Magnuson Moss Warranty Act help when your car keeps failing
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What the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act covers
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act covers any consumer product sold with a written warranty, cars included. Written warranties on products that cost more than $15 must be available to read before you buy, the FTC guide says.
A seller who gives a written warranty cannot also cancel the implied warranties. The same holds when the seller sells you a service contract.
It pays your attorney
The law lets owners recover "court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees", per the FTC. The rule itself is 15 U.S.C. 2310. So the review is free and there is no fee unless you win.
How it differs from state lemon law
State lemon laws count repair visits and days in the shop. The federal law asks a looser question: did the maker fix the car after a reasonable number of tries? Under a "full" warranty, the owner then picks "either a replacement or a full refund."
It also reaches used cars, motorcycles and RVs that many state laws leave out. Some warranties send you to the maker's dispute program first, which must decide within 40 days. See lemon law arbitration. Yes, when the used car comes with a written warranty or a service contract. A car sold "as is" with no warranty is usually not covered. It does not force anyone to offer a warranty, and it sets no repair count. The seller gets a fair chance to fix the car first. Your attorney collects the repair orders, writes to the maker, and uses its dispute program if the warranty requires one. Court comes after that.Questions owners ask
Does Magnuson-Moss apply to used cars?
What are its limits?
How is a Magnuson-Moss claim filed?
Statutes and data
What to do now
The first thing to do is call, with your repair orders in front of you. Every week you wait, you keep paying for a car that does not work, and records get harder to find.
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