DON'T FALL FOR THESE LEMON TRAPS
MYTH #1: You are Not Entitled to Anything if Your Vehicle has Been Fixed.
NONSENSE. For example, in a case where our firm partnered with the Attorney General to win a landmark victory, the Court stated that if you meet one of the triggers that deem your car a LEMON, you are legally entitled to get rid of your LEMON, even if the manufacturer fixes your vehicle. After all, why should you have to drive around in a potentially unsafe vehicle in order to be protected by the law. If they cannot fix your vehicle in a reasonable amount of time, your rights are triggered and there is nothing the manufacturer can do to take those away from you, including fixing the car months later.
MYTH #2: You Have No Case Because You Have Traded in Your Vehicle.
NONSENSE. You can recover thousands of dollars of cash even if you have traded in your vehicle! Michigan law clearly provides for cash back even after you have traded in your vehicle. Have you ever thought about all the money you paid for a car that did not live up to the standards that were advertised by the manufacturer? Or were you forced to roll "negative equity" from the lemon that you traded in into the purchase price of your new car, thus increasing the cost of your new car? The law recognizes this as being unfair. Due to the problems you had with your car, you simply did not get what you paid for. You got something less than what you bargained for. That is the basis of your damages and these can be recovered even if you no longer have possession of your vehicle!
MYTH #3: Your Car Does Not Qualify for Lemon Law Relief.
USUALLY FALSE. There are NO easy black and white QUALIFICATIONS for you to recover thousands of dollars OR for you to get rid of your vehicle. If someone who is not looking out for your best interests, such as the dealer, told you this - Be Careful! Naturally, they have the car company's best interests at heart. This is the last person you should listen to. In fact, it has been rumored that the Manufacturers actually train dealer personnel to minimize the chances of a lemon law suit being filed by various methods. Also, many times the dealer employees have never even read the law, nor are they licensed attorneys. More importantly, there is a Federal Lemon Law and other laws that can be used to help you recover money, in addition to the Michigan Lemon Law.
MYTH # 4: You Must File Your Lemon Law Claim Within Two (2) Years.
FALSE! This is commonly misunderstood by people who are not trained in the law, i.e. nonlawyers who in trying to be helpful, who often do more harm than good. The State Lemon Law requires that you have four (4) repairs within the two (2) years of the first repair attempt. However, this does NOT mean you have to bring your lawsuit within that time frame. First, there is no explicit time frame within the Michigan law within which you have to bring your lawsuit. However, the sooner you do so the better. Second, there are other Lemon Laws (both State and Federal) which can be used to obtain compensation for your problems.
To make sure you don’t fall victim to any misinformation, call our FREE “60 Second Lemon Law Assessment"™ Hotline at 1-888-LEMONS-1 to speak with an experienced lemon law attorney who, once they obtain all the required information, will evaluate your case in 60 seconds or less or fill out our online “60 Second Lemon Law Assessment”™ review form and one of our experienced lemon law representatives will contact you.
P.S. Whether you retain our services or not, the information we will reveal will be worth its weight in gold.
