Wisconsin Lemon Law

What a lemon?

A new vehicle, no more than a year and still under warranty is a lemon if it can not be a serious mistake dealers in four attempts to fix one or more or has errors that prevent you from it for 30 days or more (30 days, not necessarily consecutive).

What is broken?

A defect covered by the Lemon Law must seriously affect the use, value or safety of your vehicle and be covered by the warranty. An irritating Rattle may not "serious" enough to keep your car a lemon. Stall is likely.

What vehicles are affected?

The Act includes rent, all new cars, trucks, motorcycles or motor home, or buy in Wisconsin, even if you register the vehicle in another state. It also covers a demonstrator or executive vehicle, but excludes other vehicles. The law does not motorcycles or trailers.

How long have you insured?

The law contains no lemon deadline for filing a Lemon Law complaint to a court decide whether your case was too old. Some lawyers argue that the limit would be six or seven years after purchase, but also lawyers may be reluctant to deal with cases more than four years.

Is my car a lemon?

Your vehicle is a lemon if all of the following statements are true:

1st You have purchased or leased a vehicle in Wisconsin.
2nd The vehicle is a car, truck, motorcycle or caravan.
3rd The vehicle developed a defect or error in the first year and before the expiration of the warranty period.
4th The error reduces car use, value or safety.
5th One of the following happened in the first year of the vehicle and before the expiry of the guarantee:
* The user is not four times the same standard or set
* The vehicle is for 30 days or longer due to malfunction or were

How does a lemon owner do?

* A written repair order for every repair visit to come, even if a transaction is not the cause of the problem or attempt a repair. A repair order should show the problem and report the data of your car in the garage.
* Keep sales contracts to prove warranty and repair requests that you have a lemon. Do not store or repair requests from the car, where they can be lost.
* We recommend you to use WisDot Automotive Lemon Law notification form to ask the manufacturer for a refund or replacement vehicle. Send the form to the manufacturer at the address in your owner's manual. Your refund should include the total purchase price, sales tax, finance costs and warranty costs (for example, repairs, towing, alternative transportation), minus the mileage deduction is allowed by law. When a replacement vehicle, the manufacturer's warranty reimbursement costs and nothing for mileage.
* If you have the manufacturer of a vehicle, the missing equipment or repair the damage over normal wear and will refer a vendor to negotiate a damage deduction. You should not be held liable for normal wear and tear are like bumps, scratches, pitted glass, soiled carpets, stains or tears. Feel free to damage to a place you choose, add or estimated repair it instead of paying compensation.
* If you do not use a refund or replacement by the letter of the manufacturer, plans for the arbitration program of your manufacturer. If your manufacturer has a program certified by WisDOT, use it, before you can walk under the Lemon Law. If the manufacturer of your program is not certified, you will not use it. But if you use it, you can create a desired resolution. You may reject any decision you do not like. See list of programs listed under arbitration.
* Talk to a lawyer, if not help the manufacturers. A court may be necessary to determine if your vehicle is a lemon and what you deserve settlement. In order, the applicant manufacturer and save, you get twice the price of the vehicle, plus other costs and attorneys fees. If you are a lawyer, Lemon Law.