Legal Newsline reports on an Associated Press story that the Oklahoma Senate is putting the kibosh on an expansion of the state’s lemon law. The bill, which had the support of the state’s Attorney General, and which overwhelmingly passed in the house with a 97-2 vote, would enable consumers to choose whether they wanted a […]
Over the past year, there has been considerable back-and-forth about the lack of vehicle lemon laws in Australia. Allens Arthur Robinson recently analyzed an announcement by the country’s Federal Consumer Affairs Minister that the Council will review current laws (specifically the Trade Practices Act 1974) and make recommendations for strengthening consumer protections. Included in the […]
Fox 29 News in Philadelphia recently reported that the Center for Auto Safety found that the Land Rover LR2 topped the 2009 Car Complaint Index. Information for the Index is compiled from consumer complaints registered with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The other four vehicles rounding out the top five in complaints are […]
Earlier this year, a husband and wife from Lampasas, Texas (Lampasas is 30 miles west of Killeen, Texas) contacted me in regards to a new 2008 Jeep Liberty that they purchased in 2008 that keeps manifesting an abnormal knocking noise near the engine area. Like most lemon law victims, they took the vehicle in […]
As rumblings of a possible GM bankruptcy continue, TIME Magazine analyzes the federal government’s Warranty Commitment Plan, which I discussed in a recent blog post. I agree with TIME’s assessment that “At this point, the promise is grand but vague.â€
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If anyone at Saleen Inc., a high-performance car manufacturer, is superstitious, a California court’s ruling in March - on Friday the 13th - reinforced their worst fears. That’s when the Orange County Superior Court awarded Dan Echino a $525,000 lemon law award against Saleen for a defective 2005 S7 twin turbo. According to Gary Berkovich, […]
With the downturn of the economy, a lot of people are now purchasing used cars and vehicles in order to save money. Generally speaking, new vehicles depreciate so aggressively that purchasing a pre-owned car makes a lot of financial sense.
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