P&H: Refuses to interfere with finding of manufacturing defect in Ford EcoSport airbag failure case

(i) Consumer Protection Act, 1986, S.13(1)(c) — Defect in goods — Laboratory test — Provision comes into operation only where alleged defect is of such nature that it cannot be determined without proper analysis or test — It does not mandate that in every case...

(ii) Consumer Protection Act, 1986, S.13(1)(c) — Defect in goods — Manufacturing defect — Airbags in motor vehicle — Finding of manufacturing defect was not based merely on assertion that airbags failed to deploy — Consumer fora considered totality of surrounding circumstances, including that vehicle...

(iii) Consumer Protection Act, 1986, S.13(1)(c) — Defect in goods — Motor vehicle with airbags — Consumer expectation and safety system — Consumer purchasing vehicle fitted with airbags would ordinarily assume that airbags would deploy in collision from front side — Consumer is not meant...

(iv) Consumer Protection Act, 1986, S.13(1)(c) — Defect in goods — Airbag failure in severe accident — Manufacturing defect — Where vehicle struck road divider and turned turtle, and all six airbags should have deployed in such severe impact but only two deployed, non-functioning of...