What is Lemon Law
Lemon law is a law that allows purchasers to replace or
reimburse the cost of different consumer products that are faulty and can’t be
repaired. In order to qualify your vehicle under federal or state lemon law,
the vehicle should be undergone through a number of repair attempts. The
compensation under the lemon law may include replacement, refund, and cash
compensation.
Texas lemon law
Lemon law helps the consumer who bought a vehicle in Texas
but now is not able to get the problems in vehicle fixed even after multiple
repair attempts. The lemon law allows the consumers in Texas to get their vehicles
replaced, repurchased, or repaired. It can prove to be less expensive and less
complicated process as compared to court cases. In a year 1997, recreational
vehicles were also added to lemon law with the following conditions.
- The vehicle must be registered and titled in Texas
- The vehicle should have single chassis
- The vehicle must have at least one support system
- The recreational vehicles should be a Tow-able one
What Does Texas lemon law cover?
The law includes only new vehicles such as new trucks, cars,
motorcycles, vans, Tow able vehicles, motor homes and all terrain cars. Similarly,
new vehicles also include the demonstrator vehicles. The law does not cover the
vehicles with:
- Unauthorized component or parts
- Problems resulted from owner’s abuse, unauthorized changes, or neglect to vehicle
- Problems not affecting the market value or use, similarly stereo problem or minor rattles are also not considered seriously under the Texas lemon law
Here it should be understood that the word “Manufecturer”
also include converter as well as a distributor as per lemon law.
Conditions for a Lemon Vehicle
There a number of conditions that needs to be fulfilled in
order to declare certain vehicle to be lemon under the Texas lemon law:
- The vehicle is in abnormal condition or has some serious defect
- The manufacturer’s warranty covers that specific condition or defect
- The owner makes the manufacturer or dealer familiar about the condition or defect
- The vehicle has undergone through an adequate number of repair attempts
- The defect/condition is significantly reducing the market worth of a vehicle
- The owner has filed the complaint regarding lemon law in time
- The owner has paid the filing charges
Time to File a Lemon Law Complaint
The Texas lemon law clearly states the time to file a
lemon law complaint. The complaint should be filed well within a time period of
six months prior to:
- The warranty term expiry date
- 24,000 miles or
- 24 months
It means the event that occurs first actually determines the
period to file a Texas lemon law complaint.
This was a brief account some useful pieces of information
about Texas lemon law. At the end here are a few useful links that can
help you regarding lemon law Texas.
