the.com/lemon law
the receipt you never asked for, refunding a car that lied about being reliable.
means a consumer protection statute forcing manufacturers to refund or replace vehicles that have unfixable, recurring defects.
from named after slang calling a bad product a lemon, sour and useless from the start; connecticut passed the first modern version in 1982 after buyers kept getting stuck with unfixable new cars.
trigger thresholdoften three failed repair attempts for same defect
nationwide nowall 50 states have some version
beyond carssome states cover rvs, boats, even software
buyback brandingrefunded cars get a lemon title forever
for instance
song-beverly act — california 1970, the original template most states copied
tesla lemon suits — multiple 2022-2023 cases over autopilot and battery defects
magnuson-moss act — 1975 federal law backing warranty enforcement nationwide