Mercedes: Vito Warranty For Rust on To Guarantee Sentenced

Daimler has a further Vito eliminate rust warranty. A court said to the driver's warranty rights as a passenger car. Now, Daimler intends to revise its warranty provision.

Ein another court Mercedes to remove rust spots from the Mercedes Vito convicted (Az: 52 S 1032/11). The district court in Kempten is following a decision of the Court of Appeals Thuringia and contradicts the view of Daimler, the Mobilo-life guarantee does not apply to the Vito. Mobilo-Life is a 30-year warranty that applies to all Daimler cars. Vito classifies the Daimler-house but as a commercial vehicle. In both cases the courts to justify their judgments, that the Mercedes Vito apply as a car for leisure purposes, this was therefore to buying a car.

The Vito from Kempten case was before his conversion to a camper truck as though the court was sufficient, however, that the car was "at the time of assertion of warranty claims," ​​admitted as a car. AUTO BILD demand Daimler said that there was no single case, similar-sounding claims were rejected by the courts mostly. You currently revised but the warranty for commercial vehicles, says Daimler. The van Citan will therefore probably with a twelve-year guarantee against rusting on the market.

That there is another way, Volkswagen is presenting with Caddy and T5 , the VW Group also leads in the commercial vehicle sector VWN. In Germany, a VW spokesman, there is no warranty for the differences between cars from Volkswagen and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.