Is your car making you pucker up like you have eaten a lemon? A
spoonful of sugar will not make it all better. You need to brush
up on the latest lemon laws in your state. It seems you may have
gotten a dud of a car, a car lemon for lack of a better term. So
you can brush up on the latest lemon law or you can consult with
one of probably many lemon law attorneys available in your state.
Let us suppose you live in California. Research the latest lemon
law California has to offer by perusing through the statutes in
the state of California's Civil Code. If that does not get you
yawning, nothing will! To save yourself from the boredom of
reading through all that legalese, you can also consult with
some lemon law lawyers. Or, read on for a summary of these
statutes to see if you have a legal leg to stand on. You will
have to decide if you need to start making lemonade with that
car lemon.
One of the statutes of the California Civil Code states that you
must make a realistic effort to have your new car fixed to
conform to basic warranties from the vehicle manufacturer. There
is a limit of a year and a half or 18,000 miles on the car's
odometer, whichever happens first, for the problem to be
rectified, before being considered a car lemon.
Of course, as with anything else, there are other provisions to
that rule. First, the malfunction must have been repaired two or
more times without success, with the result being that the car
is dangerous or unsafe to drive in a way that might cause severe
injury or casualties. Or, secondly, your car is still not fixed
satisfactorily after four repeated attempts by the manufacturer.
Finally, another reason that your vehicle could be facing a car
lemon law is if your vehicle has been out for repairs for more
than a month or thirty straight days.
The above information is just a sampling of the lemon law
California has on the books. There is more to it than that, but
is should give you a good start in understanding where you stand
with your dud of a car. To be sure that you are in compliance
with any CA lemon law, make sure to get some legal counsel.
You will discover that you can request a refund of the purchase
of the car from the manufacturer. The car manufacturer can also
substitute your dud of a vehicle with a new equally comparable
vehicle. They would be responsible for all the taxes and fees
that go with the purchase of a new car including the costs you
incurred in rental and repair fees.
One thing lemon law lawyers might tell you is that if you
request the manufacturer to make restitution through a new
vehicle or a refund before you file any civil suit and they
refuse, you may be entitled to twice the compensation from the
manufacturer should a civil trial find in your favor. However,
before you go through legal counsel, just save a little money
and do your research on your lemon laws. It's a tough job wading
through all that car lemon law stuff, so pucker up and get busy
making your own lemonade from that car lemon.
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