Does anyone know anything about used car lemon laws in California?
I bought a used 2006 Pontiac G6 in 2007. The car seemed to have been in great condition. Shortly after the brakes went bad. I got them replaced. Again, steering was shaking and the brakes seemed bad. I changed the brakes regularly. I recently got my rodors turned, which seemed to help for about a week. I opened my back door to put my niece in her carseat and then opened the front door to put my purse in my seat…. my side panel completely ripped off the rear door. I ran a carfax and found that the vehicle had been in an accident. This was never disclosed to me at the time of purchase. I got a copy of the accident report from the police department. It said the accident was a 3 and their ratings are from 1 being the least, 5 being the worst. The accident said LSD-3, which is left side distributed… which is where my panel ripped off. I took it to the manufacture dealership and they replaced my panel on the back door, but not the front one. I started having more and more issues with the shaking of the steering wheel and pumping of the brakes. It did not matter how fast, or slow… the steering shakes bad. The car also pulls to the right really bad… and my tires go bad quickly. I took it to the dealership I purchased it from and talked to the General Manager, who said he had his legal department look into it. They did nothing. Said they would fix my car, did not fix my car. Said that his parts and repair manager fully inspected my vehicle and that he saw it had been in another accident: Rear ended. He showed me where the rear spoiler and bumper had been replaced with after market screws and a slightly different paint color and basically accused me of having been the one to wreck the car. I have never wrecked this car. This is exactly how I bought the car off of their lot. He said it would be their word against mine and that they would never put a car that looked like that on their lot so that it would basically be a waste of time to do anything about it. Is this true? I feel like I have a case against them. I believe the brakes are bad because of the accident that happened before I owned the car. There is paint on the trunk liner where they didn’t cover with plastic when they did the overspray and the screws are chrome, they didn’t paint over them. Can anyone who has been in a similar situation please help me out, or give me some advice? Thank you!!!
2 Responses
PARKERD
01 Feb 2010
Bob M
01 Feb 2010
I’ve heard rumors that there’s a woman in Idaho who might know.



Lemon laws apply only to new cars.
You should have had the car checked out before you bought it.
Unless the person said there was a warranty when you bought the car, you are out of luck.