Car Lemon Law

Consumers who lease vehicles should not automatically assume that the vehicle will be covered under either state lemon laws or Federal warranty laws. A recent ruling in Arizona makes it clear that the rights of those who lease are less than those who buy.

The purpose of both Federal warranty laws and state car lemon law is to protect vehicle owners from the problems associated with habitually defective vehicles. It’s one thing to take a car into the shop for a repair that is covered under warranty, but it is something else again to do it ten times. Since the first lemon law was passed in 1982, all 50 states have passed legislation to protect consumers from problem vehicles.

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In vehicle terms, a ‘lemon’ is referred to as a vehicle a person has owned for less than two years that is defective. A vehicle is usually considered defective if either the manufacturer or dealer is unable to repair the vehicle after a number of repair attempts. The New York Lemon Laws and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (Federal Lemon Law) gives residents of New York a legal method of acquiring compensation for a lemon such as a replacement, refund, or cash for defective trucks, cars, RV’s, motorcycles, and other vehicles. To qualify for compensation, one must have made reasonable attempts to have the vehicle repaired while the vehicle is still under the manufacturer’s warranty. That is, if the vehicle does not meet the terms of the manufacturer’s warranty or the dealer cannot repair it after a number of attempts during the first two years or 18, 000 miles.  The owner of the vehicle has the choice of a comparable replacement or a complete refund.

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Purchased a bulldog it had a birth defect got a replacement, it to has a birth defect. Purchased from Beth Wheeler at Palmetto Bulldogs

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I have a 07 aveo whom I think is a lemon. If i decide to get a lemon law lawyer, can I get the manufacturer to pay the car off, and what are the odds of that happening?

I already tried going through “official” channels and was told that due to liabilty issues, he could not answer my question, so I was hoping that someone here could. I’m in Massachusetts and wish to sell my car. It’s in pretty decent shape and as long as I disclose everything, can whoever buys the car come after me through the lemon laws?

Lemon-Aid: Exercising Your Rights Under the Automobile Lemon Laws