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California Acts to Bar Gags in Defect Cases

CALIFORNIA motorists who obtain restitution from auto makers for defective vehicles may no longer have to promise they will stay quiet as part of their settlements. California lawmakers passed a bill this week that would bar auto makers from imposing ''gag rules'' in agreements to repurchase cars or trucks that are deemed defective under the state's lemon laws. The bill, that would be the first in the nation, awaits the signature of Gov. Pete Wilson, and some of his aides have indicated he is likely to sign it. Vows of silence over the settlement terms of a court case, or

Home-builder crackdown urged.

With thousands of victims, New Jersey's home-building industry -- and the regulators who police it -- is in need of a massive overhaul, a 2 1/2-year state investigation released yesterday concluded. Consumers throughout the state have moved into defective homes, often as a result of both unscrupulous builders and incompetent or corrupt inspectors, investigators from the State Commission of Investigation found. Finding themselves living in a variety of nightmarish situations, from cracked foundations to leaky roofs, the homeowners had no place to turn

Efforts to block car sales over the Internet are anti-consumer

Car dealers hate the idea of Ford and GM selling automobiles directly to consumers over the Internet. But from the consumer's point of view, "restrictions on Internet auto sales look like another way to deny them choice and cost savings," according to a new study from the Cato Institute. Car dealers themselves are free to sell automobiles over the Internet, says Solveig Singleton, Cato's director of information studies. Car manufacturers, by contrast, are barred by franchise laws in many states from making Internet sales. (On July 13 the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers sued the state of Arizona on grounds that

Chrysler Curb Being Proposed In California

A California judge proposed yesterday that the Chrysler Corporation be prohibited from shipping new cars to its 300 dealers in the state for 60 days as a punishment after he found that the auto maker had resold 119 cars and trucks that had been returned under the state's "lemon law." The Department of Motor Vehicles asked Keith Levy, an administrative judge in Sacramento, to review the economic consequences of the proposal, which some Chrysler dealers say would be devastating to their business. A strong sanction is warranted by the extent of violations committed by Chrysler Corporation," said Anne Bersinger, the

Lemon Law Awareness

If your new car or truck has been in the shop for numerous repairs it is considered a "lemon", and you may be entitled to the choice of a replacement vehicle or your money back! Furthermore, your attorney's fees and costs are paid by the manufacturer. This means that you are entitled to have an attorney handle your case at no cost to you. As consumers, we have to make ourselves aware of our rights and not allow the dealers or automobile makers to endlessly pacify us. Many automobile makers have customer service hotlines set up to respond to consumer