What are the legal requirements of the lemon law? Is there a requirement that a lemon law claim involve four repair attempts for the same defect within the first year?
Manufacturers have for years been putting out false propaganda that a consumer does not have a lemon law claim unless he or she has four repair attempts for the same defect within the first 18,000 miles. This is simply incorrect. It is an effort by car manufacturers to discourage otherwise worthy consumers from pursuing claims for defective products. The correct standard is whether the consumer has given the manufacturer a reasonable opportunity to repair the vehicle within the warranty period. A reasonable opportunity usually involves more than one repair attempt; I have seen few cases succeed with two repair attempts unless it’s a very serious defect which threatens the safety of the occupants of the car. “Within the warranty period” means exactly what it says: if your car has a drive train warranty for 70,000 miles and the drive train is defective, then you have 70,000 miles to have the manufacturer make the necessary repairs effectively. If they don’t fix the drive train, and if yo
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