New Consumer Protection Laws - Lemon Laws That Offers Protection for Buyers of Used Cars
March 7-13 is National Consumer Protection Week 2010. It's a week the government will devote to providing free resources and information to better inform consumers how and where to spend their money.
Gov. Chris Gregoire, Olympia, WA has signed two new consumer protection bills into law, and it just happens to come on National Consumer Protection Week. One deals with the lemon law rights of used car buyers.
New Lemon law for Used Cars
Under the old law, the lemon law applies only to new cars. The new consumer protection bills on lemon law offers added protection for buyers of used cars.
The used car price has actually gone up because of their demand. People are not allowed the information they ought to have when they want to buy used cars. If you buy a lemon car without the knowledge and find out it's a lemon later the resale value of this used car plummets.
You can make an informed decision for buying if you are allowed the information by the used car dealer about the defects of the lemon buy back in the market on sale.
Lemon law rights for Used Car Buyers
At used car lots the used cars may look relatively new. The right to information renders a buyer to make an informed decision about his buy, despite its looks.
In the case of a lemon, the dealer should inform the consumer if
The car has specific problems
These are the cars that had been the buy backs by the manufacturer from the erstwhile owners
These lemon cars were wholesaled by the manufacturers and are on sale
You might be willing to buy a car that's been returned as a lemon if
You have a right to information on the defect that had turned the vehicle a lemon
The price is appropriate even if the car has a problem
Krohn&Moss Consumer Law Center will handle lemon law and warranty rights claims for consumers. Every state has enacted some type of lemon law to protect consumers who end up with defective vehicles. Even though the term lemon is primarily used for cars, it also includes all consumer products. If you think you qualify for a Lemon Law,Call 1-800 US LEMON(800-875-3666) to reach Krohn&Moss.
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