California Lemon Law: Merced

The California Lemon Law Group, Inc., represents all Atwater, Dos Palos, Gustine, Livingston, Los Banos, and Merced County residents and our lemon law specialist can meet with prospective or current clients in our Fresno office anytime. Alternatively, we can meet our clients at their residence or place of business in Merced County if that is more convenient.

The California Lemon Law is a very specialized area of the law and our attorneys are extremely well versed with all aspects of the statute. The California Lemon Law Group, Inc., is a law firm dedicated to the enforcement of the California Lemon Law, also known as the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, to protect the rights of California’s consumers.

The California Lemon Law attorney who founded this law firm has extensive experience with the California Lemon Law and she is considered to be a specialist in the field. The lead attorney at The California Lemon Law Group, Inc., has spent over 20 years perfecting her application and enforcement of the California Lemon Law in both California state and federal courts. She has litigated and settled more than 10,000 lemon law cases throughout California with incredible success. The California Lemon Law Group represents clients at absolutely no cost and our billed fees and costs are lower than those at most other lemon law firms which means that our clients receive the greatest settlements.

The California Lemon Law is a very specialized area of the law and we are extremely experienced with all aspects of the statute. In addition, unlike some law firms, we charge absolutely nothing to our clients and there are no hidden fees!

What Qualifies as a Lemon?

Under the California Lemon Law, your vehicle has a “substantial defect” — not caused by the vehicle owner — and continues to have the same defect after a “reasonable number” of repair attempts for the exact same problem. A reasonable number of repair attempts is four or more repair attempts by the manufacturer or its authorized dealers for problems that substantially impair the use, value, or safety of the vehicle.

Examples of Substantial Safety-related Defects

• Transmission problems.
• Steering components that break suddenly causing partial or complete loss of vehicle control.
• Problems with fuel system components, particularly in their susceptibility to crash damage, that result in leakage of fuel and possibly cause vehicle fires.
• Accelerator controls that may break or stick.
• Critical vehicle components that break, fall apart, or separate from the vehicle, causing potential loss of vehicle control or injury to persons inside or outside the vehicle.
• Wiring system problems that result in a fire or loss of lighting.

Another component to the California lemon law that most people are not aware of: If your vehicle spends more than 30 days at the dealership for 2 warranty repairs during the first 18 months and 18,000 miles of use, and you have not agreed in writing to allow the dealership to keep your vehicle for that long, you may have a lemon law claim.

Our services are ALWAYS free to consumers! Once you submit your information to our firm, we provide a free case evaluation within 24 hours in most cases. If we agree to represent you, we will settle the claim as quickly and efficiently as possible, while obtaining the best possible result for you. Each case is different and each automobile manufacturer handles these types of cases differently.

With that said, we have worked with the same attorneys representing the automobile manufacturers over the years and we have an excellent working relationship with all of them. These cases rarely go to trial and it is extremely unlikely that you will have to go to court for any reason while pursuing a lemon law claim. The best evidence in making a lemon law claim in California is the repair order and subsequent repair invoice  provided to you by the repairing dealership.