Rechtsprechung

  • Rechtssachenbeschreibung
    • Nationale Kennung: VIII ZR 330/06
    • Mitgliedstaat: Deutschland
    • Gebräuchliche Bezeichnung:N/A
    • Art des Beschlusses: Sonstiges
    • Beschlussdatum: 10/10/2007
    • Gericht: BGH
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    • Schlagworte: Rechtsprechung Deutschland Deutsch
  • Artikel der Richtlinie
    Consumer Sales and Guarantees Directive, Article 2, 1.
  • Leitsatz
    a) Auch beim Kauf eines gebrauchten Kraftfahrzeugs kann der Käufer, wenn keine besonderen Umstände vorliegen, im Sinne des § 434 Abs. 1 Satz 2 Nr. 2 BGB erwarten, dass das Fahrzeug keinen Unfall erlitten hat, bei dem es zu mehr als "Bagatellschäden" gekommen ist.
    b) Zur Abgrenzung zwischen einem "Bagatellschaden" und einem Sachmangel im Sinne des § 434 Abs. 1 Satz 2 Nr. 2 BGB.
    c) Ein Fahrzeug, das einen Unfall erlitten hat, bei dem es zu mehr als "Bagatellschäden" gekommen ist, ist auch dann nicht frei von Sachmängeln im Sinne des § 434 Abs. 1 Satz 2 Nr. 2 BGB, wenn es nach dem Unfall fachgerecht repariert worden ist.
  • Sachverhalt
    The plaintiff purchased a second-hand car from the defendant. The order form contained the following headings, which contained no handwritten entries by the parties: “Number, type and extent of accidental damage according to prior owner: … The seller has knowledge of other accidental damage ¨ yes ¨ no”. Several weeks later, the plaintiff declared the avoidance of her declaration of will which had lead to the conclusion of the contract, claiming that the car body had suffered damage at the left door and the left rear section which had not been disclosed by the defendant even after two according enquiries. The defendant offered the removal of the defects which had arisen from an unprofessional repair. The offer was rejected by the plaintiff. In May 2005 the plaintiff declared the rescission of the contract of sale. The plaintiff initiated civil proceedings and demanded the repayment of the purchase price versus the return of the car. The Regional Court has rejected the claim.
  • Rechtsfrage
  • Entscheidung

    At the plaintiff’s leapfrog appeal, the Federal Court of Justice has overruled the judgement of the first instance and ordered the defendant to repay the purchase price versus the return of the vehicle. The second-hand car sold to the plaintiff was not defective because it lacked the agreed quality (§ 434(1)(1) BGB). The parties had not agreed on a certain quality. Since the order form did not contain handwritten entries of the parties with respect to accidents under the respective headings, there was no positive agreement between the parties on the quality “free from accidents”. The question “number, type and extent of accidental damage” had not been answered with “none” or “unknown” and the question “the seller has knowledge of other accidental damage” had not been answered with “no”. Thus, a negative agreement of a certain quality – that the car was possibly not free from defects, because it could suffer from accidental damage the seller had no knowledge of – was out of the question. As there was no express agreement whatsoever between the parties with respect to prior accidents of the car, and the repaired damage to the car body did not affect the car’s suitability for the use intended under the contract (§ 434(1)(2) no. 1 BGB, the question whether the accident constituted a defect was to be decided on the basis of the quality usual in goods of the same kind, the decisive factor being what quality the buyer could reasonably expect in view of the type of the purchased goods (§ 434(1)(2) no. 2 BGB). The buyer of a second-hand car could reasonably expect that the purchased vehicle was not involved in an accident which has caused more than “bagatelle damage”.

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