The Lemon Laws of Pennsylvania protects the consumers from buying a vehicle that constantly falls short to meet the specified performance and quality. A vehicle is termed as a lemon if it breaks frequently and the overall price of the vehicle is reduced during the warranty period.

Pennsylvania State’s Lemon Law protects the consumer who has a lemon car. The powerful sets of law help the new vehicle owner who has a defective car and whose vehicle suffers from lemon. The vehicles that are still in warranty period and have issues even after multiple repairs, could qualify for lemon.

The federal lemon law in US, also known as the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, supports the consumers of all states. Every state has different lemon laws that protect the consumers. Lemon Law of Pennsylvania covers new vehicles that are leased or purchased for family or private use, under the Pennsylvanian registration act. Off-road vehicles are not covered but the cars that are designed to carry up to 15 people are covered by the lemon law.

Here are few facts about Pennsylvania State’s Lemon Law –

• The lemon car has to be reported within the manufacturer’s warranty period or 12,000 miles of odometer reading or within the first 12 months of its purchase.
• If issues occur in the vehicle, then the manufacturer should fix the problem, free of cost, without billing the consumer.
• If the car is out for repair for more than 30 days within the first 12 months or if the vehicle was for repair for 3 or more times for the similar issue then the consumer can demand reimbursement or free replacement of the vehicle.
• The defect should not be due to mistreating, negligence or an accident of the vehicle.

Pennsylvanian consumers should preserve all the repair paperwork and related documentations, as it is required to prove the repairs work and service of the vehicle, when filing a lemon vehicle petition.