Lemon law guides
Plain-English guides built from state statutes and state-agency publications — not law-firm marketing.
📄 Texas lemon law: how to file
The complete walkthrough — eligibility, the three tests, the 6-month deadline, the $35 fee, eLICENSING, and what happens at the hearing.
⏰ Filing-deadline calculator
Interactive: enter your dates and mileage, get your estimated days-left count.
✅ Free eligibility quiz
Interactive: compare your facts to your state's presumption tests in about 3 minutes.
🌴 California lemon law requirements
Song-Beverly presumption tests, the 18-month/18,000-mile window, AB 1755 deadlines, free arbitration routes, and remedies.
☀️ Florida lemon law arbitration
The 3-attempt and 30-day tests, the Defect Notification, the filing deadline (60 days after the 24-month rights period), and the arbitration board process.
🗽 New York lemon law: how to file
The 4-times and 30-day tests, the 4-year filing deadline, the AG Lemon Law Unit, the $250 NYSDRA fee, and the refund formula.
🔔 Pennsylvania lemon law: how to file
The 3-times and 30-day tests, the 16 CFR 703 program-exhaustion rule, court of common pleas, fees, and the UTPCPL treble-damages rule.
🌾 Illinois lemon law: how to file
The 4-times and 30-business-day tests, the 18-month suit deadline, the §3(h) direct-notice requirement, and the informal dispute procedure.
🌰 Ohio lemon law: how to file
The 3/8/30-day and one-attempt safety tests, the 5-year filing deadline, the §1345.77 informal-dispute gate, and mandatory attorney's-fee recovery.
🍑 Georgia lemon law: how to file
The 3-times, 30-day, and one-attempt safety tests, Form A (Final Repair Opportunity Notice), free state arbitration, and the 1-year filing deadline.
✈️ North Carolina lemon law: how to file
The 4-times and 20-business-day tests, the 15-day final-opportunity and 10-day pre-suit notices, District vs Superior Court, and the fee schedule.
⚙️ Transmission problems & lemon law
Why transmission defects fit the tests in TX, CA, and FL; what "same nonconformity" means; the evidence to keep.
🔋 EV battery problems & lemon law
The defect-vs-degradation distinction, how the state tests apply, and when a battery case needs a lawyer.
🚙 Ford transmission & Texas lemon law
The 4-times and 30-day tests for Ford transmission cases, the 6-month deadline, certified-mail notice to Ford, and the TxDMV filing process.
🔧 Chevrolet transmission & Texas lemon law
The same Texas playbook for Chevy/GM transmission cases: the tests, the deadline, certified-mail notice to GM, and filing.
⚡ Tesla & the lemon law (TX/CA/FL)
How the state tests apply to Teslas and EVs, the defect-vs-degradation distinction, and when a battery case needs a lawyer.
🏛️ Texas hearing: what to expect
From filing to Final Order: eligibility check, informal resolution, the prehearing conference, the OAH hearing, and self-representation.
⚖️ Florida arbitration: what to expect
The 3-member panel, the informal hearing, the two-part decision, and what happens after — plus the defect-notice warning.
🗺️ California: arbitration vs. court
Free certified arbitration, NMVB mediation, or court — which route fits, when arbitration is required first, and how attorney's fees work in California.
🚗 Texas used cars & warranty law
Bought used? The lemon law is new-vehicles-only — but the original factory warranty may still give you a repair track. Where the line is.