Dear Dollar Stretcher,
Is there a "lemon law" where you can only have so many repairs a year? I heard that if you had your car fixed for the same thing three or more times they had to replace it or make some other agreed upon restitution.
TP

While new car quality has gone up in the last twenty years, occasionally you'll still hear of a car leaving the factory that's just never quite 'right'. And that's why all 50 states have created their own 'lemon laws'. It's your chance as a consumer to get corrective action if needed.

No. Lemon law is not something that you should be aware of when buying lemons.

Car consumers’ rights

Despite its name, Lemon Law actually refers to state laws that govern faulty vehicles. It offers consumers protection against defects in the car and gives them the right to demand for replacement or refund. A lemon, in fact, refers to a vehicle that has defects, diminishing its value, impairing its use and causing problems in safety. The Lemon Law recognizes the right of the consumers to rely on the dependability and safety of the vehicle that they have purchased.

Are you a victim of a lemon law violator? If so, you have many rights that can protect you. Lemon laws were established to help protect the consumer against the purchase of a bad product. For an example, let’s use cars. If you purchase a car from a dealership or a private owner and are told that the car is in good working order, they have to stand by this. If you pull it out of the drive way of that dealership only to have it break down on the way home, chances are that the car was not in good shape to begin with.

Lemon Law Background

The term "Lemon-Law" is a nick name derived from other common terms such as "Lemon-Car", "Monday-cars" and "Friday-Cars".

This article describes the principal information needed to correctly fill an intake
information form concerning a lemon car.

Besides elementary information such as your name, address, phone, fax and or email,
mandatory information concerning your vehicle must be precised. More than 8 information concern your vehicle, and you have to be ready to provide the following :

You have been in a accident, automobile, slip and fall, workplace, etc.. Should you see or speak with an attorney?

As far as I am concerned, the answer is always yes.

When should you consult with an accident attorney? You should seek the advise of an accident attorney as soon as possible after the accident. Do not wait. You could be giving up certain rights. You should definetly speak with an attorney before speaking with the other sides insurance agent, adjuster or attorney.

To presume is to make an assumption that something will be found true when further examined. It is what one supposes to be true based on the evidence available.

With regard to presumption in legal matters, if the bird looks, walks and quacks like a duck, legally the court says it meets the presumption that it is indeed a duck. To support the presumption, you get a nice textbook on birds (the law on birds), or better yet, ducks. Thats where we find the law about ducks.

Lemon law cases follow a certain sequence, as do most other legal matters. Roughly sixty five percent of the time a lemon law case never reaches the litigation stage. These cases are handled in what is called prelitigation.

Phase I: It goes roughly like this. Joe Jones buys a new vehicle: Ford, Nissan, BMW, it doesnt matter which kind, they all manufacture lemons; some more than others. Joe drives the vehicle for a month or so then he notices that whenever he hits the brake, the steering wheel shudders and the front end has a tendency to pull to the left of right. Various other things are wrong with the vehicle, but none that are serious or life threatening.