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Helping clients with warranties on cars and trucks Lawyer Manual

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Helping clients with warranties on cars and trucks Lawyer Manual
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The problem

Your client has purchased a car or truck which does not meet their expectations because it has one or more defects. You want to know the client's rights to have the defect rectified, or to recover damages, or to cancel the sale.    

Last reviewed
July 29, 2019
  • Applicable substantive law for warranties

Table of Contents

  • Applicable substantive law for warranties
  • Illinois Commercial Code for warranties
  • Cancellation of the sale of cars or trucks
  • Relief upon proper cancellation for car and truck sales
  • Express warranties on cars and trucks
  • Implied Warranty on cars and trucks
  • Exclusion, modification, cumulation, and conflict of warranties on cars and trucks
  • The Illinois New Buyer Protection Act
  • Illinois Statutory Used Car Warranty
  • Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
  • Common law implied warranties on cars and trucks

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