Defective car

• The repair or replacement must not incur any costs or significant harm for the consumer.
• Repair or replacement of the item must be carried out within a reasonable time (usually no more than 2 weeks).
  

• Parties can agree that new spare parts will be used to repair the car, meaning that the car is usually regarded as being in better condition than cars of the same age with similar mileage. Because the condition of the car improves, the consumer may be asked to pay part of the repair costs.
• The consumer may refuse to make chargeable repairs that improve the value of the car, in which case the fault can be corrected with a price reduction. In such situations, it is often most practical to repair the vehicle with a used but undamaged spare part that can be used to restore the vehicle to proper condition.

If there is any fault to the vehicle, the consumer may demand that the seller repair or replace it.

The primary remedy for a fault related to the sale of a vehicle is usually repair. In particular, it is not usually possible to replace a used car.

The seller may refuse to replace a vehicle if it is impossible to do so or if it would incur unreasonable costs for the seller.If the vehicle is replaced

• The consumer is under no obligation to pay for the normal use of a replaced item during the period prior to its replacement.
• The consumer is not always entitled to demand a completely new and unused vehicle. The replacement item must be free from defects and can be expected to last as long as the original item.
• The price and quality of the replacement product must be similar to those of the defective product and meet the criteria based on which the consumer decided to purchase the original product.
  

• Correction of the fault is impossible or would incur unreasonable costs for the seller, or the seller will not correct the fault. E.g. a car does not have an accessory it was supposed to have, and installing the accessory later is not possible, or it would be unreasonably expensive for the vendor, considering the importance of the defect to the buyer. The car may also have an unusual feature that cannot be removed.
• the vehicle is usable, even when faulty, but the defect can be considered to reduce its value.
• the defect is minor and its significance may be small for the consumer as a whole, such as a surface defect. When assessing the importance of the defect, its significance for using the car as a whole is examined.
  

• the fault is not minor. If the seller disputes the right to cancel the sale, the seller must prove that the fault is minor. 
• the fault cannot be compensated for by other means.
• the fault is not repaired within a reasonable time. For example, repeated and unsuccessful repairs of the same fault may justify cancellation of the sale.