Texas Lemon Law

Posted: Aug 02, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Views: 1,329 | Bookmark and Share

Lemon laws are made by United States state laws to help car consumers whose cars repeatedly fail to meet certain standards of quality and performance. The position of such cars is called lemons. The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act or federal lemon law protects every one of all states and they vary by state. Lemon law may not cover used or leased cars. The Lemon law rights managed to consumers may go beyond the warranties expressed in purchase contracts. Lemon law is just a common nickname for these laws buy every state have their own different names for such laws and acts.

In Texas, anything mechanical is covered by lemon laws as well as the federal lemon laws. The federal lemon law provides that the warranter may be obligated to pay attorney fees if he is involved in a lemon law suit.

Used car purchases:
If anyone purchased a used car then there are two situations where he is qualified for cash or other lemon law benefits:

Situation #1: One may be entitled to compensation for breach of warranty if he had one of the following Warranties:

a) Any warranty left from the manufacturer when you purchased your vehicle (for example, almost all vehicles sold with less than 36,000 miles will have this. But if the warranty is longer, you may have even more time).
b) The vehicle was "Certified" by the Manufacturer (in which case it came with a short Manufacturer's Warranty, typically 1 year).
c) He purchased an Extended Warranty backed by the Manufacturer (typically 5 years or longer).

Normally, these types of cases fall outside the scope of the state lemon law but are covered under special federal lemon laws.

Situation #2: When No Manufacturer's Warranty Exists. If he does not have a manufacturer's warranty of any kind he may be entitled to compensation for violations of consumer protection laws that fall outside of the lemon laws. The following is a list of some of the problems and/or issues which may be present in your vehicle. Your vehicle may be/have a:

Laundered Lemon;
Previously salvaged or wrecked;
Fraudulently rolled back odometer;
Rental car, police car, taxi, etc.;
Stolen, stripped and rebuilt; and/or
Involved in a flood.

Since Lemon Laws vary from state to state so accurate information on the scope and restrictions of Lemon Laws in a particular state can be obtained from an attorney practicing in that state.

"As is" purchases:
If a person knowingly purchase a car in "as is" condition then he accepts the defects and void his rights under the lemon law.

Other lemon laws:
Lemon laws are not limited to cars. There are RV lemon laws, boat lemon laws, motorcycle, wheelchair and computer lemon laws.

If you have a defective Motorcycle, Motor Home, used car, leased car, or a car used for business purposes and your State Lemon Law does not cover these vehicles, you still have other recourses such as the Uniform Commercial Code and the Federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (providing you were given a written warranty).

(ArticlesBase SC #192260)

Rate this Article
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 2 vote(s)
    Feedback
    RSS
    Print
    Email
    Re-Publish

    Source:  http://www.articlesbase.com/law-articles/texas-lemon-law-192260.html

    Article Tags:

    California Lemon Law

    ,

    Lemon Law Lawyers

    ,

    California Lemon Law Lawyer

    ,

    California Lemon Law Attorneys

    ,

    Lemon Law in California

    ,

    Los Angeles Lemon Law

    ,

    Lemon Law in Illinois

    ,

    Nevada Lemon Law

    ,

    Lemon Law in Michigan

    ,

    California Lemon Law Attorney

    ,

    Lemon Law Attorneys

    ,

    San Diego Lemon Law

    ,

    Lemon Law of

    Car Insurance Advice: Driving a Lemon

    What must I do when my car is still fairly new? (02:11)

    How to Understand the Business Law Legal System

    In this video learn and understand the basics of the world of business law. (02:50)

    Dealing With In-Laws - Part 9

    In-law Relationships Tips - Why are some in-law relationships complicated? (01:02)

    Dealing With In-Laws - Part 8

    In-law Relationships Tips - Are in-law relationships inherently difficult? (01:14)

    Dealing With In-Laws - Part 7

    In-law Relationships Tips - How to Deal with In-law Relationships (00:36)

    According to our local welfare department and my own research on the subject, it is perfectly legal for small children to be transported on the back of motorcycles. I argue that it shouldn't be so in this article.

    By: Lucille Uttermohlen l Law l Feb 09, 2010

    If you are looking for police records data, you can obtain them without any trouble or expensive fees. All that you have to is get access to the internet and you will have access to all police records that you need for free.

    By: James Nash l Law l Feb 09, 2010 l Views: 1

    Professionals within the public sector can now rely on an array of tools and resources for dedicated support.

    By: Paul Buchanan l Law l Feb 09, 2010 l Views: 1

    Getting public arrest history records is not hard as it used to be in earlier years. Today you can get access to arrest records fast and free and you can do all of that online from your own home, totally free.

    By: James Nash l Law l Feb 09, 2010 l Views: 4

    If you ever wanted to search anybody's criminal reports you must know how hard that can be sometimes. But it doesn't have to be that way because today you can find and access all the records that you need free via the internet.

    By: James Nash l Law l Feb 09, 2010 l Views: 1

    If you ever wanted to discover criminal past you know how hard that can be sometimes. But it doesn't have to be that way because today you can find and access all the records that you need on the internet at zero cost.

    By: James Nash l Law l Feb 09, 2010 l Views: 1

    When buying or selling real estate, it’s essential to understand what ownership rights are transferred at the time of sale. Ownership of real property takes a number of forms, each with its own set of rules and expectations

    By: Joe Cline l Law l Feb 09, 2010 l Views: 2

    I'm sure that you wanted to lookup anyone's divorce details for some reason. Well if you still want to do that all that you need is internet connection and some free time and you’ll be able to find all the records that you need at cost free.

    By: James Nash l Law l Feb 09, 2010 l Views: 2
    Ibrahim

    The word na'd means sound, voice or calling, and Na'de Ali means calling upon Ali. It is a sacred invocation uttered in the time of troubles and adversities. Imam Jafar Sadik said, "One who recites Na'de Ali with pure heart, his desires will be accomplished."

    By: Ibrahim l Spirituality > Religion l Dec 13, 2009 l Views: 31
    Ibrahim

    "Badr al-Jamali, the Fatimid vizir expected the succession of Musta'li but he died in 487/1095, a month before the death of Imam al-Mustansir. The Imam appointed Lawun Amin ad-Dawla as a new vizir, but after few days, al-Afdal, the son of Badr al-Jamali managed to obtain office of vizirate when the Imam was on death-bed.

    By: Ibrahim l Spirituality > Religion l Dec 10, 2009 l Views: 3
    Ibrahim

    Period (1878-1958) Karim Kassim was the younger brother of Varas Bandali Kassim (1875-1956). He was born in 1878 in Karachi, where he acquired his formal education from Sind Madresa-tul-Islam School upto fourth class. He held a strong command in English, Gujrati and Sindhi languages. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan was his classmate.

    By: Ibrahim l Spirituality > Religion l Nov 11, 2009 l Views: 28
    Ibrahim

    Seo is an short word which is commonly use in every alternate marketing website, but only few are the real optimizers and experts, SEO Bots is not claim as an optimizer, our expertise we share as a free service provider, and let everyone to follow the instruction check there own website stats and ranks and implement themselves.

    By: Ibrahim l Internet l Sep 30, 2009 l Views: 77
    Ibrahim

    Karim Ibrahim's father Ibrahim Pabani came from Mandavi, Kutchh. He was an eminent owner of the ships, sailing in Arabian and Zanzibar coasts. He had three sons - Ladha, Datoo and Karim. Ibrahim Pabani died in 1857.

    By: Ibrahim l Spirituality > Religion l Sep 27, 2009 l Views: 39
    Ibrahim

    The Shamsi Ismailis in Punjab, the followers of Pir Shams (d. 1356), mostly practiced the Ismaili faith in solitude in the garb of the Hindus, and became known as the gupti (secretive). These gupti Ismailis mostly resided in 73 different villages in Punjab. Most of them revealed themselves from the Hindu culture, and emerged in public and assumed the Islamic names soon after the orders of Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah in 1910.

    By: Ibrahim l Spirituality > Religion l Sep 27, 2009 l Views: 40
    Ibrahim

    Jivabhai Bhanji traced his lineage from a certain Bhagat Virabhai Devasi, who lived in the beginning of 15th century in Kathiawar. Paraptani is said to be his only son, and his son was Parpiya. Karim was the younger son of Parpiya, and the son of the former was Bhima, who also lived for some time in Mundra, Kutchh with his son Hamid. The next generation followed by Hamid was

    By: Ibrahim l Spirituality > Religion l Sep 24, 2009 l Views: 35
    Ibrahim

    Juma Jan Muhammad was born possibly in 1850 in Bombay, where he got his early education. He was a leading leather merchant in Bombay and a commission agent. He was also an owner of a tannery at Dharavi. He extended his business as far as Europe and Burma.

    By: Ibrahim l Spirituality > Religion l Sep 23, 2009 l Views: 38

    Add new Comment

     
    * Required fields

    Comments on this article

    1
    1. SUSAN OWENS July 20, 2008
    WELL WE BOUGHT A 2006 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR FOR MY DAUGHTER BACK IN FEBRUARY 25, 2008. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS IN BEAUTIFUL SHAPE. IT WAS DELIVERED TO MY DAUGHTER ON A MONDAY WITH A RD BOW ON IT. SHE WAS SO SURPRISED. THIS WAS HER DREAM CAR. THIS WAS HER BABY. WELL AFTER 33 DAYS SHE NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. SO SHE CALLED CRAIG DURETTE AT DURETTE MOTORS ON SO. SHAVER IN HOUSTON, AND HE SAID OH DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT ALL NEW CARS DO THAT. NOT!!!!!!!! SO THEN SHE LET IT GO AT THAT. SHE DIDN'T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT THEN. THEN LAST WEEK OF JULY 7TH, 2008 NOTICED THE NAVIGATOR PULLING TO THE RIGHT. SO SHE BROUGHT THE NAVIGATOR TO THE BAY WAY MERCURY BODYSHOP NEXT TO DURETTE MOTORS. THE ADJUSTER THERE LOOKED IT OVER AND TOLD MY DAUGHTER KARIN THAT THE FRAME WAS BENT AND THAT IT HAD BONDO ON IT AND THAT IT HAD BEEN IN A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT, AND THAT THEY COULD NOT PUT THE NAVIGATOR ON THE FRAME STRAIGHTENER BECAUSE OF THE BONDO. SHE WAS SO UPSET. LANDED UP RENTING A CAR FOR 2 DAYS. THEY THEN PROCEEEDED NEXT DOOR TO SEE MR. DURETTE, AND HE TOLD THEM THAT HE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY PREVIOUS ACCIDENT WITH THIS NAVIGATOR. AND THAT HE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING AAND THAT SHE NEEDED TO TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GET FIXED. NOT!!!
    IT WAS ONLY 3 MONTHS. SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BRING IT ANYWHERE TO GET FIXED. SO THEREFORE MR DURETTE SOLD US THIS NAVIGATOR UNDER FALSE PRETENSES. HE WASN'T COMPLETELY HONEST WITH US. WE PAID $30,993.07 FOR THIS VEHICLE AND NOW MY DAUGHTERS BEAUTIFUL NAVIGATOR IS RUINED. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THIS NAVIGATOR WAS INDEED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE WHEN KARIN CHECKED THE INSIDE THEY FOUND BROKEN GLASS UNDER THE SEATS AND SAW THAT A WINDOW WAS REPLACED. NOW SHE THEN BROUGHT THE RENTAL CAR BACK AND THEY DROVE THE NAVIGATOR BACK HOME. WHERE IT SITS IN THERE DRIVEWAY. SHE THEN HADTO RENT ANOTHER VEHICLE FOR THIS WEEK FOR $350, BECAUSE THEY HAVE COMPANY FROM NEW YORK VISITING UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY, JULY24TH,2008. IT IS NOT FAIR TO US AND TO MY DAUGHTER. MR DURETTE HAS OUR MONEY AND NEEDS TO MAKE GOOD ON THIS. EITHER REFUND US OUR MONEY OR MY DAUGHTER GETS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE AND ALL LEGAL FEES, ETC BE PAID BY DURETTE MOTORS.
    Author Box
    Articles Categories
    All Categories
    1