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Warwickshire Trading Standards uncovered many garages with unroadworthy cars for sale
Posted 26 February 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Automotive|West Midlands
UPDATES: Warwickshire Trading Standards uncovered dangerous faults in used vehicles during targeted garage inspections, demonstrating how intelligence-led enforcement is helping remove unsafe cars from the market.
Trading Standards officers in Warwickshire made unannounced visits to 16 garages across all five districts and boroughs of the county, selected using consumer complaint data.
A vehicle expert was employed to carry out a thorough examination of 31 cars, of which five were found to have so many faults that they were deemed to be dangerous and unroadworthy. Faults identified included damaged...
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