RV lemon laws

Many people may know that there are lemon laws in place to protect car buyers but they may not be aware that many lemon laws also cover RV's and other types of vehicles such as trucks, boats, and mini vans. This article will discuss lemons laws for RV's and other types of vehicles.

Lemon laws are laws that offer a type of consumer protection to people who have purchased cars, trucks, suv's, boats, RV's, and mini vans that are defective. Lemon laws differ from state to state. There is also a Federal Lemon Law that can cover a person no matter what state they live in. If a person's car is a lemon and they qualify under the lemon law they could get a refund, a new car, or a cash settlement.

It is a good thing that consumers have the federal lemon law because lemon laws vary quite widely from state to state. Some states cover many types of vehicles and others only cover cars and trucks. For example, there are some states whose lemon laws do not cover motorcycles or mopeds such as Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, and Mississippi. Some states will not cover the dwelling portion of the motor home. And many of the states' lemon laws specify that their laws cover vehicles that are mainly for travel on public highways and that carry 10 or less passengers.

Tennessee, Vermont, and Montana specify that the vehicles that their lemon laws cover must weigh less than 10,000 pounds. Some states, such as New Hampshire have a limit of 9,000 pounds and other such as Utah allow the vehicle to weigh up to12,000 lbs and they also include motor homes in their lemon law. A state such as Oregon specifically allows any motor vehicle that is used for family, personal, or household purposes. And Oklahoma covers both the mechanically part and the living facilities of motor homes under their lemon law.

Some states only include new vehicles in their lemon laws. This may help a person decide whether they would like to risk buying a used motor home or other vehicle or if they would like to play it a bit more safe and purchase a new one.

It is very obvious that what each state's lemon law cover is quite different. It is very important that a person knows and understands the lemon laws for their state. It can be very helpful for a person to be familiar with their state's lemon laws when they are buying a new vehicle.

The federal lemon law, which is also known as the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, is available to consumers who live any state. This law protects them when they purchase cars, motorcycles, RVs, boats, trucks, and even many household appliances. The federal lemon law covers mechanical defects in RV's and other vehicles as well as making sure that the dealership or manufacturer may have to pay a person's attorney fees if the person wins in a lemon law suit.

The lemon laws that cover RV's and other vehicles also vary in the length of warranty that the vehicle is covered under the lemon law and the number of repairs that make the vehicle a lemon. Under the federal lemon law the warranty period for the vehicle to be covered under the law is the Manufacturer's Express Warranty plus up to four more years. And if a vehicle has six to eight repairs during the warranty period or three to four repairs for the same defect in the warranty period then the car is covered under the federal lemon law. The specifics for warranty and repairs vary in each state.