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They need to be because mechanical defects can affect accuracy.

Mechanical defects frequently could not be found and no injuries were reported.

Council officials say lives were at risk from mechanical defects, including faulty brakes.

Only later did the police learn that the car had not been sabotaged: the problem was a mechanical defect.

It had many mechanical defects which prevented its use as a practical apparatus.

No mechanical defects, other than the inoperative fuel pump, were reported.

The weapon is made by local blacksmiths, and due to this, it has many mechanical defects.

The police were trying to determine whether a mechanical defect or driver error had caused the accident.

The collision vehicles are examined for mechanical defects and the damage is documented.

Through mechanical defects, not all the tanks reached the battlefield and of those that did only 31 crossed the German lines.

Safety from crime and mechanical defects is still an important concern to riders and transit workers.

Unfortunately, this included the stock from 1974, which suffered greatly from mechanical defects.

The Government says the only mechanical defect it knows of is a dropped valve seat on cylinder No. 11.

Mechanical defects can also hamper the focusing mechanism.

In other words, brake dust covers aren't for correcting a mechanical defect, but an aesthetic one.

Others include mechanical defects and driver fatigue.

Federal officials say they are powerless to recall a vehicle that may be difficult to handle but that has no specific mechanical defect.

Often as the locomotives suffered mechanical defects or were in need of repairs they were sidelined.

Ivanišević would deny this, saying that the yacht was returned due to mechanical defect.

Sometimes knowing why or how something happened made the fact less painful, especially if blame could be placed on some mechanical defect or malfunction.

Suffolk authorities said that the Whaler, which was built around 1980, has been impounded and will be examined for mechanical defects.

Sixty percent of those had deficient brakes and 30 percent had other mechanical defects like steering problems.

Unless there is evidence that a mechanical defect caused the crash, car manufacturers tend not to be the target of most accident-related lawsuits.

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