This section does not apply to a methamphetamine vehicle. As used in this chapter, "term of protection" means a period of time that:

1. (1) begins:

   1. (A) on the date of original delivery of a motor vehicle to a buyer; or
   2. (B) in the case of a replacement vehicle provided by a manufacturer to a buyer under this chapter, on the date of delivery of the replacement vehicle to the buyer; and

2. (2) ends the earlier of:

   1. (A) eighteen (18) months after the date identified under subdivision (1); or
   2. (B) the time the motor vehicle has been driven eighteen thousand (18,000) miles after the date identified under subdivision (1).

As added by P.L.150-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.76-2013, SEC.5.