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The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 2301–2312, is the federal consumer-warranty statute enacted in 1975 to regulate written warranties on consumer products sold in the United States. It creates a federal cause of action for breach of written or...

The California Lemon Law presumption, codified at Civil Code § 1793.22 (the Tanner Consumer Protection Act), is a rebuttable presumption that a manufacturer has had a "reasonable number of repair attempts" when, within 18 months of delivery or 18,000 miles — whichever...

California lemon law claims rest on two kinds of warranties: express warranties, which are the written or oral promises a manufacturer makes about a product's quality and performance (Civil Code § 1793.2); and implied warranties, which arise automatically by operation...

A California lemon law replacement vehicle is the alternative to a buyback under Civil Code § 1793.2(d)(2)(A). The manufacturer provides a substantially identical new vehicle in exchange for the lemon, paying the registration, sales tax, transfer fees, and any...

The California Lemon Law mileage offset is the statutory reduction applied to a buyback under Civil Code § 1793.2(d)(2)(C). The formula is fixed by statute: (actual purchase price × miles driven before the first repair attempt) ÷ 120,000. The denominator of 120,000...

The California lemon law civil penalty under Civil Code § 1794(c) is an additional award of up to two times the consumer's actual damages when a manufacturer's failure to comply with the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act is willful. Stacked on top of a buyback or...