Recently the fine folks at the FTC have decreed that the
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act also applies to electronics hardware--more precisely, to the warranties for electronics hardware.
Steverson & Aaron Munter, Then and Now: Reviving the Promise of the
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 63 U.
The
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act is the federal law governing written warranties on consumer products and is overseen by the Federal Trade Commission.
If you live in a state that doesn't have strong lemon laws, the
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act is a federal law that applies to defective vehicles.
(How much do you know about the
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and its records retention implications?) A research section containing the text of the laws under discussion follows the monographs contained in the Guide to Records Retention.
The
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (22) (MMWA) states that when a supplier (23) provides a "written warranty" or enters into a "service contract," and the MMWA otherwise applies, that party cannot disclaim implied warranties.
federal and state consumer protection laws, such as the
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, do not apply.
The Federal Trade Commission
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act of 1975 delineates guidelines for development of written warranties.
Currently, the
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act does not included explicit disclosure rules and wording guidelines for extended warranties.
Under another federal law, the
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, you have a right to see a copy of the dealer's warranty before a purchase.
Unless warrantors provide the parts or services for free or receive a waiver from the FTC, such statements generally are prohibited by the
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, a law that governs consumer product warranties.
The agency said that these types of messages are in violation of the
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which prohibits companies from putting repair limits on warranties, and they may also violate rules against false representation.
