Info About The Lemon Law

In a nutshell, the Lemon law provides a refund of the purchase price or a replacement of the defective vehicle if certain criteria are met with regards to the Use, Value or Safety of the vehicle in question. If the respective vehicle has problems with the engine stalling while making left turns, that would likely be a serious problem that affects Use, Value and Safety, and so it would fall under the Lemon law stipulation. If the vehicle's radio doesn't pick up someone's favorite station, however, that likely would not qualify as impairment under the Lemon law.

The Lemon law provides that the first occurrence of the defect must arise within the first 12,000 miles, and that the Manufacturer be noticed in that time frame as well. The Lemon law provides that the Manufacturer must be given a reasonable number of attempts to cure the defect, and in most states there is a stipulation that the number of repair attempts is three.

The Lemon Law will also provide for recovery of all consequential and incidental damages, which generally include all payments made towards financing, any down payment made, any charges for repair costs, rental car charges, towing charges and the like.

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