Lemon Law

I wasn't real sure where to post this but I figuredon't since it involved a 2nd Gen I'd start here.

Does lemon laws apply to used vehicles? A friend just bought a 2014 access cab 4X4 that has been in the shop more than it has been in his garage it seems. It only had 27k miles.

 

http://law.freeadvice.com/general_practice/lemon_law/lemon_law_used_car.htm

 

I think it only applies to new purchase and original owner but it might be different from state to state

 

That's what I was afraid of. Any advice you guys may have? He didn't buy it from a Toyota dealership.

 

Trade it

 

Sell it and buy a new one

 

X100

 

That was my advice to him at first.

 

what kind of issues OP?

 

There may be some recourse if this was a lemon law vehicle or for some other reason it was traded back to a dealer...

 

Varies by state. Usually the drive ability has to be severely effected for the law to come into play.

 

I'm going on just memory from he told me.

*Passenger side window motor quit working.

*Power plug in the bed doesn't work.

*A/C had a leak on the high pressure side.

*Fan switch would only work on low and high. Nothing in between.

*Burnt out fog lights.

*Strange knocking sound from the motor. That's why it is in the shop now.

*Transmission got stuck in reverse.

*Rear drums seized up.

 

According to the carfax, it was a lease turn in that the dealer bought at auction.

 

That sounds like a vehicle that was flooded. Sorry OP, hopefully most of that is under warranty still

 

Yeah it sucks for him. I guess the old saying goes, if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.

 

I would not trust Carfax other than a piece of paper to wipe me ass

 

Yeah I've come to realize that.

 

What State did this come from?

 

He bought it in Kentucky. The Carfax shows it was originally titled in Indiana.

 

I had a Ford Ranger in 2010 that had been rear ended $1,500 basically just bumper and tailgate 3 years later was a no show on Carfax