Walk It Through: The New Car Lemon

A stall that keeps coming back, a written notice, and an older trade-in sold as is.

A new SUV stalls on the highway in its first month. The dealer fixes it, and it stalls again.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

One new SUV and one older car. A leased vehicle, the manufacturer's dispute program, a private sale and a vehicle used for business are not worked through here.

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.

AgeIn the Human Rights Act, the age of 40 or above.
As isA sale without implied warranties, allowed for a used car only if it is a total loss, a show or race car, sold for less than $4,000, driven more than 100,000 miles, or seven years of age or older.
NonconformityA new vehicle's failure to conform to its express warranty. One repaired three or more times in the warranty or first year, and still there, is presumed beyond a reasonable number of attempts.
Domestic violenceBetween family or household members, causing or attempting physical harm, placing someone in reasonable fear of it, creating fear through harassment, stalking or threats, sexual assault, or holding someone against their will.