Walk It Through: The New Car That Keeps Breaking
Four trips to the dealer for one defect, a choice of refund or replacement, and a loan that falls behind.
A new car's transmission fails in its first months, and the dealer repairs it.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A new car with one defect that will not stay fixed, and a loan that falls behind. A used car, a lease and the balance owed after a repossession sale are left to the lemon law and repossession pages.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.