Smelly

Anybody familiar with Virginia's Lemon Law? My car has now been at the dealer for 39 days, and they still do not have the new transmission, nor do they have an estimate on when they will get one. I talked to Acura's Customer Relations and they told me the same thing that the part is on backorder and that nothing can be done about it. The manager that I talked to was pretty much useless and not willing (I'm not sure what he can do) to do anything about it.

I heard and read that a 30 day period at the shop can qualify for a Lemon Law suit. I'm just so frustrated that I'm ready to try anything now.

Here's a link that I found with Virginia's Lemon Law, look at section 59.1-207.13 section B3. What do you guys think?

http://www.carlaws.com/lemlaw.htm

WalkThisWay

Part of the answer, depends on how much you are inconvienced. Since part of this is out of the manufactors control,,,then are they rolling out the "red carpet" to solve the problem? Basically, they should be providing a good replacement car to use, while yours in the shop, and because this is an Acura problem,,,Acura should be providing that replacement vehicle to use.

Of course just how much of this is "out of the manufactors control". There are two sides to the coin. In reality, the manufactor has a good deal of control and power to solve the problem.

Good Luck

Road Rage

Do a search - we did a lot on this Redloined a while back...

If you leased your car, you are out of luck.

Attorney I used for a successful LLO litigation : John Gayle

AC

Yeah, I think he's pretty well known in VA for Lemon Laws. I believe if your car has been in the shop for over 28 days for the same problem or something like that qualifies for Lemon.

Road Rage

I think 30 days (workdays, not calendar)
or 3 times for the same problem.

AC

30 work days? Damn, that's 45 calender days. Sux!

8ball

No. The VA law explicitly says 30 calendar days out of service constitutes a sufficient impairment, unless due to a situation beyond the manufacturer's control (i.e., like natural disasters). IMO, not having sufficient parts is not beyond the manufacturer's control. On the contrary, it is the manufacturer's fault.

If you want to know what the lemon law is in your state, it's easy to find on the web. Read it. If you don't understand it, ask a lawyer, if you're serious about it. You'll be better served by that than by relying on speculation here. Most lemon laws have very specific requirements about notifying the manufacturer in writing, how many days out of service or tries to fix it takes, limitations periods, etc. If you snooze, you could lose.