GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1989 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 14

HOUSE BILL 99

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE NEW MOTOR VEHICLES WARRANTIES ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ANY EXPRESS WARRANTY OF A NEW MOTOR VEHICLE STATED IN TERMS OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MILES SHALL BEGIN TO ACCRUE FROM THE MILEAGE ON THE ODOMETER AT THE DATE OF ORIGINAL DELIVERY TO THE CONSUMER.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-351.2 reads as rewritten:

"§ 20-351.2.  Require repairs; when mileage warranty begins to accrue.

(a)       Express warranties for a new motor vehicle shall remain in effect at least one year or 12,000 miles.  If a new motor vehicle does not conform to all applicable express warranties for a period of one year, or the term of the express warranties, whichever is greater, following the date of original delivery of the motor vehicle to the consumer, and the consumer reports the nonconformity to the manufacturer, its agent, or its authorized dealer during such period, the manufacturer shall make, or arrange to have made, repairs necessary to conform the vehicle to the express warranties, whether or not these repairs are made after the expiration of the applicable warranty period.

(b)       Any express warranty for a new motor vehicle expressed in terms of a certain number of miles shall begin to accrue from the mileage on the odometer at the date of original delivery to the consumer."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989, and applies to sales of motor vehicles that occur on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of March, 1989.