Lemon Law Don't Give Up, Get an Attorney
A Dealer Or Manufacturer Can Run You In Circles Over A Lemon.
Jul 20, 2009 Stephanie Infante
A dealer or manufacturer will attempt to give you the run around if you have problems with the car you bought from them. This is the case for many people across many states in the country. For the people living in the state of Georgia, good news in this time of recession has just arrived in the form of the strengthening of that state’s lemon laws. One of the biggest changes is the time frame in which the law applies: going from one year or 12,000 miles to two years or 24,000 miles. The law also encompasses larger vehicles, which raises the weight limit from 10,000 to 12,000 pounds and now including the larger pickup trucks on the market.
Such laws can be badly needed—something consumers will discover if they are ever unfortunate enough to purchase a lemon. Dealers and manufacturers can give a consumer an endless runaround with such vehicles, repairing items that do not actually fix the problem, telling him or her that there is nothing wrong or worse and that the problem is actually part of “how that vehicle runs.” This was the case for Sarah Griffith, of Monroeville, Pennsylvania. Griffith bought an SUV and six months after the purchase, the vehicle began behaving dangerously. Driving down the parkway, the car would virtually shut down. Neither the brakes nor accelerator would work. Repeated trips to the dealer for repairs did not correct the problem, and in fact it didn't solve until she filed suit against the car manufacturer. Griffith ended up getting a replacement vehicle, which has fortunately been performing just fine. Unless the consumer contacts and retains a lemon law attorney, this “gauntlet” of distractions can go on for years and sticks the consumer with a non-working vehicle. Lemon law attorneys are well versed on cutting through all the distractions and getting the consumer the reimbursement and possible reward they are entitled to under the law. SOURCE: http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19325738/detail.html
Perhaps having heard some of the nightmare stories others have gone through in trying to get a refund for a lemon, there are sadly some consumers who don’t even try. “For every consumer who tries to reject his or her vehicle, there are probably 15 more who are trying to drive to work, get the children to school, and do all the other driving that a family does in a year,” said leading California lemon law attorney and consumer advocate Norman Taylor. “This is all being done in a vehicle that has substantially impaired use, value or safety—that is, a lemon.”
The best possible route consumers can take today is to contact a lemon law attorney the moment they think they might be driving a lemon. “With the many diversionary tactics dealers and manufacturers can use—and we are very familiar with them—it is essential that consumers find protection in the law,” said Taylor.
The moral of the lemon story is, avoid the runaround. Do not give up, and get help needed right away.
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