Sec. 3. Remedies for defects and noncompliance
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Section 30120(i) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in the subsection heading, by adding at the end; , or rental in paragraph (1)— by striking
(1)If notification and inserting the following: If notification ; by indenting subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)four ems from the left margin; by inserting or the manufacturer has provided to a rental company notification about a covered rental vehicle in the company’s possession at the time of notification after time of notification ; by striking the dealer may sell or lease, and inserting the dealer or rental company may sell, lease, or rent ; and in subparagraph (A), by striking sale or lease and inserting sale, lease, or rental agreement ; by amending paragraph
(2)to read as follows: Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prohibit a dealer or rental company from offering the vehicle or equipment for sale, lease, or rent. ; and by adding at the end the following: Except as otherwise provided under this paragraph, a rental company shall comply with the limitations on sale, lease, or rental set forth in subparagraph
(C)and paragraph
(1)as soon as practicable, but not later than 24 hours after the earliest receipt of the notice to owner under subsection
(b)or
(c)of section 30118 (including the vehicle identification number for the covered vehicle) by the rental company, whether by electronic means or first class mail. Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if a rental company receives a notice to owner covering more than 5,000 motor vehicles in its fleet, the rental company shall comply with the limitations on sale, lease, or rental set forth in subparagraph
(C)and paragraph
(1)as soon as practicable, but not later than 48 hours after the earliest receipt of the notice to owner under subsection
(b)or
(c)of section 30018 (including the vehicle identification number for the covered vehicle) by the rental company, whether by electronic means or first class mail. If a notification required under subsection
(b)or
(c)of section 30118 indicates that the remedy for the defect or noncompliance is not immediately available and specifies actions to temporarily alter the vehicle that eliminate the safety risk posed by the defect or noncompliance, the rental company, after causing the specified actions to be performed, may rent (but may not sell or lease) the motor vehicle. Once the remedy for the rental vehicle becomes available to the rental company, the rental company may not rent the vehicle until the vehicle has been remedied, as provided in subsection (a). Notwithstanding paragraph (1), this subsection does not prohibit a rental company from selling a covered rental vehicle if such vehicle— meets the definition of a junk automobile under section 201 of the Anti-Car Theft Act of 1992 ( 49 U.S.C. 30501 ); is retitled as a junk automobile pursuant to applicable State law; and is reported to the National Motor Vehicle Information System, if required under section 204 of such Act (49 U.S.C. 30504). .
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