By Rien Glass
The Motor Vehicle Lemon Law is a strong legislation that offers protection to customers buying non standard or defective vehicles from their respective manufacturers. The term 'lemon' refers to a brand new car or a vehicle that has been leased and does not perform according to its promises.
In other terms the Motor Vehicle Lemon Law is enforced on vehicles that come out with faults within their warranty period. The lemon laws also specify the types of cars and their warranty details as and when they are covered. Even used, cars, motorcycles, trucks SUVs, Jet Skis and other types of vehicles come under this law.
Your vehicle manual should state the warranties provided for your lemon. It should also mention how you should contact your vehicle manufacturer and whether your lemon will be replaced or repaired according to the laws. There should be indications in your warranty card about the number of times your vehicle has shown faults and number of attempts made to repair your vehicle. It should also mention the type of fault that was seen in your lemon.
The lemon law is undoubtedly very protective to the consumers than the manufacturers. A manufacturer who has been bounded by this law should not only repair the vehicle back to its original consistency but he should also bear up with extra charges levied like insurance, taxes and others. In some cases where there has been a dispute regarding this law, a neutral party comes into play who helps the manufacturer and consumer come up with a feasible solution.
There are some cases where the motor vehicle lemon law may fail in gaining its sole objective. Thus the consumer may be harassed and may have to proceed with the case by filing a civil suit and he may try to recover all the inherent costs that had been undertaken by him during that process. A good lawyer may also be allowed to take up these responsibilities. As it always happens, the court will take a long time to settle such disputes and if you are the real sufferer you can expect to get the case in favor of yourself.
In other terms the Motor Vehicle Lemon Law is enforced on vehicles that come out with faults within their warranty period. The lemon laws also specify the types of cars and their warranty details as and when they are covered. Even used, cars, motorcycles, trucks SUVs, Jet Skis and other types of vehicles come under this law.
Your vehicle manual should state the warranties provided for your lemon. It should also mention how you should contact your vehicle manufacturer and whether your lemon will be replaced or repaired according to the laws. There should be indications in your warranty card about the number of times your vehicle has shown faults and number of attempts made to repair your vehicle. It should also mention the type of fault that was seen in your lemon.
The lemon law is undoubtedly very protective to the consumers than the manufacturers. A manufacturer who has been bounded by this law should not only repair the vehicle back to its original consistency but he should also bear up with extra charges levied like insurance, taxes and others. In some cases where there has been a dispute regarding this law, a neutral party comes into play who helps the manufacturer and consumer come up with a feasible solution.
There are some cases where the motor vehicle lemon law may fail in gaining its sole objective. Thus the consumer may be harassed and may have to proceed with the case by filing a civil suit and he may try to recover all the inherent costs that had been undertaken by him during that process. A good lawyer may also be allowed to take up these responsibilities. As it always happens, the court will take a long time to settle such disputes and if you are the real sufferer you can expect to get the case in favor of yourself.
