Chapter 8 How Can I Tell if My Vehicle is a Lemon?

Chapter 8 is where you find what determines if a car is a lemon or not.

Here are some basic categories of information you must know:
• Does the Manufacturer or Dealership, warranty your car? It could be one or the other or both.
• Which vehicles qualify? [that's right, not everything on the road is covered by the lemon law]
• What about used vehicles?
• What about leased vehicles?
• What about vehicles that are used for business?

The answers to these and many other questions are answered in this chapter.

Learn about Use, Value, Safety; the three essentials of the Lemon law

When you have a defect or defects, your lemon law attorney must know if it is substantial. He or she needs to also determine if there is:
• Impaired use
• Impaired value
• Impaired safety

What is reasonable opportunity to repair? [Giving the dealership one or two tries usually won't work.]

Find out about repeated repairs for the same defect.

Do you know how the number of days in the shop can help your lemon law case?

What's the connection between the Shaken Faith Doctrine attempted repairs? Find out in this chapter.

Learn about the need for accurate repair orders and how dealership alterations can hurt your lemon law case.

Finally, Chapter 8 makes clear the Lemon Law Presumption. It definitely gives an advantage to the consumer when its requirements are met.

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