Dispute with dealer: Defect: Car buyer demands 122,000 euros for loss of use
Car bought, defect found, an expert declares the vehicle not roadworthy. Several months later, the legal dispute is about 122,000 euros. What the courts decided - and why.
A German court has ruled that a car buyer is not entitled to a €122,000 compensation for loss of use of his vehicle. The buyer had purchased a used car for €48,500 in June 2021, but it had a defective ventilation system in one of its headlights, making it technically unsafe to drive. Despite this, the buyer continued to use the car until it was repaired in June 2023, a total of 699 days.
The Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main decided that a compensation for loss of use is only granted if the vehicle is actually not used, and that the buyer had not suffered a real economic loss since he continued to drive the car.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
