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Service Oklahoma says a multi-day system outage is needed to launch its new BOOST platform.
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A state lawmaker said he hopes to tweak a new state law that no longer provides most Oklahomans with the option to obtain paper copies of vehicle titles.
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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.
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.
Federal law prohibits the sale of new vehicles under an open recall; the rules vary for used vehicles by state. Several states now require dealers to disclose open recalls to used-car buyers and to repair recalled vehicles before sale. Compliance varies widely across regions.
Selling a vehicle with an undisclosed open recall produces consumer-protection exposure and, in some states, automatic rescission rights for the buyer. The cost is far higher than the recall repair would have been.
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