[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 27 (Friday, March 11, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: March 11, 1994]
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                       NISSAN VAN OWNERS LOSE OUT

  (Mrs. BENTLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BENTLEY. Mr. Speaker, Nissan Motor Corp. in the United States 
recently announced a buy-back of their flawed 1987-1990 C-22 minivans 
and, the settlement of a 1-day California class action lawsuit which 
provides every van owner with a $500 coupon.
  What was not clear in the announcement nor in newspaper reports of 
the buy-back, was the fact that the van owners waive their right for 
further actions against Nissan if--if they accept the $500 couple 
offer. Before March 22, 1994, van owners must notify the California 
superior court of their intention to be excluded from the California 
lawsuit.
  Nissan's buy-back literature states the company ``is undertaking this 
unprecedented program because we are concerned about your 
satisfaction.'' What crocodile tears. It has taken 6 years and 156 van 
fires to force this vehicle off the road.
  The van owners are the victims in this sordid affair. Potentially 
they lose their rights as well as their money while the California 
attorneys made $1.5 million on the lawsuit. This is not justice.

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