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<blockquote data-quote="smurfslayer" data-source="post: 1257045" data-attributes="member: 21926"><p>[MENTION=765]SilverBolt[/MENTION] is generally right, but, I’ve been through a successful lemon law suit and it’s not that easy, or simple but one thing that it is: </p><p></p><p>time consuming.</p><p></p><p>You can bank on 6-18 months before the first settlement offer. That will not include legal fees or money you spent to drive.</p><p></p><p>State laws have some variation but lemon laws are based on “model legislation” that generally provides for N number of attempts to repair and/or 30+ calendar days of down time. Once you file, the manufacturer gets one -scheduled- attempt to right the situation to mutual satisfaction. </p><p></p><p>Once you file, your VIN is flagged and every visit to a dealer entails a “detailed inspection for warranty violations”. be cognizant of this. When I did my ‘scheduled last repair attempt’ about a week before my truck suffered a sudden stoppage; just died on the road with no warning. My lawyer arranged a dealer visit with explicit instructions to not take any action without the lawyer present. They did anyway. Some harsh admonishment was exchanged, and I was able to tell they were poking around everywhere on the truck before we got there. On the last repair inspection, their mechanic was not having anything to do with the factory rep, in fact rather uncharitably and bluntly to ‘pipe down’ ( but in more uncouth language ). It was clear he wasn’t exactly feeling the manufacturer’s side of things. </p><p></p><p>It was not quite 4 months after this that the first settlement offer came in to me </p><p></p><p>Good news: You keep the vehicle while you sue, you can even drive it as much as you want. </p><p></p><p>If you finance through the manufacturer, one thing you can do is escrow the payments instead of paying, in this case, Ford while the suit is ongoing. I have never been able to do this but I remember my lawyer asking. </p><p></p><p>Bad news: if you get a loaner car for the time your vehicle is down, the lemon law doesn’t always cover this time period. </p><p></p><p>On one hand, suing with the idea of getting out from under the current vehicle is not as practical as everyone might think. On the other hand, you could theoretically sue at day 31, and simply make them cover your legit expenses, including the lawyer, every day you were without the vehicle, extension of your bumper to bumper warranty, stress, pain and suffering. It should net you coverage of the lawyer and reasonable $$$ and if enough people did it, I would venture there would be a lot fewer Raptor owners waiting on parts for weeks on end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smurfslayer, post: 1257045, member: 21926"] [MENTION=765]SilverBolt[/MENTION] is generally right, but, I’ve been through a successful lemon law suit and it’s not that easy, or simple but one thing that it is: time consuming. You can bank on 6-18 months before the first settlement offer. That will not include legal fees or money you spent to drive. State laws have some variation but lemon laws are based on “model legislation” that generally provides for N number of attempts to repair and/or 30+ calendar days of down time. Once you file, the manufacturer gets one -scheduled- attempt to right the situation to mutual satisfaction. Once you file, your VIN is flagged and every visit to a dealer entails a “detailed inspection for warranty violations”. be cognizant of this. When I did my ‘scheduled last repair attempt’ about a week before my truck suffered a sudden stoppage; just died on the road with no warning. My lawyer arranged a dealer visit with explicit instructions to not take any action without the lawyer present. They did anyway. Some harsh admonishment was exchanged, and I was able to tell they were poking around everywhere on the truck before we got there. On the last repair inspection, their mechanic was not having anything to do with the factory rep, in fact rather uncharitably and bluntly to ‘pipe down’ ( but in more uncouth language ). It was clear he wasn’t exactly feeling the manufacturer’s side of things. It was not quite 4 months after this that the first settlement offer came in to me Good news: You keep the vehicle while you sue, you can even drive it as much as you want. If you finance through the manufacturer, one thing you can do is escrow the payments instead of paying, in this case, Ford while the suit is ongoing. I have never been able to do this but I remember my lawyer asking. Bad news: if you get a loaner car for the time your vehicle is down, the lemon law doesn’t always cover this time period. On one hand, suing with the idea of getting out from under the current vehicle is not as practical as everyone might think. On the other hand, you could theoretically sue at day 31, and simply make them cover your legit expenses, including the lawyer, every day you were without the vehicle, extension of your bumper to bumper warranty, stress, pain and suffering. It should net you coverage of the lawyer and reasonable $$$ and if enough people did it, I would venture there would be a lot fewer Raptor owners waiting on parts for weeks on end. [/QUOTE]
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