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Originally Posted by Sigh-on-Rice
I can speak from experience that what I bolded above is not true.
Now, if you're talking about refund of 100% of purchase price, then I agree.
But technically, lemon law could apply to a cosmetic issue like just an abnormal noise as long as it lowers the value of the car, but you would have to take the depreciation loss which is 1% per 1000 miles.
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The laws do vary by state, but there would have to be one heckuva cosmetic issue to cause the downtime required to trigger the lemon laws in most states.
Besides, every lemon law I've seen only comes into effect after the dealer has made more than one repair attempt to correct the defect. This dealer was denied any attempt to repair this. The defect also needs to be substantial:
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The Lemon Law only covers serious defects- those which substantially impair the use, market-value or safety of the vehicle. The law does not list the defects which are considered substantial. You must be able to demonstrate specifically how the use, safety or market value of your vehicle is substantially impaired by the defect. For example, to prove market value impairment, you must show that your vehicle is worth at least 10 percent less than it would be without the defect. Although a defect may be annoying, it is not necessarily substantial.
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Here in MA, the mileage deduction formula is car price / 100000 x miles traveled, so for an FR-S it would work out to about $0.25/mile.
I'm glad Toyota has stepped up on this to keep a customer happy. I just think the people chanting for more should realize that their offer is well above and beyond their obligation and also comes without the usual required and inconvenient 15 days of down time.
-Justin