Welcome to the Lemon Law Blog, offering all the latest automotive news and consumer information from the offices of Kimmel & Silverman. From the consumer stories making headlines to recent trends we see in Lemon Law litigation among certain car makes and models, our goal is to educate, enlighten, and enforce drivers' rights under State and Federal consumer statutes. If your lemon car, truck, or motorcycle is driving you crazy, we welcome you to join our conversation, email us, visit our Lemon Law home page, or give us a call at 1-800-536-6652.
April 13, 2011
By: Robert Silverman
Category: consumer-rights-blog
At Lemon Law. com, we do whatever we can to help consumers who’ve inadvertently purchased a lemon car. We have found that many distressed drivers have found us on Facebook. As a result we continue to grow our online community page at https://www.facebook.com/1800LemonLaw which includes our newly designed landing page courtesy of our good friends… Read More
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April 10, 2011
By: Robert Silverman
Category: consumer-rights-blog
It’s one of Lemon Law. Com’s most popular features, the annual Car Complaint Index. The list, put out every year by Automotive Consumer Advocate Jack Gillis, takes a look at which cars receive the most consumer complaints per sales. It’s important to note that this list is not an end-all, be-all. In fact there are… Read More
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March 25, 2011
By: Robert Silverman
Category: consumer-rights-blog
We are seeing a number of distressed drivers calling into the 1-800-LEMON-LAW hotline complaining of brake problems in their 2009 and 2010 Dodge Journey models. If you have been back to the shop repeatedly for pad or rotor problems, please contact us either by phone at 800-536-6652 or e-mail. We are very familiar with the… Read More
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March 09, 2011
By: Robert Silverman
Category: consumer-rights-blog
It’s the number one question that comes through the 1800 LEMON LAW hotline “Do I have a Lemon?” Because each state has different Lemon Laws, we’ve devised a quick online questionnaire to help folks with this process. While it’s sometimes a fairly complex process to figure out if you are driving a lemon car, we’ve… Read More
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March 02, 2011
By: Robert Silverman
Category: consumer-rights-blog
1 800 LEMON LAW Founding Partner Bob Silverman was asked to write an article on the New Jersey Lemon Law for the special consumer protection edition of New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, out on newsstands now. You can read the article by clicking here. Named “a pioneer in New Jersey Lemon Law litigation” in a front-page… Read More
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February 23, 2011
By: Robert Silverman
Category: consumer-rights-blog
We are seeing a number of Hyundai Accents and Sonatas coming through with alignment issues. In many cases, the tires are balanced numerous times, the tires have been swapped out and the cars have been aligned again and again, often numerous times before the 10,000 miles mark. Alignment could eventually cause premature tire wear and other… Read More
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February 18, 2011
By: Robert Silverman
Category: consumer-rights-blog
We get all sorts of calls at 1-800 LEMON LAW and after handling over 65,000 cases, we certainly know the right way and the wrong way to handle a lemon car. Of course, there are those consumers who call, ask us a million questions, and then go against our advice and move ahead with what… Read More
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January 21, 2011
By: Robert Silverman
Category: consumer-rights-blog
Having a problem shifting in your Ford F-150 truck? You are not alone – we have opened quite a few cases with Ford F-150 transmission problems. There is also a technical service bulletin on the issue and it appears that Ford may not have a permanent fix. If you have been in three or more… Read More
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January 21, 2011
By: Robert Silverman
Category: consumer-rights-blog
We just received a call this week on the 1-800 LEMON LAW hotline from a woman with a lemon of a 2010 Nissan Rogue. She was back four times for fuel gauge problems in leas than a year! She contacted Nissan on her own, and they did nothing. So, rather than reach out to a… Read More
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January 14, 2011
By: Robert Silverman
Category: consumer-rights-blog
We get all sorts of consumers who call the 1 800 LEMON LAW hotline for a variety of reasons, but most callers want to discuss a situation and see if they are entitled to remedy under State Lemon Laws or Federal Laws. In most cases, if a caller realizes that they do have a claim… Read More
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