What if the Problems with My Vehicle Happened After 18,000 Miles or 18 Months?

The reason that it is important that you find out about the defects that are inherent on your vehicle, are because there are limits and qualifications as to how long you can drive around and keep your car, before you can call it a lemon. For example, you cannot drive around in your car for 6 years, and then complain that it is a lemon vehicle to the auto manufacturer. That would be like eating a full steak dinner and only after you ate the last bite, would you advise the waiter that there was something seriously wrong with your meal. Most people who have something wrong with their meal will advise the server or waitstaff immediately that the meal was wrong, burnt, did not taste right or was the wrong food ordered. The reason being is that the sooner you advise the waitstaff that something is wrong with the food, the sooner they can fix the situation.

The same rules apply to your new car that you bring home from the car dealership. If you notice something is wrong, that you have defects on your car and that your vehicle might be a “lemon” vehicle, you need to tell the auto manufacturer and car dealership right away. Why do you need to advise them right away? Because you want to give them the first opportunity to fix the defect immediately after it is discovered, to make your car safe again to drive.

Why Is It That Sometimes Defects Can Make the Car Unsafe to Drive on the Roadways?

Not only will your car’s defects make the car unsafe for you to drive on the roadways, but it can make your car a serious hazard to other vehicles on the road as well. For example, if your lemon car defects make it difficult for you to use the brakes safely on the roadway, then you are at a high risk of having an accident on the roads. In that case, you are also a hazard to other drivers on the roads too, because you can cause a chain of events that results in a serious car crash, accident, or accident with fatalities – all because of a defect in your own lemon vehicle.

Common Defects That Are Found on Lemon Vehicles After 18,000 Miles or 18 Months of Usage

Lemon car defects can happen at any time that you own your vehicle. It will not be the case that a lemon car defect will look at a watch, and wait until a certain time to present itself to you! A manufacturer’s defect on a vehicle is there hidden away on that car, truck, or SUV, and is just waiting until the time is right to present itself. Sometimes the driving conditions will highlight a defect, or other times it does take several thousand miles for a defect to present itself to you. Either way, a hidden defect is a dangerous component on your car, and not one that you planned on when you bought or leased your new car from the car dealership.

A lemon car can have problems with any feature of the car, including:

• Oil leakage and seepage

• Transmission and drive shaft defects

• Cracked drive shaft

• Manual clutch slipping

• Damaged housing in transmission

• Abnormal vibration in engine

• Ball joint seals damaged and cracked

• Steering gear pins cracked and slipped

• Stabilizer bar on car disconnected

• Brake drum and pads damaged

• Brake structure cracked

• Brake failure wires non-functioning

• Front wheels out of permanent alignment

• Suspension springs broken and cracked housing

If your vehicle is a lemon car and you are approaching the 18,000 miles or 18-month ownership timeframe, you need to call us immediately at My Lemon Law Lawyer at 833.681.5252.

Recent Victories for Volkswagen and Audi Lemon Car Owners

In 2022, there was a $42 million settlement from Volkswagen and Audi for consumers who were sold lemon cars with a defective Takata airbag. These airbags refused to deploy upon the impact of a car crash, and often exploded open pouring out debris and shards into the car cabin to injure the driver and any passengers in the car during a crash. At trial, Volkswagen did not take any responsibility for the airbags, and stated that they had done nothing wrong with the cars they distributed to car dealerships where they had exclusive contracts for auto sales. The settlement is a plus for the consumers, because it settles the defective airbag case and also allows the vehicles affected by the defective airbags to still be recalled at a later date (to fix the defect).

Zero Fee Guarantee

We will offer to you a zero-fee guarantee, and that is available to you 24/7 from our legal team. When you call us today at My Lemon Law Lawyer at 833.681.5252, we can assist you to discuss the finer points of your lawsuit regarding the time you have been in your lemon car. If you have taken up to 18,000 miles or 18 months to determine if the car is a lemon, then you may need to review the fine print on your warranty with us in that case.

Some warranties do state that you only have up to 18,000 miles or the timeframe of 18 months to recover on the lemon car warranty. We can go over these warranty limitations, determine your specific situation, and help you to still get a winning recovery compensation package that you will be happy with at the end of the process.

Contact Us / Free Case Evaluation

We are ready to talk to you now if you call us at My Lemon Law Lawyer at 833.681.5252. Our legal team will give you a free case evaluation today. You are going to have every advantage when you talk to the knowledgeable lawyers in on our legal team today. We are ready to discuss your problems with your lemon car after the timeframe of 18,000 miles or 18 months.

There will be times when it takes that long or longer to get the car in for the necessary and mandatory opportunity for repairs. We will be there to help you to deal with the auto manufacturer or the car dealership in these cases. All that you need to do to start the process is to call us at My Lemon Law Lawyer at 833.681.5252 today, to start your lawsuit on this matter.