California has robust protections in place for consumers who purchase products in good faith, anticipating that the manufacturer will live up to the terms of the factory warranty. This is especially important for big-ticket items like cars, particularly since a defect in an automobile can impact the safety of the consumer and others on the…
If your vehicle spends more time in the repair shop than on the road, has undergone repeated failed repair attempts, and still has one or more substantial defects, it reduces the car’s use, value, and safety. This makes it a lemon under the law. In these cases, California’s Lemon Law allows consumers to seek financial…
As a greater number of California residents started to understand their rights under the state’s lemon law protections for purchasers of defective vehicles, manufacturers worked hard to lobby the legislature to limit consumers’ rights in California. In response to the manufacturers’ lobbying efforts, Governor Gavin Newsom signed California AB 1755 into law with full implementation…
A car repair problem is always inconvenient and irritating, but when your new car has an unresolved mechanical problem or defect after repeated repair attempts, it’s beyond aggravating. You paid good money for a car that’s spending more time in a repair shop than on the road, so it has reduced value, usefulness, and sometimes…
An astonishing number of auto buyers find themselves stuck with a faulty vehicle—a lemon—because they assume they cannot afford an attorney. Attorneys in California commonly charge as much as $700 per hour. Even when using contingency-based payment, which charges no upfront fees but only collects payment contingent upon successfully settling or winning the case, legal…
