Lemon Law News

Lemon Law Lesson
www.nbc4.com, 11/26/04

Sometimes a sweet new car deal can turn sour. Tonight, Liz Crenshaw reports on what consumers can do if they end up owning a lemon.

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Stuck with a lemon? Know your rights
www.abc7news.com, 11/18/04

A warranty is supposed to be a guarantee that a product will work the way it's supposed to. But when a Bay Area man couldn't get his wheelchair lift replaced under warranty, he turned to 7 On Your Side's Michael Finney for help.

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European vehicle reliability stalls
www.detnews.com, 11/12/04

European automakers fared the worst on Consumer Reports magazine's closely watched survey of vehicle reliability, with Asian brands dominating and Detroit automakers scoring mixed results.

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Two More Recreational Vehicle Manufacturers’ Arbitration Processes Get Certified by Department of Consumer Affairs̵ Arbitration Program
dca.ca.gov, 11/03/04

The California Department of Consumer Affairs’ Arbitration Certification Program (ACP) announced it has certified the arbitration processes used by two manufacturers of recreational vehicles. Coachmen Recreational Vehicle Company and Georgie Boy Manufacturing worked with DeMars & Associates Ltd.’s Consumer Arbitration Program for Recreational Vehicles (CAP-RV) to get their programs certified by the state.

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Lemon Law ruling squeezes buyers
EastValleyTribune.com, 11/02/04

If the car you buy or lease is a lemon, you’d better hang onto it — at least until you get to sue the manufacturer.

In a unanimous decision Wednesday, the Arizona Court of Appeals blocked efforts by a Mesa couple to sue DaimlerChrysler Corp. over problems they were having with the Dodge Ram truck they leased from a Globe dealership.

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Poll Shows Scariest Things Car Salespeople Have Done to Car Shoppers
PRNewswire.com, 10/27/04

Some car salespeople can forego their Halloween costumes and go trick-or-treating as themselves, because they have done scary things to car shoppers.

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Women have shopping car blues
OaklandTribune.com, 10/24/04

"The sales manager took one look at me and assigned the greasy, slicked-back old sales guy to me who patronized me in an oily voice and told me, 'I almost feel like you're my daughter and I have to look out for you,'" she recounts.

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Buyer Beware: Purchasing a used car? Make sure to do your homework
PalatkaDailyNews.com, 10/19/04

Judy Lucia of Interlachen and her husband James bought a used 1994 Dodge Caravan for $3,900 from a Palatka car lot in January. Judy Lucia said Sept. 23 they put $800 down on the vehicle and agreed to pay $200 per month. Eight months later, the van's transmission failed during Hurricane Frances when they needed to evacuate, Lucia said.

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Schwarzenegger vetoes used-car bill
CNNmoney.com, 10/01/04

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill Thursday that would have created a California used-car buyer's "Bill of Rights" and strengthened protections against buying a lemon.

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Lemon law: Texans received $6 million in relief last year
San Marcos Daily Record, 10/01/04

Consumers purchasing or leasing new vehicles proven defective have received more than $72 million in relief in the last decade. Lemon Law savings for consumers totaled almost $6 million in 2003.

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Oregon 'Lemon Law' Updated
NewportTimes.com, 08/04/04

Two area auto dealers paid the price for a refresher course in New York's "lemon law" after they illegally sold rental cars without full disclosure.

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Auto dealers broke "lemon law"
The Business Review, 07/21/04

Two area auto dealers paid the price for a refresher course in New York's "lemon law" after they illegally sold rental cars without full disclosure.

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