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Cross-Border Lemons: What Happens When You Buy a Car in Tijuana, Register It in San Diego, and It Breaks Down
The San Ysidro Port of Entry is the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere. Every day, tens of thousands of people cross between Tijuana and San Diego. Some of them are bringing cars. The price differential is real. A vehicle that costs $35,000 at a...
AB 1755 One Year Later: Did the Controversial Lemon Law Reform Actually Reduce Frivolous Claims—or Just Silence Consumers?
On September 29, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1755 into law. It was the most significant overhaul of California’s lemon law in decades—a bill that its authors said would “improve current procedures so consumers can get their car replaced or refunded faster”...
San Diego’s EV Lemon Law Landscape
How the County's 170,000+ EVs Are Quietly Testing Song-Beverly's Limits in Real Time Read time: roughly 18 minutes. Every statistic in this article is hyperlinked to a primary-source PDF — government, academic, or industry — and the full URL is printed inline so the...
San Diego’s Lemon Law Hotspots: Which Dealerships Generate the Most Warranty Complaints—and What the Data Tells You Before You Buy
San Diego County is unlike any other car market in California. The region has 110,000 active-duty military personnel stationed across eight bases—the largest concentration of military in the world (San Diego Chamber Veteran Employment Report). Camp Pendleton alone...
What Happens After You Win a Lemon Law Case? The Buyback Process Nobody Talks About
You fought for months. You documented every repair visit, every loaner car, every morning you walked out to a vehicle that would not start. You hired an attorney, navigated arbitration or litigation, and finally got the answer you deserved: your car is a lemon, and...
The $20 Billion Question: How Warranty Defects Are Reshaping the Auto Industry’s Bottom Line
There is a number buried in the financial statements of every major automaker that tells you more about the future of the car business than any sales forecast, EV roadmap, or earnings guidance ever could. It is the warranty accrual line—the amount the company sets...