Used Car Dealers' Duty to Disclose Major Known Defects

Authors

Douglas Dexter

Library of Congress Authority File

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79122466

Document Type

Comments

Abstract

This Comment examines Congress' recent veto of the Used Car Rule, which would have required that a used automobile dealer provide a written list of major defects that the dealer knew existed in a car offered for sale. The author examines the nature of the proposed legislation, the reasons for its introduction by the Federal Trade Commission, and the objections that lead to its eventual demise. The author suggests that the courts expand the traditional fraud cause of action to include nondisclosure of major defects by used automobile dealers.

Recommended Citation

Douglas Dexter, Used Car Dealers' Duty to Disclose Major Known Defects, 20 San Diego L. Rev. 399 (1983).
Available at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr/vol20/iss2/7