Reading the state lemon law chart below, “Presumptions” means
what it takes to be a “lemon” vehicle.
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State |
Code
Reference |
Presumptions |
Alabama Lemon
Law |
Code § 8-20A-1
through § 8-20A-6 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 24 months or 24,000 miles, provided 1 repair attempt
or 1 day out of service is within shorter of 1 year
or 12,000 miles. |
Alaska Lemon
Law |
Title 45,
Chapter 45, §§ 300-360 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 business days within shorter of 1 year
or warranty. |
Arizona
Lemon Law |
Revised Statutes §§ 44-1261
to 44-1265 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days within shorter of 2 years
or 24,000 miles
. |
Arkansas Lemon
Law |
Code, §4-90-401
to 417 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs, or 1 unsuccessful repair of a problem likely
to cause death or serious bodily injury within longer
of 24 months or 24,000 miles. |
California
Lemon Law |
Civil Code
Section 1793.22 -1793.26 , 1794 |
4 times subject
to repair or total of 30 calendar days or 2 repair
attempts for safety defects, within shorter of 18 months
or 18,000 miles, or a reasonable number of attempts
during entire express warranty period. Small business
vehicles covered if up to 5 vehicles, weighing max
of 10,000 pounds each. |
Colorado Lemon
Law |
Revised Statutes §§42-10-101
to 107 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 business days within shorter of 1 year
or warranty. |
Connecticut
Lemon Law |
Sec. 42-179
thru Sec. 42-190 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 2 years or 24,000 miles, or 2 unsuccessful repairs
of a problem likely to cause death or serious bodily
injury within warranty period or 1 year. Leased vehicles
covered. |
Delaware Lemon
Law |
Code Annotated,
Title 6, §§ 5001-5009 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or warranty. Leased vehicles covered. |
District of
Columbia Lemon Law |
Code, 40-1301
to 40-1310 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service or 1 unsuccessful
repair of safety-related defect, within shorter of
2 years or 18,000 miles. Leased vehicles covered. |
Florida Lemon
Law |
Statutes Annotated,
Chapter 681 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs or 15 calendar days within 24 months from delivery.
Leased vehicles covered. |
Georgia Lemon
Law |
Official Code
Annotated, §§10-1-780 to 792 |
3 unsuccessful
repair attempts or 30 calendar days out of service
within shorter of 24,000 miles or 24 months, with 1
repair or 15 days out of service within shorter or
1 year or 12,000 miles; or one unsuccessful repair
of safety defect in braking or steering system within
shorter of 1 year or 12,000 miles. Leased vehicles
covered. |
Hawaii Lemon
Law |
Revised Statutes §§481I-1
to 481I-4 |
3 unsuccessful
repair attempts, or 1 unsuccessful repair attempt of
deadly defect, or 30 business days out of service within
shorter of two years or 24,000 miles. Leased vehicles
covered. |
Idaho Lemon
Law |
Code, 48-901
to 48-913 |
4 repair attempts
or 30 business days out of service within shorter of
2 years or 24,000 miles, or 1 repair of a complete
failure of the braking or steering system likely to
cause death or serious bodily injury. Leased vehicles
covered. |
Illinois Lemon
Law |
Compiled Statutes
Annotated, Chapter 815 §§ 380.1 to 380.8 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 business days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or 12,000 miles. Leased vehicles covered. |
Indiana Lemon
Law |
Code § 24-5-13-1
to § 24-5-13.5-14 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 business days out of service within the
shorter of 18 months or 18,000 miles. Leased vehicles
covered. |
Iowa Lemon
Law |
Code Annotated § 322G.1
to § 322G.15 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs, or 1 unsuccessful repair of a nonconformity
likely to cause death or serious bodily injury, or
30 calendar days out of service within shorter of 2
years or 24,000 miles. Leased vehicles covered. |
Kansas Lemon
Law |
Statutes Annotated
50-645 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service or 10 total
repairs within shorter of 1 year or warranty. |
Kentucky
Lemon Law |
Revised Statutes, § 367.840
to 367.846 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or 12,000 miles. |
Louisiana
Lemon Law |
Revised Statutes
Annotated 51:1941 to 51:1948 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or warranty. Leased vehicles covered. |
Maine Lemon
Law |
Revised Statutes
Annotated, Tit. 10, §§1161-1169 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs (when at least 2 are by the same repair shop)
or 15 business days out of service, within shorter
of warranty or 2 years or 18,000 miles. Applies to
vehicles within the first 18,000 miles or 2 years.
Consumer does not have to be the original owner. Leased
vehicles covered. |
Maryland Lemon
Law |
Commercial
Law Code Annotated, § 14-501 to § 14-504 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service or 1 unsuccessful
repair of braking or steering system within shorter
of 15 months or 15,000 miles. Leased vehicles covered. |
Massachusetts
Lemon Law |
Annotated
Laws Ch. 90 § 7N |
3 unsuccessful
repairs or 15 business days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or 15,000 miles. |
Michigan Lemon
Law |
Compiled Laws
Annotated §§ 257.1401-1410 |
Total of 4
unsuccessful repairs within 2 years from the date of
the first unsuccessful repair or 30 calendar days within
shorter of 1 year or warranty. Leased vehicles covered. |
Minnesota
Lemon Law |
Statutes Annotated,
325 F.665 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 business days or 1 unsuccessful repair
of total braking or steering loss likely to cause death
or serious bodily injury within shorter of 2 years
or warranty. Leased vehicles covered. |
Mississippi
Lemon Law |
Code Annotated,
63-17-151 to 63-17-165 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs or 15 business days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or warranty. |
Missouri Lemon
Law |
Revised Statutes,
407.560 – 407.583 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 business days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or warranty. |
Montana Lemon
Law |
Code Annotated,
61-4-501 to 61-4-526 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 business days out of service after notice
within shorter of 2 years or 18,000 miles. |
Nebraska Lemon
Law |
Revised Statutes,
60.2701 to 60.2709 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 40 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or warranty. |
Nevada Lemon
Law |
Revised Statutes,
597.600 to 597.690 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or warranty. |
New Hampshire
Lemon Law |
Revised Statutes
Annotated, 357-D:1 to 357-D:12 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs by same dealer or 30 business days out of service
within warranty. Leased vehicles covered. |
New Jersey
Lemon Law |
Statutes Annotated,
56:12-29 to 56:12-49 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs or 20 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 2 years or 18,000 miles. Leased vehicles covered. |
New Mexico
Lemon Law |
Statutes Annotated,
57-16A-1 to 57-16A-9 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 business days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or warranty. |
New York Lemon
Law |
General Business
Law §§ 198-A & B |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 2 years or 18,000 miles. Leased vehicles covered. |
North Carolina
Lemon Law |
General Statutes,
20-351 to 20-351.10 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs within shorter of 24 months, 24,000 miles or
warranty or 20 business days out of service during
any 12 month period of warranty. Leased vehicles covered. |
North Dakota
Lemon Law |
Century Code,
51-07-16 to 51-07-22 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 business days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or warranty. Leased vehicles covered. |
Ohio
Lemon Law |
Revised Code,
1345.71 to 1345.77 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs of same defect, or 30 calendar days out of
service, or 8 total repairs of any defect, or 1 unsuccessful
repair of problem likely to cause death or serious
bodily injury, within shorter of 1 year or 18,000 miles.
Leased vehicles covered. |
Oklahoma Lemon
Law |
Statutes Annotated,
Title 15, § 901 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 45 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or warranty. |
Oregon Lemon
Law |
Revised Statutes,
646.315 to 646.375 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 business days within shorter of
1 year or 12,000 miles. Leased vehicles covered. |
Pennsylvania
Lemon Law |
Statutes Annotated,
Title 73, §§ 1951-1963 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days within shorter of
1 year, 12,000 miles, or warranty. |
Rhode Island
Lemon Law |
General Laws,
31-5.2-1 to 31-5.2-13 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or 15,000 miles. Leased vehicles covered. |
South Carolina
Lemon Law |
Code Annotated,
56-28-10 to 56-28-110 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or 12,000 miles. Leased vehicles covered. |
South Dakota
Lemon Law |
Codified Laws, §§ 32-6D-1
to 11 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs, 1 of which occurred during the shorter of
1 year or 12,000 miles, or 30 calendar days out of
service during shorter of 24 months or 24,000 miles. |
Tennessee
Lemon Law |
Code, 55-24-201
to 55-24-212 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or warranty. Leased vehicles covered. |
Texas Lemon
Law |
Revised Civil
Statutes, Art. 4413(36) §§ 3.08(i) (General
Warranty Complaints), 6.07 (Warranty Performance Obligations),
7.01 (Judicial Review/Appeal) |
4 unsuccessful
repairs when 2 occurred within shorter of 1 year or
12,000 miles, and other 2 occur within shorter of 1
year or 12,000 miles immediately following second repair
attempt; or 2 unsuccessful repairs of a serious safety
defect when 1 occurred within shorter of 1 year or
12,000 miles and other occurred within shorter of 1
year or 12,000 miles immediately following first repair;
or 30 calendar days out of service within shorter of
2 years or 24,000 miles and at least 2 attempts were
made within shorter of 1 year or 12,000 miles. |
Utah Lemon
Law |
Code Annotated, § 13-20-1
to § 13-20-7 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 business days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or warranty. Leased vehicles covered. |
Vermont Lemon
Law |
Statutes Annotated,
Title 9 §§ 4170-4181 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs when at least first repair was within warranty,
or 30 calendar days out of service within warranty.
Leased vehicles covered. |
Virginia Lemon
Law |
Code, § 59.1-207.9
to 207.16:1 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs, or 1 repair attempt of serious safety defect,
or 30 calendar days out of service within 18 months.
Leased vehicles covered. |
Washington
Lemon Law |
Revised Code
Annotated, 19.118.005 to 19.118.170 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs, 30 calendar days out of service and 15 of
the 30 days must be during warranty period, or 2 repairs
of serious safety defects, first reported within shorter
of warranty or 24 months or 24,000 miles. one repair
attempt and 15 of the 30 days must fall within manufacturer's
express warranty of at least 1 year of 12,000 miles.
Leased vehicles covered. Note: Consumer should receive
replacement or refund within 40 calendar days of request. |
Wisconsin
Lemon Law |
Statutes Annotated,
218.015 |
4 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service within shorter
of 1 year or warranty. Leased vehicles covered. Note:
Consumer should receive replacement or refund within
30 calendar days after offer to return title. |
West Virginia
Lemon Law |
Code, 46A-6A-1
to 46A-6A-9 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 calendar days out of service or 1 unsuccessful
repair of problem likely to cause death or serious
bodily injury within shorter of 1 year or warranty.
Leased vehicles covered. |
Wyoming Lemon
Law
|
Statutes,
40-17-101 |
3 unsuccessful
repairs or 30 business days out of service within 1
year. |
In every case, always check your law for recent
amendments or contact the
Lemon Law attorneys. When you’ve got a lemon car
or a lemon truck or a lemon motorcycle or a lemon Atv or
a lemon motorhome or any other kind of lemon vehicle, we
can help you get compensation, your money back or a new vehicle.
