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WreckCheck Inspectors Welcome Use of Document Defining Levels of Auto Repair Quality

On October 17, 2001, Network Information Communications, Inc. announced the release of its Seven Levels of Repair and Diminished Value (SLR). While the document never really gained steam as a universal measurement of auto repair quality, it has, nonetheless, survived with the help of some visionaries as a tool capable of putting insurers, shops and consumers on the same page when discussing auto body repairs and expectations of quality at claimtime.

Aug 10, 2007 - 4:23:59 PM

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Air Bag Replacement Mandatory Under New Ohio Law

Recognizing the risk unknowledgeable car buyers or passengers face in autos void of functioning air bags, the State of Ohio recently created a law (ORC 4549.20) to make it illegal to:

“… install or reinstall in any motor vehicle any object to fulfill the function of an air bag, including an air bag, other than an air bag that was designed in conformance with or that is regulated by federal motor vehicle safety standard number 208 for the make, model, and model year of the vehicle, knowing that the object is not in accordance with that standard.”

It is our hope that states will adopt laws to discourage the practice of installing anything less than a new OEM air bag when a deployment has occurred, and that enforcement and penalties will be vigorous against offenders. [MORE]

Jun 28, 2005 - 7:57:00 PM

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