Product recalls are serious, particularly when an automotive manufacturer issues a recall notice for a vehicle. When a car or truck has a significant defect, the results can be catastrophic. Receiving a recall notice on your vehicle is inconvenient and distressing, but it’s important to know what to do to protect yourself and your family…
Purchasing defective products can impose a significant safety hazard, and none more so than a defective vehicle that transports families at high speed on California’s roadways. For many decades, consumers who purchased new vehicles had no legal recourse if the vehicle they purchased had significant defects, causing a car to spend more time in the…
There’s nothing like the smell of a new car—unless it smells like a lemon. When you put a substantial amount of your monthly income into a new car payment, you don’t expect your car to spend more time in the repair shop than on the road. When your new or recent-model used car has one…
What Is a Lemon? For most people, buying a car is a significant investment that takes savings and research. The last thing a buyer wants to discover is that the car they bought, new or old, is actually a lemon car. A lemon car is defined as a purchased defective vehicle that cannot be repaired…
A class action lawsuit was filed in June of 2022 alleging 2017-2019 Ford Fiesta and 2017-2018 Ford Focus vehicles are equipped with defective DPS6 Dual PowerShift clutch transmissions. This transmission is intended to provide an advanced and fuel-efficient alternative to the traditional manual or automatic transmission. According to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District…
