If you are a consumer with a lemon vehicle, one of the first questions to ask is “What laws protect me?” Many consumers in California lived out of state previously and may have purchased their vehicle somewhere else. Does California’s Lemon Law protect them? Unless you are active duty military (as explained below), it depends…
Can the car maker force you to sign a “release” and waiver of your non-lemon claims? Can it put a Gag Order on you in the form of Confidentiality or Non-Disparagement Clauses? No, it cannot. In Goglin v. BMW of North America, 4 Cal.App.5th 462, the Court held it was not enough for BMW…
Many times our clients are compelled to continue use of the lemons sold them. Many have no second or alternative transportation, many can’t afford to keep paying for the lemon and buy or rent a replacement. In California, there is no legal requirement that the consumer must discontinue use of the vehicle according to the…
Our lemon law clients, most of whom have suffered mightily at the hands of car makers that can’t fix but won’t buy back their cars, often ask “what about all the hassle of not having my vehicle, what about the stress of repeated life-threatening engine failures”? These are good and fair questions. Unfortunately, the case…
The news is coming out of a new scam by Wells Fargo: secretly placing insurance on your vehicle and charging you for it. In many cases, the consumer’s vehicle even get repossessed by Wells Fargo when these secret charges go unpaid! Check your bank statements everyone, if you have a car loan or lease through…
NHTSA is investigating, and several police and sheriff departments across the country have complained about, exhaust leaks in the Ford Explorer. CO2 monitors have been installed by some of these departments and others claim officers have been getting sick or even passed out. Dramatic video shows a Ford Explorer police SUV crashing. If you…
Today starts The Consumer’s Friend Blog’s review of the key cases in California Lemon Law. The first up is Krotin v. Porsche Cars of North America, 38 Cal.App.4th 294 (1995). This is a very important case for consumers. It tells us that the manufacturer (who warranted the vehicle) has an affirmative duty to buyback its…
A new California Assembly bill, AB1690, would add “consumer protection” to existing state law that makes a person’s immigration status “irrelevant to the issue of liability, and in proceedings or discovery” in labor, employment, civil rights and housing cases. A good article in the Daily Journal points out that this is really a clarification of…
Welcome to National Consumer Protection Week! Let’s use this week to talk about what is happening to consumers in the U.S. as we speak. For National Consumer Protection Week 2017, the FTC will take part in a Facebook Live chat with USA.gov on Tuesday, March 7th at 11:30 a.m Pacific time. The Facebook Live chat will…
The New York Times reports: A new lawsuit alleges Ford, Nissan, Honda and Toyota knew of potential dangers with the explosive devices used in the Takata Airbags, but pressured Takata to make them as a cost-saving measure or because Takata was the only volume seller.
