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,…
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…
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…
