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KY_EnviroGuy

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2. So it's OK to sell a product having a known potentially deadly defect?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 01:19 AM

Apr 2019

We are indeed now living in a bizarro world under the Republican plutocratic thumb.

One would think the DOT (via The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) would have strict rules that apply when ownership is changed.

One would also think the insurance industry would insist on cars being safe before issuing new policies!.

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Used car dealers didn't want to fix deadly defects, so they wrote a law to avoid it [View all] Eugene Apr 2019 OP

whether or not car is new, another work-around with defects is that the mechanic will tell you diva77 Apr 2019 #1

So it's OK to sell a product having a known potentially deadly defect? KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2019 #2

New car dealers tend to be dickish about this..... Mopar151 Apr 2019 #3