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Coolguy949
01-09-2004, 10:47 AM
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act - Public Law 93-637

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Overview of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
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Full Text of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
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In 1975 Congress adopted a piece of landmark legislation, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. The Act was designed to prevent manufacturers from drafting grossly unfair consumer warranties and to make it economically viable for consumers to bring warranty suits by providing for the award of attorney's fees. States built on the themes of the Magnuson-Moss Act by later passing their own lemon laws.

Although the Magnuson-Moss Act covers consumer products broadly, Congress was particularly concerned with unfair and inequitable automobile warranties. The following is an overview of the Act which outlines the situations in which the Act applies.

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