Sometimes, motor vehicle manufacturers will try to avoid public awareness of minor defects with their vehicles. Other times, they voluntarily initiate recalls to take defective vehicles off the road and replace components that don't work as they should. General...
When you are making an expensive financial undertaking like a home purchase, you would not dream of committing your finances before getting the home inspected and approved. The same is true when you are buying a used car. A car purchase is a major undertaking. As...
You’ve been working hard and putting savings away to purchase a new vehicle. Finally, the day has come and you head off to the dealership to pick it up. At first, you’re filled with excitement and eagerly planning trips. A few miles into the journey back home, you...
You finally bought a car to help you run your business only to find out it has significant defects that prevent you from using it for its intended purposes. Several stops at the mechanic to fix it have not helped either, and given that you probably spent a substantial...
It is remarkably easy to buy a used car these days. Salespeople at car dealerships are all too happy to show you around the lot while touting the unique features of each automobile. Dealerships and salespeople always talk up the car you are considering, but what do...
If you get your car via financing, it can be frustrating to find out you ended up with a lemon. This is because you will have to pay for a vehicle that spends more time in the garage getting repairs than on the road. In such a case, are you protected by lemon car...
Over the years, passenger safety has been one of the main focuses for auto manufacturers. This has led to the development of unibody construction, which is used on modern cars and trucks. The benefit of unibody construction is that they can engineer the frame to...
While California’s Lemon Law is known for being one of the strongest of its kind in the U.S., there’s also a federal “lemon law.” It’s called the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. The law, which dates back to the 1970s, requires companies that provide written warranties on...
You go to the dealership and buy a new car, and you're very excited about this purchase. At least, you're excited until you come out into the driveway the next day and see a small pool of oil underneath the car. It doesn't take you long to realize that the car is...
When you buy a new car or a used vehicle, you expect that it will work and get you where you need to go. Some people realize after purchasing a vehicle that it is in fact a lemon. It has something substantially wrong with it that the owner cannot easily repair....