When it comes to buying anything in the United States there is a consumer law that protects us from purchasing defective goods – the lemon law is a great example of this.
This applies even to vehicles and motorcycles. However, there are different rules in different states and it may be a good idea to check these out before you make that all important purchase.
In all states a lemon would be classified as such if it has been repaired up to four times for the same fault, or up to eight times for the entire object, in the warranty period.
This could also be deemed to include the “add-on” warranty period sometimes sold with the vehicle.
Some states decree that three repairs in one calendar month with the vehicle being out of service deems it to be a lemon while in others it is thirty working days. This may appear to be a slight variation but it could make all the difference to a claim.
Some states have a “one defect” clause if it is deemed to be life threatening. This means that it is only allowed to be repaired once and should the fault reoccur then it is labeled as a lemon and you can proceed to the compensation...