USED CAR dealership, MACK D's Autosales, was yesterday given the go-ahead to resume selling vehicles, which had been detained by the Bureau of Standards because the company did not meet labelling regulations.
The Bureau's approval followed a meeting between the dealership and its officials yesterday morning.
"We have come to an agreement and they will be able to continue to sell the cars," said Norman Hall, the Bureau's Information Manager. This was confirmed by Oliver Samuels, MACK D's Public Relations and Marketing Director.
Several vehicles being sold by MACK D's were detained following an August 1 deadline, given to used car dealers to comply with correct labelling procedures in respect to their imports.
The deadline was issued by the Bureau of Standards (JBS) following a meeting between representatives of both organisations over a few weeks ago.
Under the agreement, used car dealers agreed to supply the Bureau with English translations of owners manuals, including safety and health specifications of imported units, a joint statement from both organisations said.
The Bureau said that following this, it will publish an approved list of vehicles so that consumers can be guided as to which models have met labelling requirements.
Over a month ago, the JBS told used car dealers to apply individually to state their individual case as to how much time they would need to become compliant and why their vehicles should be allowed to be sold in Jamaica for an interim period, without having met basic labelling and standard requirements.
The meeting followed growing consumer complaints against used car dealers, that they could not understand instruction manuals because they were not written in English and that models were often older than the year stated by car dealers.
