Does a lease company need to inform you of a recall?

madasamoht

Thanks for the responses everyone. 
AdrianC said:

Is the recall listed on https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-recall ?

It's not listed on there, which is something we asked the manufacturer about yesterday. Supposedly only certain safety critical components are required to be put through the DVSA recall programme; a charger is not one of them. Cynic says that may be PR related; but the letter to the lease company does say a 'critical safety notice'

The angle that the lease companies defective property caused the damage is a good one; i'll suggest she tries that. 

treeroy

madasamoht said:

Thanks for the responses everyone. 
AdrianC said:

Is the recall listed on https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-recall ?

It's not listed on there, which is something we asked the manufacturer about yesterday. Supposedly only certain safety critical components are required to be put through the DVSA recall programme; a charger is not one of them. Cynic says that may be PR related; but the letter to the lease company does say a 'critical safety notice'

The angle that the lease companies defective property caused the damage is a good one; i'll suggest she tries that. 

So the manufacturer knew they had a defective charger that would catch fire and they didn't issue a recall? Can you tell us what car this is... ?

AdrianC

madasamoht said:

AdrianC said:

Is the recall listed on https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-recall ?

It's not listed on there, which is something we asked the manufacturer about yesterday. Supposedly only certain safety critical components are required to be put through the DVSA recall programme; a charger is not one of them. Cynic says that may be PR related; but the letter to the lease company does say a 'critical safety notice'

So there y'go. It's not a recall big or important enough for the government to be involved, so it's purely manufacturer-level.

Jumblebumble

CasualBagger said:

Not a lawyer... but I will chip in my 2 cents for the hell of it.
 
I think the lease company are liable for damages against her because their defective property caused damage to the house (but check the terms and conditions to see if she waived this right). 

After the lease company is successfully sued then the lease company can sue the manufacturer... Although, the manufacturer clearly have a pretty good defence against this second lawsuit.

Can you advise what possible reason would the Lease company would sure the manufacturer ?
On second thoughts the lease company seem to be staffed by fools who are no doubt correct that they are not obliged to pass on recall notices, but did not pause to think just how stupid a comment it was and I suppose the same fools might just seek to blame someone else

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Jumblebumble said:

Can you advise what possible reason would the Lease company would sue the manufacturer ?

The manufacturer is ultimately responsible for the defective goods.

How much of that responsibility they can avoid by sending a couple of letters offering to fix it would be up to a court to decide.

unforeseen

How much of that responsibility they can avoid by sending a couple of letters offering to fix it would be up to a court to decide.

And deep pockets would be needed to follow that route. Its not something that a county court claim could decide. 

Car_54

unforeseen said:

How much of that responsibility they can avoid by sending a couple of letters offering to fix it would be up to a court to decide.

And deep pockets would be needed to follow that route. Its not something that a county court claim could decide. 

That's not the OP's problem. His beef is with the lease company, who probably have very deep pockets.