A reliable vehicle is a necessity. If you drive alone to work in a vehicle that continuously breaks down it threatens your livelihood. You do not have to put up with the stress and frustration these vehicles cause. We have successfully represented owners and lessees of all makes and models of gas, electric, and hybrid vehicles; motorcycles; trucks, and RVs.
Liz Gayle, our founder, represented major product manufacturers, including a well-known automobile maker, over the first 12 years of her career before devoting herself to consumer law. She knows how the manufacturers think and act when faced with a Lemon complaint. The first mass produced cars came off assembly lines in A Ford could be built in 1 hour and thirty-three minutes.
There have always been lemons: vehicles that were poorly designed, or had a defect, or just did not run. Until , about the only thing a driver could do was to threaten to never buy that model again. California was one of the first states in the nation to rectify that. The California Lemon Law was enacted in to provide drivers with relief from persistent problems with their vehicles.
If you purchased or leased a new or used vehicle in California that is under a warranty and has had an ongoing problem or problems that a dealer has failed to fix after multiple repair visits, you may qualify for compensation. It applies to purchased or leased new vehicles. There is always some confusion over this requirement.
Simply, cars, trucks, and the powertrain portions of motorhomes are covered by the Lemon Law if:. The answer can be a bit complicated. The Lemon Law requires both a substantial defect and either that the vehicle is not repaired after multiple attempts to get it fixed or it has been at the dealership for many days cumulatively. An air conditioner that intermittently blows hot.
