>From what I have found out it is not a requirement for safety related items to be warranted for the life of the car. I have recently been shopping for a new car and one of the ones I looked at is the Toyota Celica. It states the following in the brochure: The seat belts and air bags are covered under the powertrain warranty which is for 5 years or 60,000 miles. The emission control components are also not covered for the life of the car. The brochure states that components covered under the Federal emission defect warranty are covered for 3 years or 36,000 miles and specified major emission control components are covered for 8 years or 80,000 miles.
My current car, a 1990 Acura Integra, has the following coverage. The anti-lock brakes are covered under the normal 3 year/36,000 mile coverage. According to the owners manual the seat belts are covered for the life of the car because Acura considers them vital to safety. The car does not have airbags, it has those stupid mouse (automatic) seatbelts. So it appears that the only reason that the seat belts are covered longer than the standard warranty is because Acura chose to do so, not because they have to (and I applaud them for that). I do not recall what the warranty is on the emission control components. I would suspect it is the same as the Toyota if the federal rules were the same in 1990 as they are now. Kurt Andrews Compliance Engineer Tracewell Systems, Inc. 567 Enterprise Drive Westerville, Ohio 43081 voice: 614.846.6175 toll free: 800.848.4525 fax: 614.846.7791 http://www.tracewellsystems.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Doug McKean [mailto:dmck...@auspex.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 5:43 PM To: EMC-PSTC Discussion Group Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues "Ken Javor" wrote: > > Curiosity. How long must airbags work? As long as you have the car, supposedly. Same with seat belts. They're all safety features. Interestingly, if you have a cracked or broken windshield, a cop *can* write you up for the car being unsafe. I've never heard of it, but a classmate of mine who became a statie told me when he saw a huge crack in my windshield. I'm also under the impression that manufacturers are responsible for maintaining a repair/replacement parts inventory to dealers for only 10 years. Not sure about that one. - Doug McKean ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
