Lemon Law for California

A lemon is described as a vehicle that has had repeated warranty repair work for a defect or defects that impair the use, value or safety of the vehicle. The primary warning signal to the dealer that they have sold a lemon is when the buyer brings the vehicle into the dealership for a second attempt at repairing the same problem.

At this point, the dealer, not financially motivated to deal with a lemon, sometimes tricks the buyer in an effort to get out of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, the excuse that the buyer does not know what he or she is talking about, and that the defect is actually not the dealership’s fault.

Other dealer “deflections” include explaining that the car was actually designed to operate that way, claiming after several repair attempts that no problem was found, and simply avoiding the customer by not returning calls or claiming that they can’t take the car for repair now.

Cars should be dependable enough for buyers that one repair should fix a problem for a very long time, if not the entire lifetime of the car. California has many lemon law attorneys ready to work to make sure the lemon law is enforced. Enjoy the car deals but beware of a lemon.

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