Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act

This bill would bar car dealers from selling, leasing, or loaning a used vehicle to consumers until any open safety recall on that vehicle has been repaired. A dealer is defined as anyone who sold at least 5 vehicles to non-resale buyers in the prior year. Exceptions apply when recall information was not available on the federal lookup tool or the manufacturer's website, when a recall order is set aside in court, for wholesale sales, and for reported junk vehicles. If a manufacturer has not made a repair available within 60 days of the planned date, it would have to pay the dealer holding the vehicle at least 1 percent of the vehicle's fair market value per month, up to the vehicle's full value. The law would take effect 1 year after enactment.

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Sponsors

• Richard Blumenthal Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors