Welcome to your daily briefing on automotive developments in New Hampshire. Today we're covering 4 key stories including updates on new hampshire automotive headlines, background & context. Let's dive in.
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A dealer may pull a credit report only with the consumer's authorization or for a specific permissible purpose under FCRA — typically completion of a credit transaction initiated by the consumer. Pulling a credit report based on a sales-floor walk-in without explicit authorization is a violation, even with intent to "save the customer time.".
FCRA violations carry statutory damages even without proof of harm, plus attorney fees. A pattern of unauthorized pulls can produce class-action exposure.
A warranty is included in the purchase and obligates the seller; a service contract is sold separately and obligates a third-party administrator. The two are regulated differently — warranties under Magnuson-Moss federal law, service contracts under state insurance or specialty regulation. Misadvertising one as the other is a common consumer-protection issue.
Misrepresented coverage produces immediate refund liability for the contract price plus potential consumer-protection damages. Sales-floor scripts are the most common source.
Replacement key fobs run $150-$500 retail with manufacturer programming, but cost dealers and locksmiths a fraction of that. Independent locksmiths now match dealer pricing in most markets. Owners who go to dealers default frequently because they do not realize the alternatives are equivalent.
For service departments, key-fob revenue is a meaningful margin contributor. For consumers, awareness of the alternatives is a recurring cost question.
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