Help with buying a lemon car
#11
The second Lemon Law case was for a modern diesel vehicle that would at random display an emissions-related "engine will not start in X miles" error. In the matter of several months, the vehicle was at the dealership for 7 repair attempts and over 40 days - all while the case was being processed. While it should have been a walk-through-the-park case, given the vehicle was literally telling you it would not perform it's most basic function, the case dragged on for nearly a year and the manufacturer fought it every bit of the way.
#12
Not Mercedes, another German brand "premium" SUV though. Absolutely loved the the vehicle and powertrain, unfortunately going weeks with the dealerships refusing to provide loaners got to be frustrating. The issues started right about 20k miles on the clock.
#13
I saw that message on a diesel Mercedes car I rented in the UK last year. Turns out it was for the DEF fluid as it only lasts x miles and after that you have to top it up. To avoid people not bothering to do so (and massively increase their emissions) the law requires the manufacturer to not let the car start when it runs out, and the system gives a warning every time you start the car and every x miles you drive starting at about 509 miles remaining I think.
Never having owned a vehicle that takes that fluid I had no idea what the warning was about as all the message said was that the engine wouldn’t start in like 190 miles, no mention of *why* not!
Never having owned a vehicle that takes that fluid I had no idea what the warning was about as all the message said was that the engine wouldn’t start in like 190 miles, no mention of *why* not!
#14
I saw that message on a diesel Mercedes car I rented in the UK last year. Turns out it was for the DEF fluid as it only lasts x miles and after that you have to top it up. To avoid people not bothering to do so (and massively increase their emissions) the law requires the manufacturer to not let the car start when it runs out, and the system gives a warning every time you start the car and every x miles you drive starting at about 509 miles remaining I think.
Never having owned a vehicle that takes that fluid I had no idea what the warning was about as all the message said was that the engine wouldn’t start in like 190 miles, no mention of *why* not!
Never having owned a vehicle that takes that fluid I had no idea what the warning was about as all the message said was that the engine wouldn’t start in like 190 miles, no mention of *why* not!
Sorry for rant
So what's the word? Going to buy this former(?) Lemon?
#15
I saw that message on a diesel Mercedes car I rented in the UK last year. Turns out it was for the DEF fluid as it only lasts x miles and after that you have to top it up. To avoid people not bothering to do so (and massively increase their emissions) the law requires the manufacturer to not let the car start when it runs out, and the system gives a warning every time you start the car and every x miles you drive starting at about 509 miles remaining I think.
Never having owned a vehicle that takes that fluid I had no idea what the warning was about as all the message said was that the engine wouldn’t start in like 190 miles, no mention of *why* not!
Never having owned a vehicle that takes that fluid I had no idea what the warning was about as all the message said was that the engine wouldn’t start in like 190 miles, no mention of *why* not!
Edit: and yeah, as @TexasLandmark asked, any updates on the purchase?
#16
I wouldn’t touch a lemon Land Rover with a barge pole.
The cars can be problematic at the best of times and as many threads on here attest, the dealers seem to have trouble figuring our problems and fixing them.
Buying one that passed the bar to be a lemon when the dealer can’t find anything wrong with it strikes me as a recipe for having a car with a significant and difficult to track down problem, perhaps intermittent, so even with money off I’m not sure how anyone can be confident that it will get fixed under their ownership?
The cars can be problematic at the best of times and as many threads on here attest, the dealers seem to have trouble figuring our problems and fixing them.
Buying one that passed the bar to be a lemon when the dealer can’t find anything wrong with it strikes me as a recipe for having a car with a significant and difficult to track down problem, perhaps intermittent, so even with money off I’m not sure how anyone can be confident that it will get fixed under their ownership?
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#17
Would also not touch it. A vehicle is lemoned and no one can find what is wrong? Run away.
I have had two of my cars bought back in the lemon law and one they never found the problem. The dealer had to take ownership and I believe they shipped it to the Asian market since they could not fix and sell here. Would never buy a scrapped or lemoned vehicle.
I have had two of my cars bought back in the lemon law and one they never found the problem. The dealer had to take ownership and I believe they shipped it to the Asian market since they could not fix and sell here. Would never buy a scrapped or lemoned vehicle.
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