The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act - What is it?
The Magnuson-Moss Warrant Act was passed in 1975 to provide protection to the buyers of any product, costing $25 or more and has a written warranty. The Act applies to any such product which turns out to be a lemon or which doesn’t work as it should. Actually, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act is a federal law that administers and examines consumer product warranties.
The law preserves the rights of a lemon owner. If any product which has a written warranty is found to be defective, the warrantor is required to either refund or replace the product.
Under Magnuson-Moss Warrant Act, the juries have designed a principle, "three strikes and you're out". Under this a manufacturer will be given three attempts to fix a problem. Attempting again and again to repair that same problem will not be allowed. Like if your vehicle is giving you problems, you are entitled to repair. If a manufacturer or dealer fails to fix that problem in three attempts then you have the right to claim a refund or replacement under Magnuson-Moss Warrant Act.
Vehicles are considered to be a medium of transportation and people buy them to travel from place to place or to transfer goods from one destination to another. But, if a vehicle starts throwing out problems within the warranty period, then, the buyer is entitled to file a claim for his/her lemon vehicle under Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. This Federal Law gives buyers a chance to tackle manufacturers of lemon cars.
A buyer can easily claim his/her lemon in any court in the United States. Under the lemon law of some of the states, you can even claim your lemon attorney’s fees as well as other expenses you have had in the shape of time and money.
Lemon law cases earn bad publicity and huge fines for the manufacturers. To avoid such situations, manufacturers try their level best not to deliver lemon products. And if this happens, they are forced to refund or replace the product under the Magnuson-Moss Warrant Act.