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05/12/2016
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Action Author win a Veloster with all that was announced in advertising, as well as compensation for moral damages
by Quatro Rodas
Veloster 2012 Hyundai model, tested by the magazine Quatro Rodas
Hyundai Caoa lost a lawsuit for false advertising brought by a consumer who purchased a Veloster in 2011. The plaintiff had sued the company for false advertising - at the time, commercial announced that the car would be equipped with engine with direct injection fuel capable to schedule a consumption of 15.4 km / l, as well as equipment such as GPS navigator, eight airbags, door-glasses, front seats with electric adjustment and kit with eight speakers.
Upon receiving your vehicle, acquired for R$ 75,700, consumers Denis Nicolini noted that the reality did not match what was reported in the media. The action had his sentence handed down by Judge Sandro Barbosa Rafael Pacheco, the 6th Civil Court of São Paulo and is final (res judicata), thus no longer accepts feature. It determines that Hyundai Caoa pay R $ 15,000 in moral damages, and to replace the customer's vehicle by a Veloster zero km with all the features announced at the time of purchase.
Ruth Endo, a lawyer who defended the consumer, said the decision was avant-garde. "The judge did not convert in damages for costs against the automaker, but determined that the damage was repaired fact, to determine the replacement of the vehicle sold by the true model announced in the total balance of consumer relationship."
The controversy of the Veloster has been well documented by FOUR WHEELS at the time. Advertised as having direct fuel injection and 140 horsepower, the 1.6 engine that came to Brazil actually had conventional injection and 128 horsepower. In addition, several described equipment were not available in cars sold here, such as the sound system with 8 speakers and eight airbags.
The problem for the automaker, is that no Veloster officially imported into Brazil brought the engine and the equipment cited in the process. In addition, the model is no longer marketed in the country in 2014. The solution should be to import some unity 0 km of the United States or South Korea, where it is still manufactured.
This is not the first lawsuit by buyers Veloster who felt aggrieved. Last year, a consumer could receive R $ 25,334.44 in damages, claiming to have been duped by the company. Another lawsuit filed by the Public Prosecutor of São Paulo condemned Caoa - responsible for the line of imported, Tucson and ix35 in Brazil, while the mother takes care of HB20 line - to pay R$ 1.6 million to charities because of misleading advertisements linked in the media.
Source: Four Wheels
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