To prohibit the sale, lease, or loan of used motor vehicles with open recalls to consumers by auto dealers.
Summary
What This Bill Does
Prohibits dealers from selling, leasing, or loaning used motor vehicles with open safety recalls to consumers, requires manufacturer reimbursement to dealers when recall remedies are unavailable, and defines the relevant used-vehicle and dealer terms.
Who Benefits and How
Consumers could receive stronger protection against obtaining used vehicles with unresolved safety recalls, while dealers would gain a reimbursement mechanism when manufacturers delay remedies.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Used-car dealers would face a new sales restriction, manufacturers could owe reimbursement payments while remedies remain unavailable, and safety regulators would need to administer the new framework.
Key Provisions
- Defines used motor vehicle and dealer for the new recall-sale restrictions.
- Bars dealers from selling, leasing, or loaning a used motor vehicle to consumers until an open recall defect or noncompliance is remedied, subject to limited exceptions.
- Requires manufacturers to reimburse dealers holding recalled used vehicles when a remedy is unavailable after a statutory waiting period, at a minimum daily prorated monthly rate.
- Takes effect one year after enactment.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Prohibits dealers from selling, leasing, or loaning used motor vehicles with open safety recalls to consumers, requires manufacturer reimbursement to dealers when recall remedies are unavailable, and defines the relevant used-vehicle and dealer terms.
Key Policy Areas
Consumer Protection, Transportation
Primary Purpose
Prohibits dealers from selling, leasing, or loaning used motor vehicles with open safety recalls to consumers, requires manufacturer reimbursement to dealers when recall remedies are unavailable, and defines the relevant used-vehicle and dealer terms.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Consumers and dealers seeking safer used-vehicle sales with compensation for delayed remedies
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Dealers restricted from transferring unrepaired vehicles and manufacturers owing reimbursement for unresolved recalls
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Blumenthal introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Used motor vehicle dealers restricted from transferring vehicles with open recalls to consumers
Consumers purchasing or leasing used vehicles subject to open safety recalls
Manufacturers required to reimburse dealers when recall remedies remain unavailable
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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