Lemon Law: No, A Lemon Isnt Your Fault

Lemon Law: No, A Lemon Isnt Your Fault

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In the current economic climate, it is certainly a buyers market for automobiles and trucks. If you can qualify for a loan, there are deals to be had. Many dealers are offering employee pricing and many other incentives. But even with car dealers eager to make a sale, buyers should beware and understand their rights when it comes to defective vehicles.

The reason? Car manufacturersespecially in the U.S.ship a large percentage of defective vehicles. If youre trying to do the right thing and buy American, this is a fact you should be aware of, and also be aware of your rights under the law.

A lemon is generally defined 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 first warning to the dealer that youre driving a lemon, however, is when you bring your vehicle into the dealership for a second attempt at repairing the same problem. At this point, the dealer, financially motivated to not properly deal with a lemon, may start pulling all kinds of tricks in an effort to get you to go away. This includes somehow indicating that you really dont know what youre talking about, and that the defect is actually your fault.

In such a case, the service writer or technician wants the owner to believe that he or she is too stupid to understand how to use a car, said Norman Taylor, leading California lemon law attorney. Dealerships actually want consumers to believe their cars are fine, and that if they only knew something about cars, there never would have been a problem in the first place.

In his many years as a consumer activist and lemon law attorney, Taylor has encountered numerous instances of this kind of dealer behavior. He has been a lemon law specialist since 1987, and he and his firm, Norman Taylor and Associates, have handled over 6,000 cases for consumers with a 98 percent success rate.

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 cant take the car for repair now.

What consumers need to know is that a manufacturer and dealer almost always know about a defect, despite what they tell you Taylor concluded. If you think you may be driving a lemon, it is best to contact a qualified lemon law attorney right away.

About Norman Taylor & Associates

Norman F. Taylor and Associates have been assisting consumers since 1987. At Norman Taylor & Associates, the goal is to provide clients with the highest quality of legal representation if theyre one of the unfortunate residents of California whove had the misfortune of purchasing defective vehicles or goods and who have recourse under the Lemon Law. They represent consumers in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. With a twenty two year history of successful cases, Norman Taylor & Associates has established their reputation as a firm of consumer advocates that get the job done.

About the Author:
Norman Taylor studied engineering at Arizona State University as an undergraduate. He attended Glendale School of Law, graduated and passed the Bar in 1986. Aside from advocating consumer rights he volunteers for international human rights efforts and sponsors drug education speakers in the public school system. For more information about the California Lemon Law, visit www.normantaylor.com.



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