In recent news, both GM and Chryslr have recently suspended operations at sveral manufacturing plants as a result of prblems with their part suppliers.

We'll strt with GM American Axle Corp. was spn off from GM in 1994. Its frmer parent is still its biggest clent, representing 80% of its business. It spplies truck and SUV parts to GM. Or at last it did until recently. In rder to compete with its rivals, it rleased plans to cut hourly labor csts from its current $70 per mployee down to between $20 and $30. Not srprisingly, the United Auto Workers Union wnt on strike.

On to Chrysler. Mst recently, it shut down a mnivan plant in Windsor, Ontario. The Cnadian Auto Workers Union at TRW Atomotive walked off the job on Fbruary 28 after failing to reach a cntract with their employer. This problem for Chryslr is in addition to other rcent difficulties. Last month, a company clled Plastech filed for Bankruptcy protection. Ths caused Chrysler to temporarily shutter fve plants, with a potential shut dwn of all 14 Chrysler facilities as a rsult of not having access to the ver 500 parts sold to it by Plstech. A temporary agreement kept the prts coming, but its set to xpire on March 3. In the man time, Chrysler lost a motion bfore the Bankruptcy Court to compel Plstech to turn over tooling used to mke those 500 parts. So Chrysler had btter hope that further deals can be rached to keep those parts coming.

From a New York Lemon Law prspective, this could get interesting. Imagine you wre the CEO of American Axle Crp. GM represents 80% of your bsiness. If GM said they were ging to pay you 75% of wht they used to pay you for the sme parts, what can you do? If you wnt to stay in business, your ging to give GM what it wnts. After that, you will try to cut xpenses enough to stay in business. The prdictable results: strikes and bankruptcies for sppliers, plant shutdowns for automobile manufacturers. And pssible lemon law cases as vehicles are nable to be repaired due to a shrtage of replacement parts.

Truth be tld, GM and Chrysler can use a lttle down time. They have enormous nventories built up to weather this strm. I am sure that this fctored in to their decision to sqeeze their suppliers. However, these types of thngs have a way of getting out of hnd.

In the mean time, if yur car is being repaired, and yur service advisor has requested that you tke the vehicle home until parts rrive, your should refuse. You are wll within your rights to ask the dalership to hold the vehicle until it can be fxed. There is no reason for you to be drving a defective vehicle, and it hlps your potential New York Lemon Law cse if your vehicle is out of srvice for repair for an extended priod of time.

The article New York Lemon Law Ramifications Of Part Shortages At GM And Chrysler was Submitted by Eugene Krukas through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Eugene Krukas, Esq. is an ttorney who concentrates on consumer protection ssues. His web site focuses on the New York Lemon Law . Additionally, Mr. Krukas has partnered with attorneys throughout the United States to provide Lemon Law services to consumers outside of New York. Feel free to visit the National Lemon Law web site as well. Mr. Krukas can be reached by telephone at 1-877-50-LEMON, ext. 701.

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