Understand your rights.
Then decide your next step.
Plain-English lemon law help, in the order most people need it: is it a lemon, what can you recover, what applies to your vehicle, and what happens next.
Check My Car FreeSigns your car may be a lemon
The same problem after several repair visits, or weeks out of service, while under warranty. Every state sets its own numbers.
The basics, in plain English
Repair attempts, days out of service and time limits
Repair attempts, days out of service and time limits for all 51 jurisdictions.
Check your VIN for recallsOpen recalls are a separate question from a lemon claim.
What You Can Recover
What a state lemon law may give you depends on the state, the repair history and what you want to do with the car. These pages are coming soon.
The manufacturer takes the car back. Price, taxes and fees, less any usage offset the state allows.
A comparable vehicle in place of the defective one.
You keep the car and receive money for the defect and the time you lost.
What applies to your vehicle
Coverage differs by vehicle type and by state. Each page explains the general idea and sends you to your state's page for the real answer.
When a new vehicle counts as a lemon
What coverage actually exists
How leases are treated
Often different rules and limits
Covered in some states, not others
What happens, in order
From the free check to your letter and beyond.
Write a demand letterWhat it must say, and what it can do for you.
See the letter we sendThe exact letter, with sample details.
If the manufacturer ignores itYour next options.
How long a claim takesTypical timelines, stage by stage.
Doing it without a lawyerWhen you can, and when you shouldn't.
Hiring a lawyerHow the attorney marketplace works and what it costs you.
By state and by manufacturer
Each state writes its own lemon law, and each manufacturer's pages cover its own models.
Lemon law by state
Lemon law by manufacturer
Questions? Start with the FAQ.
Short answers to the most common questions, or check your own car for free.
Lemon Learn is general information, not legal advice.