'fix the defect' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the repair of a product or service that has a defect. For example, "The customer had complained about a defect in the phone, so we immediately sent a technician to fix the defect."
In other words, one may start reviewing a file that is identified as defect-prone and detect a defect, but to fix the defect one may modify not only the defective part of the file under review, but also several other artifacts that are somehow related to the defective code (e.g., a method that calls the defective code).
Since February, G.M. has recalled 2.6 million Cobalts and other small cars to fix the defect, which the company so far links to 13 deaths and 54 accidents.
The automaker said it was developing a remedy to fix the defect, which was not present in any other Toyota or Lexus vehicles.
The railroad then chose to ignore its own safety standards and to wait to fix the defect until deep snow in the area had melted and the earth under the tracks had thawed.
In the biggest and most complex consumer safety problems in industry history, automakers have recalled more than 60 million vehicles to fix the defect, which has also been blamed for more than 100 injuries.
A suit filed in 2005 in the Superior Court of California by the women's parents charged Enterprise "carelessly, recklessly and unlawfully" failed to fix the defect and put profit ahead of safety by renting the PT Cruiser to the sisters.
Basically, you deduct the cost of having to fix the defects from the quoted price.
One of them is to fix the defects that the Bush administration has long complained about in the 1994 agreement.
Both he and State Senator Leonard Lance, Republican of Hunterdon, wondered aloud why state officials did not leave the rules in place and then propose changes to fix the defects or simply use the state's emergency powers to immediately impose rules.
The judge was polite but firm, Guillemette reported afterward: "He said, 'We are not trying this case over a couple of hundred dollars.' " Guillemette offered to drop the delay claim, and told the judge, "I just want enough to fix the defects".
And until Tim provides his stamp of approval, the software keeps going back to Dennis to fix the defects.
