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Originally Posted by Mr. Stacy
Explain this from the FTC on MMA then:
Disclaimer or Modification of Implied Warranties
The Act prohibits anyone who offers a written warranty from disclaiming or modifying implied warranties. This means that no matter how broad or narrow your written warranty is, your customers always will receive the basic protection of the implied warranty of merchantability. This is explained in Understanding Warranties.
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The Implied warranty is a minimum standard warranty all products have. It is at the lowest in the pecking order of warranties. A written warranty can also limit the time an Implied warranty is good for. Also an Implied warranty is not upheld by the MMA, it upheld by the State the product is sold in. An Implied warranty in a nutshell guaranties that the product you buy does what the manufacture claims. And if it doesn't, the consumer has the right to complain about it to get it resolved.
Once there is a written warranty issued on the product, it can and in this case Limit the details of the warranty to cover specific parts and systems.
To the folks that sell parts, the MMA only affects OEM spec replacement parts (aftermarket) and not performance parts or addons ...