/redmine_qbo_vehicles'
   author_url 'https://barrettefabrication.com'
   requires_redmine version_or_higher: '6.1.0'

lib/vehicles/hooks/issues_form_hook_listener.rb

@@ -18,14 +18,18 @@ module Vehicles
       def view_issues_form_details_bottom(context={})
 
         # Load the customer's vehicles for selection in the issue form.
+        vehicles = context[:issue].customer&.vehicles || []
+
         context[:controller].send(:render_to_string, {
           partial: 'issues/form_hook_vehicles',
           locals: {
-            vehicle: context[:form].select( :vehicle_id, 
-              context[:issue].customer ? context[:issue].customer.vehicles.pluck(:name, :id) : [], 
-              selected: context[:issue].vehicle ? context[:issue].vehicle.id : nil, 
-              include_blank: true )
-          } 
+            vehicle: context[:form].select(
+              :vehicle_id,
+              vehicles.map { |v| [v.name, v.id] },
+              selected: context[:issue].vehicle&.id,
+              include_blank: true
+            )
+          }
         })
 
       end