§ 646a-430

As used in ORS 646A.430 to 646A.450:\n(1) 'Consumer' means a person in this state who purchases a vehicle protection product or who possesses a vehicle protection product and is entitled to enforce a warranty for the product by reason of the person’s possession.\n(2) 'Reimbursement insurance policy' means an insurance policy issued to a warrantor that:\n(a) Reimburses the warrantor for expenses or other obligations the warrantor incurs in complying with the terms and conditions in a vehicle protection product warranty; or\n(b) Pays on a warrantor’s behalf all obligations due under the terms and conditions of the warrantor’s vehicle protection product warranty.\n(3) 'Reimbursement insurer' means an insurer that issues a reimbursement insurance policy.\n(4) 'Seller' means a person engaged in the business of offering a vehicle protection product for sale to a consumer.\n(5)(a) 'Vehicle protection product' means:\n(A) A protective chemical, substance, device, product or system that is:\n(i) Designed to prevent loss or damage to a vehicle from a specific cause; and\n(ii) Accompanied by a written warranty that provides that if the vehicle protection product fails to prevent a specified

i) Designed to prevent loss or damage to a vehicle from a specific cause; and\n(ii) Accompanied by a written warranty that provides that if the vehicle protection product fails to prevent a specified loss or damage, the warrantor will reimburse a consumer for specified related and incidental costs the consumer incurs as a result of the vehicle protection product’s failure to perform in accordance with the terms of the vehicle protection product warranty, if the consumer purchases a physical product that is designed or formulated to make the specified related and incidental costs less likely to occur;\n(B) An alarm system;\n(C) A product to mark motor vehicle body parts;\n(D) A lock for a motor vehicle steering wheel, pedal or ignition;\n(E) A product to etch motor vehicle windows;\n(F) A kill switch for motor vehicle ignitions or fuel systems;\n(G) A tracking system that uses satellites, radio or electronic means; or\n(H) Other similar or related chemicals, substances, devices, products, systems or services that are designed to prevent loss or damage to a motor vehicle from a specific cause.\n(b) 'Vehicle protection product' does not include:\n(A) A fuel or oil additive; or\n(B)

cts, systems or services that are designed to prevent loss or damage to a motor vehicle from a specific cause.\n(b) 'Vehicle protection product' does not include:\n(A) A fuel or oil additive; or\n(B) Other chemical products that are applied to a motor vehicle’s engine, transmission or fuel system.\n(6)(a) 'Warrantor' means a person that a vehicle protection product warranty names as the contractual obligor to the consumer.\n(b) 'Warrantor' does not include an authorized insurer that provides a warranty reimbursement insurance policy. [2007 c.685 §1; 2013 c.527 §3]