Electric vehicles are everywhere in California — and so are the EV defects. If your electric or hybrid vehicle keeps malfunctioning, you may be wondering if you have an electric lemon. The California Lemon Law fully covers electric and hybrid…
If your vehicle keeps having problems and you’ve made aftermarket changes, you may be asking: Does aftermarket work affect my California Lemon Law claim? The short answer: not automatically. But certain modifications can complicate a claim if the manufacturer argues they caused the defect.…
In California, the deadline to file a California lemon law claim is 4 years. The four year deadline is absolute and cannot be extended under any circumstances. Even if a consumer did not have any knowledge of the four year…
Recalls can absolutely impact a California lemon law claim. The crux of any successful California lemon law claim involves defects covered by the original manufacturer’s warranty that could not be repaired after a reasonable number of attempts. Manufacturers issue recalls…
If you have had recurring problems with your vehicle that began during the original manufacturer’s warranty, your car may be a lemon. In California, a vehicle is considered a lemon if it exhibits defects that substantially impair its use, value…
After months of extensive research, our Los Angeles lemon law client decided to lease a new 2014 Audi A8 diesel vehicle. A gentleman and family man in his 60s, safety and comfort were two key factors that led him to…
One of the most popular vehicle’s in Honda’s fleet is its CR-V sports utility vehicle. For the 2015 model year CR-V, Honda made a number of significant changes. First, Honda incorporated a continuously variable transmission (CVT) into the design. In…
Excited about his new purchase, our Los Angeles lemon law client drove his 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee everywhere. Within three short months, he began experiencing problems with the vehicle’s air conditioning system. In particular, the air conditioning stopped blowing cold…
Volkswagen recently admitted that 11 million of the vehicles it sold worldwide (approximately 500,000 in the United States) were equipped with software used to bypass emissions regulations. The vehicles at issue were manufactured and sold by Volkswagen from 2009 through…
In response to market demand and federal regulations, car manufacturers have been devising new engineering techniques to improve fuel economy. A popular method manufacturers have been employing is the reconfiguration of vehicle transmissions. The results have been mixed and consequently,…
In 2012, Nissan began manufacturing certain Pathfinder and Infiniti QX60 / JX35 vehicles with continuously variable transmissions (CVT). The CVT transmissions had defects which caused the vehicles to shake, jerk and/or shudder when operated. Unlike typical automatic transmissions, CVT transmissions…