KRS 367.860: Definitions for KRS 367.865.

As used in KRS 367.865 unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Buyer" means any resident person who buys or contracts to buy a new motor

vehicle in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

(2) "Manufacturer" means any person, resident or nonresident, who manufact ures or

assembles new motor vehicles which are sold in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

(3) "Motor vehicle" means any two (2) axle, motor -driven vehicle with at least four (4)

wheels which is required to be registered or licensed in the Commonwealth of

Kentucky before being operated upon the highways and is used or bought for use

primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.

(4) "New motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle which, after its final assembly, is either

in the possession of the manufacturer, factory branch or distributor, or an authorized

dealer operating under a franchise with the manufacturer, factory branch or

distributor, and the legal or equitable title to which has never been the subject of a

sale or transfer other than to another dealer operating under a similar franchise with

the same manufacturer, factory branch or distributor.

(5) "System" means an informal dispute resolution procedure adopted by each

manufacturer to resolve questions of law and fact relating to disputes between the

buyer and the manufacturer arising within the first two (2) years or twenty -five

thousand (25,000) miles of the buyer's ownership, whichever occurs first, including

but not limited to unsatisfactory warranty repairs of the buyer's motor vehicle,

mechanical malfunctions of the buyer's motor vehicle, or other problems relating to

the performance of the buyer's motor vehicle.