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How Do I Banish My "Lemon" Vehicle With The Washington Lemon Law?
You might mistakenly believe that when your brand "new" vehicle has had repairs made under warranty for “free,” there is no violation of the law no matter how inconvenient, troubling, or severe your experience is.
You're stuck wondering, "what's going to go wrong next, or how long will I be without my car this time?" You feel trapped with a Lemon and think that you have to just grit your teeth and bear it despite NOT getting the "NEW" Vehicle Value YOU PAID FOR and DESERVE.
Fortunately, the Washington Lemon Law says otherwise and gives you the ability to GET RID OF and BANISH your "Lemon" motor vehicle once and for all!
The Washington Lemon Law also entitles you to have attorneys' fees paid by the company that built your defective vehicle so there are NO OUT OF POCKET COSTS TO YOU for out of court representation (95% of our cases settle out of court) and you don't have to go up against the motor vehicle company alone.
You are entitled to Washington Lemon Law protection when the number of repeat repairs for the same defect or condition is unreasonable or if the total time your vehicle is in the repair shop for warranty repair(s) is unreasonable. You don't need both too many repairs and too much time without your vehicle for the Washington Lemon Law to apply, only one or the other.
The Washington Lemon Law covers you when your vehicle's use, value, and safety are substantially impaired (negatively impacted) by its defects, problems, or conditions. This makes sense because like most people, you bought a "new" car, motorcycle or Motor Home with a "new" vehicle price so you would have peace of mind and wouldn't have to deal with "used" vehicle problems.
What Are Lemon Law Presumptions?
Lemon Law presumptions are repair attempt and days out of service standards written into Washington Law as a "guidepost" of what is the enough is enough point when seeking to repair a motor vehicle. Beyond that point it is legally presumed (or assumed) that the repair history is unreasonable.
Under the Washington Lemon Law it is presumed that your car or motorcycle's manufacturer has been given a reasonable opportunity to repair your vehicle through its authorized repairing dealer(s) when there have been 4 or more repairs for the same problem (2 repairs for a safety defect), or if your vehicle has been out of service for 30 or more days in the repair shop as a result of repairs (regardless of whether the problem is the same) while your vehicle is covered by warranty.
For Motor Homes the presumptions are slightly different. The presumption is met when a serious safety defect has been subject to diagnosis or repair 1 or more times during the written warranty period, plus a final attempt to repair the vehicle and the serious safety defect continues to exist, or the same problem has been subject to repair 3 or more times, at least one of which is during the period of warranty coverage, plus a "final" attempt to repair and the problem and it continues to exist, or the Motor Home is out of service for repair or safety diagnosis a cumulative total of 60 calendar days.
The Washington Lemon Law presumptions apply in three separate ways: If there are 4 or more repairs for the same problem in your car or motorcycle the Washington Lemon Law presumption applies even if there are only 4 days in the repair shop and if there are 2 repairs for a safety defect then it doesn't matter if there are only 2 days of repairs.
Also if you have a repair that takes 30 or more days, then it doesn't matter that there has only been one repair. You still get the benefit of the Washington Lemon Law presumption.
Even thought the repair presumptions are different for a Motor Home (for example 60 days out of service) the same standard applies. You don't need both an unreasonable number of repair attempts or excessive time in the repair shop. Just one or the other for the presumption to apply to the Motor Home.
Please keep in mind that the presumptions are written in the Washington Lemon Law to help you prove you have a "Lemon" vehicle, they are not a barrier to compensation. You may still have a valid Washington Lemon Law case even if your motor vehicle doesn't have this number of repairs or time out of service if the overall repair history is unreasonable under the circumstances.
What Am I Entitled to Under the Law?
When your motor vehicle is covered by the Washington Lemon Law you are entitled to a Refund (minus a reasonable usage fee) or a new comparable Replacement of your "Lemon" and to recover attorneys' fees as part of settlement while never stepping foot in a courtroom because over 95% of our cases are successfully resolved out of court in 1-3 months without any lawsuit.
Another option is to negotiate a substantial Cash compensation settlement for you with you keeping your motor vehicle. This compensation is for having overpaid for your vehicle given the problems you've experienced and for your inconvenience.
These ways of getting rid of or compensated for your Lemon are available to you regardless of whether the repairs you sought were “free” under your vehicle's warranty.
With that being said, we must warn you that the most common reason the Lemon Law would not apply to your vehicle is if the claim is timed out so please do not lose out on your Lemon Law rights to a Refund or New Replacement by waiting. Contact us today!
If you feel like you've suffered and been inconvenienced enough because of your "Lemon" vehicle and deserve better we are here to Help YOU. Please submit the information requested in our Free Lemon Law Evaluation page and we will get back in touch with you regarding your vehicle situation within one business day at the latest, but usually the same day.