 The
Lemon Law in Ohio covers new cars, trucks, RV’s,
ATV’s, motorcycles, and any other new motor vehicle.
The Lemon Law will cover you and it does not matter
whether you purchased the vehicle or leased it.
Price does not matter. Whether your new lemon
car is a Kia, Ford, Chrysler, GM, Pontiac, Chevrolet,
Dodge, Lincoln, Saturn, Honda, Oldsmobile, a Ram
pickup truck, a Lexus, a Land Rover, or a Rolls,
Bentley, Ferrari, or Maserati, the Ohio Lemon Law
covers all consumer motor vehicles.
If, within the first 18,000 miles or the first year
after delivery, your vehicle is in the shop three
times for the same problem and it doesn’t get
fixed, then it can be a lemon.
If your new car or new truck is in the shop for
more than a total of 30 days during the first 18,000
miles of use or within the first year after the original
sale date, then you have a lemon.
If you have more than eight different defects with
the vehicle, which come up during the first 18,000
miles of use or within one year from the original
date of sale, then you could have a lemon.
If you have a defect that is so serious that it
is likely to cause an accident or someone to get
hurt, and your dealer does not get it fixed on the
very first attempt, you could have a lemon if it
was within the first 18,000 miles or within one year
after the original sale date.
Don’t fit
one of the above definitions? That’s
okay, the Federal Lemon Law can help you get rid
of your lemon and get your money back.
But watch out for the ways the manufacturer will
try to take advantage of you, even when you have
a car or truck that is a lemon.
The Ohio Lemon Law does not allow the manufacturer
to make any mileage deduction when they buy your
car or truck back from you because it is a lemon. Still,
you can be sure they will try. Be careful.
If you want your lemon new car to be replaced with
one that runs right, the manufacturer is not allowed
to charge you for the increase in the sticker price,
either. Still, you can bet they will try. The
same is true for a lemon truck.
It’s all negotiable! Manufacturers
of motor vehicles do not build those new manufacturing
plants by repurchasing your lemon car or truck. They
do it by arguing with you about it. You can
bet that they know their numbers. They know
that if they argue with you, stall, or try to drag
it out, that the odds are a lot of people will just
give up. You don’t have to! When
you get stuck with a lemon car or a lemon truck,
we can help “unstick” you. Our
job is to make the manufacturer take it back and
either give you a new one or to give you back your
money. Of course, they should also have to
pay the legal costs involved in doing it.
Who are we? We are the only law firm in Ohio
that has been suing car dealers and car manufacturers
for over 30 years, making them take back lemon cars
and lemon trucks and give people back their hard-earned
money and replace their lemons with new cars and
new trucks that run right.
Why do we do it? Because
we enjoy making the legal system work right for people
who purchased lemon cars and trucks that were built
wrong.
Call the Burdge Law office at 1.888.331.6422 and
let one of our attorneys handle the matter for you,
or email us. You can also fill out our “Free
Case Review” questionnaire.
Not from Ohio? Click here to find out what your
State’s Lemon Law says. Find
a Lemon Law
Lawyer near you.
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Vehicle Rollover Ratings
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) has released it most up to
date vehicle rollover “star” ratings.
Manufacturers strive for the top grade of 5 stars.
A single star rating is a dismal result and can indicate
a vehicle you want to stay away from.
The new ratings combine NHTSA’s static-stability
measurement, which reflects a vehicle’s dimensions
and center of gravity, with a dynamic test that measures
vehicle performance in an emergency maneuver. One star
signifies a more than 40 percent likelihood of rollover
in a single-vehicle crash; five stars mean less than
10 percent. While rollovers occur in fewer than 3 percent
of serious crashes, they’re involved in some
33 percent of all vehicle-occupant deaths.
Want to see how your vehicle rated?
Visit our Rollover
and Crash Test page for more information.
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