Thanks for your words man. I am def talking to a lawyer about this. its just a pain in the but. as for the new or used, i read all the state laws regarding it, and used cars are still covered as long as it stil has ORIGINAL manufacters warranty. in my case the car does fall into that category. 3 transmissions, and problems with the last one as well seems a bit much for me. i def got a bad one out of the many great ones regarding all the problems im having. i will see what the lawyer says and if i can get some money to be compensated I will trade the car in and use that money for my next car...

 

yeah, but you're going to have to keep the car until the case settles if you take the compensation route.

I thought my case would be worth more than what they told me, but then again, i did put on crazy miles even though it was in service for about 2-3 months out of the 14 months i've owned it. Who is to say that the 18K in 18 months is the norm. my norm is 36K in 12 months, so basically i have about 4-5 months to figure out my entire list of problems if i wanted to get it lemon lawed. The law is a beaut isn't it? Even though i reported the problems within a month of ownership, i could not prove that i was put out by the problems cuz i put on more miles than "normal" usage. How do you not call over 2 months of in and out of service not being put out and classify that as normal cuz i put on 18K in six months. Sorry, i digress into my own rant.

Hey, best of luck. Hopefully you'll get something to put down on your next ride and come up on top for all your troubles.

 

wow that really sounds like a PITA i know they are difficult to deal with. my cousin had his parents 6 series BMW lemon lawed after 6 months of owning it. they got a brand new one instead. dont know what i would have to do. gonna ask my uncle for his advice as well

 

wow that's crazy.
had my car for a year and not a single problem.

 

lucky you man

 

yup - this is why i was warning you earlier, don't want you to waste months of phone calls, paperwork, headaches, more phone calls, time off work, then at the end get a nothing or close to nothing. to me (honestly), your problems dont sound like a lemon law case, you will have some significant burden of proof there (e.g. how many days of work did you miss, what type of direct safety hazzards do the problems cause, did the manufacturer get at least 30 days to fix the problem and it is still unrepairable, etc...) - BUT dont quote me, i'm not a lawyer, just speaking from my own research and experience... good luck

 

Maybe these guys can help:
http://www.yourlemonlawrights.com/?g...FQwlGgodyn2GLQ

 

thanks guys

 

thats why I wouldn't buy a used sports car especially spending like 25K +. The only cars I buy used are work beaters like my civic, if the car takes a dump, go spend $2500.00 max and get another one. + it gets 38 mpg.

 

still comes with warranty...spoke with a lawyer we will be taking action soon see what we can do.....

 

I went throught the lemon law process with a 98 C5 Corvette..... it's been awhile, but I'll try to give you what I know. I live in So Cal.

The "issues" have to adversely affect the vehicles "value, usage, or safety" to qualify for the lemon law. In my case, I went through two clutches, 4 gas tanks, countless visits to the dealer for goofy error messages and the vehicle's engine would die; one case stranding me in Las Vegas. The windows leaked air at certain speeds and some other misc stuff.

I would say if you have gone through that many transmissions, you easily have a case. It doesn't matter if the dealer is trying to fix the car or even if they eventually do fix it. If the car has spent more than 30 days in service or if you have 4 problems (that qualify for the above statement), the car is a lemon..... getting them to do anything about it is another story.

Long story short, my lawyer told me to stop driving the car (good for the case but meant I had to buy another car.... picked up a $2500 RX-7 to drive... It actually turned out to be a good little car). Then it took about a year (yes, a year) to get through the whole process. With all of the letters and depositions and Discovery etc., it was a long drawn out process.

We ended up going through mediation as a first step before court and we settled there. You are entitled to all monies you've spent on the car including the purchase price, insurance, registration etc. Just put ALL of your receipts together. More is never a bad thing.

You are also entitled to punitive damages (I think that's the term) if it's determined that the dealer did not act accordingly. In my case this equalled three times damages.... or a little over $100,000 total. i.e. purchase price (paid off lease), down payment, payments made, damages etc. And the car is labeled as a Lemon.

I think I ended up with about $20,000 cash when all was said and done. The lawyer ended up with MUCH more then I did since he THEN sued GM for the lawyer fees. So I paid him 30% of the settlement and he sued GM for whatever he could think up.

Hope that helps. If you're in the San Diego area, I can forward the number of the attorney I used if you want.

 

i already spoke to this lawyer. thanks for the info man really helps. he said it looks like i have a really good case. he will send a letter to the manufacturer asking them to purchase the car back minus the mileage/new car. he said it shouldnt take more than 3 weeks for the dealer to respond. if that does not work they will go to litigation. there are no fees as if you dont win, you don't pay. if you do win, manufacturer has to pay all lawyers fees....we shall see

 

Good deal. Also, I'm pretty sure the mileage "clock" stops when you first brought your car in. Don't let them get you for any penalties for the CURRENT mileage.

 

oh really? i didnt know that. thats good to know. hopefully i can work something out... its def time to move on even tho i love my baby