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PRINTER'S NO. 2232
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1549
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DUSH, D. COSTA, DRISCOLL, HELM, KINSEY, LAWRENCE,
McNEILL, MILLARD, MURT, THOMAS AND COHEN, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 28, 1984 (P.L.150, No.28), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to the rights of purchasers and
lessees of defective new motor vehicles," further providing
for repair obligations and for manufacturer's duty for refund
or replacement.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 4 and 5 of the act of March 28, 1984
(P.L.150, No.28), known as the Automobile Lemon Law, amended
December 13, 2001 (P.L.868, No.94), are amended to read:
Section 4. Repair obligations.
(a) Repairs required.--[The] Except as provided under
subsection (a.1), the manufacturer of a new motor vehicle sold
or leased and registered in the Commonwealth shall repair or
correct, at no cost to the purchaser, a nonconformity which
substantially impairs the use, value or safety of said motor
vehicle which may occur within a period of [one year] two years
following the actual delivery of the vehicle to the purchaser,
within the first [12,000] 24,000 miles of use or during the term
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of the warranty, whichever may first occur.
(a.1) Expiration of warranty.--If a nonconformity which
substantially impairs the use, value or safety of a motor
vehicle is not properly repaired or corrected by the time the
original manufacturer's warranty expires, the manufacturer must
repair the nonconformity until the nonconformity is fully
corrected at no cost to the purchaser.
(b) Delivery of vehicle.--It shall be the duty of the
purchaser to deliver the nonconforming vehicle to the
manufacturer's authorized service and repair facility within the
Commonwealth, unless, due to reasons of size and weight or
method of attachment or method of installation or nature of the
nonconformity, such delivery cannot reasonably be accomplished.
Should the purchaser be unable to effect return of the
nonconforming vehicle, he shall notify the manufacturer or its
authorized service and repair facility. Written notice of
nonconformity to the manufacturer or its authorized service and
repair facility shall constitute return of the vehicle when the
purchaser is unable to return the vehicle due to the
nonconformity. Upon receipt of such notice of nonconformity, the
manufacturer shall, at its option, service or repair the vehicle
at the location of nonconformity or pick up the vehicle for
service and repair or arrange for transporting the vehicle to
its authorized service and repair facility. All costs of
transporting the vehicle when the purchaser is unable to effect
return, due to nonconformity, shall be at the manufacturer's
expense.
(c) Loaner vehicle.--A manufacturer, a manufacturer's agent
or a manufacturer's authorized dealer must, within 24 hours of
notification of a nonconformity and while the owner's vehicle is
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with the manufacturer, the manufacturer's agent or the
manufacturer's authorized dealer for repair, lend a motor
vehicle to the purchaser at no charge.
Section 5. Manufacturer's duty for refund or replacement.
If the manufacturer fails to repair or correct a
nonconformity, notwithstanding whether the original
manufacturer's warranty has expired, after a reasonable number
of attempts, the manufacturer shall, at the option of the
purchaser, replace the motor vehicle with a comparable motor
vehicle of equal value or accept return of the vehicle from the
purchaser and refund to the purchaser the full purchase price or
lease price, including all collateral charges, less a reasonable
allowance for the purchaser's use of the vehicle not exceeding
10ยข per mile driven or 10% of the purchase price or lease price
of the vehicle, whichever is less. Refunds shall be made to the
purchaser and lienholder, if any, as their interests may appear.
A reasonable allowance for use shall be that amount directly
attributable to use by the purchaser prior to his first report
of the nonconformity to the manufacturer. In the event the
consumer elects a refund, payment shall be made within 30 days
of such election. A consumer shall not be entitled to a refund
or replacement if the nonconformity does not substantially
impair the use, value or safety of the vehicle or the
nonconformity is the result of abuse, neglect or modification or
alteration of the motor vehicle by the purchaser.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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