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Lemon Law
Tennessee's Lemon Law does not cover used vehicles. However, there are several other types of laws that can be used to help in the event there is a discovery that you bought used car lemon. First, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has what's called the Used Car Rule that requires dealers to provide consumers with a Buyer's Guide with warranty and information. If the dealer has in any way failed to abide by the FTC Used Car Rule, you may have the basis for a legal claim. If the dealer has, for example, made verbal promises or didn't tell you about issues relating to your used car, you may have a cause of action.

Tennessee Lemon Law covers new passenger vehicles, SUVs, vans, motorcycles, and trucks that are purchased in Tennessee. • Does not conform to the manufacturer's express warranty • If it has large defects affecting the safety of the vehicle • Has manufacturer's defects that occurred during the first year from the delivery date or the expiration of the warranty (whichever period ends first) • Has been taken in four times for the same problem or has been out of service for a cumulative total of 30 calendar days
Lemon Laws Massachusetts
There are few things more disconcerting than buying a new car and coming to the dawning realization that it’s a lemon. The first trip to the repair shop is simply annoying, but the third trip to the dealer for the same problem is enough to make your blood boil. Yet, like most states, Massachusetts requires that you take your vehicle in for a number of repairs before it can be deemed a “lemon.”
MA lemon law rules say that you must take your vehicle in for a “reasonable number” of repair attempts before it can be defined as a lemon. This means that, within one year of taking delivery of the vehicle or 15,000 miles (whichever comes first), your vehicle has either been in the repair shop three times for the same problem, or has been out of service for a cumulative total of 15 business days for the same

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