AAA has come out with a warning for buyers of Certified Pre-Owned vehicles: Buyers Beware! Go to NHTSA.gov/recalls to find out if your CPO is recalled for a safety defect. The manufacturer’s and dealers MAY NOT TELL YOU, and they may even be knowingly advertising recalled vehicles as CPOs! Check out Peter Bohr’s expose in…
In the recent case, Medina v. South Coast Car Company, Fourth App. Dist., Div.5, 2017 DJDAR 939 (Sept. 25, 2017), a California Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court’s judgment that Veros Credit, the lender on a fraudulent car sale, was held responsible for consumer damages and attorney’s fees through the “holder clause” that is…
We are continually told by consumers that dealerships are required to run their credit, even sometimes claiming anti-terrorism laws require this! Not true. Some anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering rules require dealers to CHECK THE IDENTIFICATION of customers paying more than $10,000 in cash and to report to the IRS on Form 8300. BUT DEALERS DO…
The closely watch case, Yelchin v. FCA US LLC, about the tragic death of Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin, has a new development. FCA will have to turn over documents regarding the allegedly defective gear shifter in the Jeep Grand Cherokee. These documents may show what, if anything FCA did after receiving over 700 complaints…
Unless sold “As-Is,” all cars come with a warranty of fitness that is implied by law. Was the car frame-damaged or had some other latent defect at the time of sale? The implied warranty protects you. But for how long? Recent case law developments have clarified that, under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, the lemon…
Effective January 1, 2018, sleazy car dealers and other bad actor businesses can no longer attack consumers based on their immigration status as a defense to consumer rip-offs or consumer abuse by their business. AB 1690 was just signed in to law by Govenor Brown. The impetus for the bill was a case where a…
More than 800,000 people with car loans from Wells Fargo were charged for insurance they did not need! These extra charges reportedly drove 25,000 cars into repossession and 274,000 into delinquency. Many members are military service members. If this happened to you, contact a consumer-protection lawyer immediately! Here is what appears to have happened: when…
Consumers are always wondering when “enough is enough” under the lemon law. How many times do I have to take my lemon car back to the dealer for repair? One way of answering that question is to find out the minimum number of repair attempts. The case of Silvio v. Ford Motor Company, a lemon…
Many times consumers are forced to hire their own mechanic or other expert to assist with their Lemon Law case. The Court in Jensen v. BMW specifically held that those expenses are recoverable by the consumer who wins their case against a manufacturer. All reasonably incurred expert expense, just as any other cost, and just…
So you received notice of the class action settlement for 2012-2016 Ford Fiesta or Ford Focuses, what now? Make sure to contact a lemon law lawyer If your Fiesta or Focus has experienced the same shuddering, hesitating, jerking, lack of power, failure to shift, failure to start, grinding, activation of the “CHECK ENGINE” warning light,…
