Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Rating: Note lack of maintenance will be costly

A body responsible for routine inspection of a car garage has its own initiative to inform the customer that if the maintenance or replacement of key automotive parts, according to the manufacturer's instructions before is coming soon. A failure by it and the deadline is missed, the workshop to pay for a car then the resulting damage.

And for a period of less than three months, or a mileage of 5,000 km after the inspection. This was decided by the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein (Ref. 4 U 171/09). As the German Bar Hotline reported, in this case, a woman asked the workshop with a mileage of 58,393 kilometers with a so-called B-inspection.

The package offers lamps, the coolant, windshield wipers, air and oil filters and tires were replaced. But not the timing belt that broke six months later and a major engine damage caused. Where the manufacturer had actually required the review after 60 000 kilometers, had checked so only about 1600 kilometers after the inspection, the mechanic, but then specifically on the inspection sheet "No" in the box, timing belt change is due.

" Therefore, the court sentenced the shop now for the expensive replacement costs for the replacement engine belt and tensioner.

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