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- Sec. 30102. Definitions
- GENERAL DEFINITIONS In
this chapter
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- "dealer"
means a person selling and distributing
new motor vehicles or motor vehicle
equipment primarily to purchasers that in
good faith purchase the vehicles or
equipment other than for resale.
- "defect"
includes any defect in performance,
construction, a component, or material of
a motor vehicle or motor vehicle
equipment.
- "distributor"
means a person primarily selling and
distributing motor vehicles or motor
vehicle equipment for resale.
- "interstate
commerce" means commerce between a
place in a State and a place in another
State or between places in the same State
through another State.
- "manufacturer"
means a person
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- manufacturing
or assembling motor vehicles or
motor vehicle equipment; or
- importing
motor vehicles or motor vehicle
equipment for resale.
- "motor vehicle.
means a vehicle driven or drawn by
mechanical power and manufactured
primarily for use on public streets,
roads, and highways, but does not include
a vehicle operated only on a rail line.
- "motor vehicle
equipment" means
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- any system,
part, or component of a motor
vehicle as originally
manufactured;
- any similar
part or component manufactured or
sold for replacement or
improvement of a system, part, or
component, or as an accessory or
addition to a motor vehicle; or
- any device or
an article or apparel (except
medicine or eyeglasses prescribed
by a licensed practitioner) that
is not a system, part, or
component of a motor vehicle and
is manufactured, sold, delivered,
offered, or intended to be used
only to safeguard motor vehicles
and highway users against risk of
accident, injury, or death.
- "motor vehicle
safety" means the performance of a
motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment
in a way that protects the public against
unreasonable risk of accidents occurring
because of the design, construction, or
performance of a motor vehicle, and
against unreasonable risk of death or
injury in an accident, and includes
nonoperational safety of a motor vehicle.
- "motor vehicle
safety standard" means a minimum
standard for motor vehicle or motor
vehicle equipment performance.
- "State"
means a State of the United States, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.
- "United States
district court" means a district
court of the United States, a United
States court for Guam, the Virgin
Islands, and American Samoa, and the
district court for the Northern Mariana
Islands.
- LIMITED DEFINITIONS
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- In sections 30117(b),
30118-30121, and 30166(f) of this title
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- "adequate
repair" does not include
repair resulting in substantially
impaired operation of a motor
vehicle or motor vehicle
equipment;
- "first
purchaser" means the first
purchaser of a motor vehicle or
motor vehicle equipment other
than for resale;
- "original
equipment" means motor
vehicle equipment (including a
tire) installed in or on a motor
vehicle at the time of delivery
to the first purchaser;
- "replacement
equipment" means motor
vehicle equipment (including a
tire) that is not original
equipment;
- a brand name
owner of a tire marketed under a
brand name not owned by the
manufacturer of the tire is
deemed to be the manufacturer of
the tire;
- a defect in
original equipment, or
noncompliance of original
equipment with a motor vehicle
safety standard prescribed under
this chapter, is deemed to be a
defect or noncompliance of the
motor vehicle in or on which the
equipment was installed at the
time of delivery to the first
purchaser;
- a manufacturer
of a motor vehicle in or on which
original equipment was installed
when delivered to the first
purchaser is deemed to be the
manufacturer of the equipment;
and
- a retreader of
a tire is deemed to be the
manufacturer of the tire.
- The Secretary of
Transportation may prescribe regulations
changing paragraph (1)(C), (D), (F), or (G)
of this subsection.
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