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25
2009
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 08V139000
Date Owner’s Notified: 2008-07-07
Date Received by ODI: 2008-03-26
Date Added to Database: 2008-03-26
Manufacturers Involved: MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Manufacturer’s Responsible for the Recall: MITSUBISHI AMERICA
Manufacturer Campaign Number: SR-08-003
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
Potential Number Of Units Affected : 116600
Summary:
Mitsubishi is recalling 120,000 my 2004-2006 Endeavor Passenger Vehicles. During vehicle use, the ignition key interlock cable “which is a component of the interlock system” may allow the interlocking cam to fall forward and allow the ignition key to be removed from the ignition switch when the gearshift mechanism is not in the park position.
Consequence:
If the driver does not shift to park before removing the key and fails to engage the parking brake, the vehicle could roll and a crash could occur.
Remedy:
Dealers will inspect and correct these vehicles for the reported condition. The recall will begin on July 7, 2008.
Dec
25
2009
Car lemon laws were created to protect buyers from being sold defective merchandise. Certain demands are needed to prevent these laws from being used in the wrong way. First manufacturers must offer a warranty on their products, as without a warranty, or if the car is bought as is, they are almost unable to use these laws to their advantage. Without these laws buyers and sellers would take advantage of the situation very easily, and the other would be left without a legal leg to stand on.
Even if these laws vary in each state, they are ofter along the same lines as talked about. Mainly the new car warranties last for up to five years that is usually the amount of time given for a lemon law claim. In some states if a vehicle is bought used and the original warranty is still valid, then the lemon laws cover it until said warranty is void. Certain criteria make a used car fall under these laws, natural disaster, illegal parts used to repair vehicle, tampered odometer, reoccurring mechanical failure. Under these cases these laws would continue to protect the buyer even without a valid warranty.
Several things must be done in order to have protection under these laws also, failure to keep up proper records of maintenance, or lack of initiative in getting the dealer or manufacturer to solve the problem, will only make a lemon law case harder to prove. A consumer must permit the manufacturer or dealer adequate opportunity to repair the vehicle, failure to do so by the consumer will result in forfeiture of his rights under the lemon laws. A buyer must not continue driving the car after the defect is noticed. It is then said that the buyer may have made the defective parts worse or may have even caused the defect themselves. In the end it really depends on the time a lemon law will cover a consumer.