| Lemon laws are made by United States state | | | | scope of the state lemon law but are covered |
| laws to help car consumers whose cars | | | | under special federal lemon laws. |
| repeatedly fail to meet certain standards of | | | | Situation #2: When No Manufacturer's Warranty |
| quality and performance. The position of such cars | | | | Exists. If he does not have a manufacturer's |
| is called lemons. The Magnuson-Moss Warranty | | | | warranty of any kind he may be entitled to |
| Act or federal lemon law protects every one of | | | | compensation for violations of consumer |
| all states and they vary by state. Lemon law | | | | protection laws that fall outside of the lemon laws. |
| may not cover used or leased cars. The Lemon | | | | The following is a list of some of the problems |
| law rights managed to consumers may go | | | | and/or issues which may be present in your |
| beyond the warranties expressed in purchase | | | | vehicle. Your vehicle may be/have a: |
| contracts. Lemon law is just a common nickname | | | | Laundered Lemon; |
| for these laws buy every state have their own | | | | Previously salvaged or wrecked; |
| different names for such laws and acts. | | | | Fraudulently rolled back odometer; |
| In California, anything mechanical is covered by | | | | Rental car, police car, taxi, etc.; |
| lemon laws as well as the federal lemon laws. The | | | | Stolen, stripped and rebuilt; and/or |
| federal lemon law provides that the warranter | | | | Involved in a flood. |
| may be obligated to pay attorney fees if he is | | | | Since Lemon Laws vary from state to state so |
| involved in a lemon law suit. | | | | accurate information on the scope and restrictions |
| Used car purchases: | | | | of Lemon Laws in a particular state can be |
| If anyone purchased a used car then there are | | | | obtained from an attorney practicing in that state. |
| two situations where he is qualified for cash or | | | | "As is" purchases: |
| other lemon law benefits: | | | | If a person knowingly purchase a car in "as is" |
| Situation #1: One may be entitled to | | | | condition then he accepts the defects and void his |
| compensation for breach of warranty if he had | | | | rights under the lemon law. |
| one of the following Warranties:a) Any warranty | | | | Other lemon laws: |
| left from the manufacturer when you purchased | | | | Lemon laws are not limited to cars. There are RV |
| your vehicle (for example, almost all vehicles sold | | | | lemon laws, boat lemon laws, motorcycle, |
| with less than 36,000 miles will have this. But if | | | | wheelchair and computer lemon laws. |
| the warranty is longer, you may have even more | | | | If you have a defective Motorcycle, Motor Home, |
| time).b) The vehicle was "Certified" by the | | | | used car, leased car, or a car used for business |
| Manufacturer (in which case it came with a short | | | | purposes and your State Lemon Law does not |
| Manufacturer's Warranty, typically 1 year).c) He | | | | cover these vehicles, you still have other |
| purchased an Extended Warranty backed by the | | | | recourses such as the Uniform Commercial Code |
| Manufacturer (typically 5 years or longer). | | | | and the Federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act |
| Normally, these types of cases fall outside the | | | | (providing you were given a written warranty). |