What Happens If Your Car is Recalled
If you’ve been following the news lately, you’ve probably heard a lot about car recalls and defective car parts. In 2014 alone, General Motors has recalled over 29 million vehicles worldwide for a multitude of issues, the most publicized one being a faulty ignition switch that has been linked to 30 deaths. Recently, Takata has
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19 Deaths Tied to Defective GM Ignition Switch
Victims’ compensation specialist Kenneth Feinberg has announced that General Motors will pay compensation to the families of 19 people who were killed as a result of defective ignition switches. The number of deaths tied to the defective ignition switch is expected to rise; Feinberg has received a total of 125 death claims so far, most
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Defective Product: The General Motors Recall
Detroit’s own General Motors recalled over 7 million cars this year domestically. It’s no longer just ignition switches causing the problems, check out these other recalls: 2,440,524 car for defective tail-lamp malfunctions 111,889 previous generation Chevrolet Corvettes for loss of low-beam head lamps 140,067 Chevrolet Malibus from the 2014 because of their hydraulic brake booster malfunctions
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General Motors Recall: A True Defective Product
General Motors installed defective ignition switches in over 2.6 million of its cars. Wondering how much an ignition switch even costs? Just more than half of a dollar: 57 cents. Don’t let the small price of the problem fool you, this is a serious recall; there have already been 13 deaths on account of the
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Defective Products in Michigan
First, let’s ask, what is a defective product? A defective product is a product that does not function according to its intended purpose because of a design or manufacturing flaw. A defective product can also be caused by a manufacturer’s failure to adequately label the product. A manufacturing flaw occurs when, for example, a bad
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Types of Breach of Warranty Claims
In most cases, contracts for the sale of goods include warranties. Typically, we only think about things like warranties and product guarantees when it comes to significant purchases like cars and household appliances. But in reality, every product that you buy is a type of contract. Even if you don’t get any paperwork that tells you
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