Why You Should Never Threaten a Lemon Law Claim or an Attorney if You Have a "Lemon" Vehicle

If you bought a new “Lemon” vehicle and are experiencing too many defect problems you might be wondering, “Should I Threaten to bring a Lemon Law Claim or to Hire an Attorney in order to get my vehicle Reacquired or to be Compensated?”

The short answer is, No! You should never, ever threaten to bring an Arizona Lemon Law claim or that you're hiring a Lemon Law attorney.

Here’s why. After dealing with numerous or repeated repair problems, most people reach a tipping point of being fed-up. If the dealer or manufacturer is unwilling to assist with getting you out of your Lemon vehicle, your first instinct may be to threaten to pursue a Lemon Law case or to hire an attorney. There are several reasons why you should NEVER do that:

1) Being a likeable claimant is important in Lemon law claims and being rude or making threats will actually hurt your ability to get you out of this problem.

2) Even if your vehicle has been in the repair shop a long time and/or numerous times, you will need a complete repair history and all of your vehicle repair records to pursue a Lemon Law claim. If you threaten an attorney or a Lemon Law claim, the dealer will go into defense-mode and could alter the records and minimize the repair issues or fail to document some of the problems.

3) Some typical ways they do this include: claiming that repairs were done for “goodwill” or not covered under warranty; claiming that the issues complained about “could not be duplicated”, there was “no problem found”, or the vehicle was “operating as designed”; or admitting there is an issue, but blaming you for it. All this greatly complicates proving a Lemon Law case as a he-said/she-said situation is much more challenging to prove compared to having repair records where the vehicle issues are well documented and admitted. Repair records are the number-one piece of evidence in Lemon Law cases and you don’t want the records tampered with before they are given to you.

4) Similarly, if you make threats to the actual manufacturer, they could flag your vehicle in their internal system, which may result in the same shenanigans with repair records or difficulty obtaining repairs.

The best course of action is to bite your tongue no matter how aggravated or upset you are with the situation and make sure you have complete records of everything that was done to diagnose and repair your vehicle under warranty.

Then you will have the ammunition you need to pursue a Lemon Law claim for a Refund or Repurchase, or a breach of warranty claim for Cash Compensation.

Don’t get mad, get even!

For more Arizona Lemon Law information visit https://arizonalemonlawadvocates.com or call Amar Law Group for a Free Case Evaluation at (480) 237-2744.