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Dealership and lender’s obligations Dealerships are typically obligated to furnish the vehicle’s registration to the buyer within 90 days of the purchase date. In cases where […]

The main purpose of the Song Beverly Consumer Warranty Act or California Lemon Law is to leave the person or consumer as if no vehicle purchase […]

A cash and keep settlement in lemon law parlance is an agreement between the vehicle manufacturer and the consumer where the consumer agrees to settle certain […]

When a consumer receives a vehicle repurchase offer from the vehicle manufacturer, the vehicle manufacturer almost always requires the consumer to sign a Settlement and Release. […]

How is it possible that a vehicle manufacturer will pay the consumer’s attorneys’ fees as it relates to a lemon law claim? This is a very […]

As it relates to California lemon laws, a civil penalty is a type of punitive damages prescribed under the Song Beverly Consumer Warranty Act. Punitive damages, […]

We get this question a lot. The short answer to this is that merely filing a lemon law claim would not necessarily negatively affect one’s credit, […]

The California Vehicle Buyer’s Bill of Rights (CVBBR) is a set of statutes memorialized in California’s Vehicle Code Section 11713.18-11713.21. Some parts of the CVBBR apply […]

What is a Vehicle Inspection A vehicle inspection, also known as a vehicle surrender, as its name states, is an inspection of the consumer’s vehicle performed […]

We get this question frequently: what happens to the expensive rims, radio, alarm system the consumer installed to the vehicle when the vehicle manufacturer accepts to […]

The story may go something like this: the consumer is happy to receive a lemon law settlement from the vehicle manufacturer. The consumer looks at the […]

Consumers in California are generally covered by misrepresentation and fraud laws when a California dealership makes misrepresentations or omissions of fact regarding a vehicle. A consumer […]