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 a leading state's Attorney General to win a landmark Lemon Law case before their Supreme Court with the, 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! The 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 are multiple laws that can be used to help you recover money, in addition to the Virginia Lemon Law.
MYTH # 4: You Must File Your Lemon Law Claim Within Eighteen (18) Months After Purchase.
FALSE! While this is true under the state Lemon Law, you have rights under a federal lemon law as well! This is not known by people who are not trained in the law, i.e. non-lawyers who in trying to be helpful, who often do more harm than good. Under that law, you have at least 4 years from the date purchase and usually much longer depending on when the problems began and/or how long your warranty is.
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.
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