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1. A method of predicting defects likely to occur in a vehicle over a predetermined period, the method comprising:
a) receiving, at a server, vehicle characteristic data regarding a vehicle under consideration; b) establishing a defect database at the server, the defect database having information related to defects that have occurred in different vehicles and the reference mileage at which such defects occurred; c) identifying, at the server, defects that occurred in vehicles corresponding to the vehicle under consideration, and the reference mileage at which such defects occurred; d) comparing, at the server, vehicle characteristic data associated with the vehicle under test with vehicle characteristic data associated with the identified defects stored in the defect database to identify defects that have occurred in vehicles that substantially correspond to the vehicle under consideration; and e) restricting, at the server, the identified defects to defects that have occurred in substantially corresponding vehicles that are associated with a reference mileage that is within a mileage bracket that extends from a mileage approximately 15,000 miles less than the current mileage to a mileage approximately 30,000 miles greater than the current mileage. |
