Once a Lemon Always a Lemon! Right? Well . . . Not Exactly!

An Ohio couple discovered after purchasing their 1999 Kia that it was already labeled as a "lemon!"

A New Hampshire couple won a lemon-law case against VW, then later they found their "lemon" on the Internet for sale!

Only 19 US states require retitling these vehicles as "lemons" with a lemon-warning on the title. With state laws controlling "lemons" being so inconsistent, it opens the door for allowing them to cross state lines and being resold in states that have no "lemon" regulations. When these cars are retitled in these non-regulated states the title can be legally "washed" and there will be no indication that the vehicle was ever a lemon!

The definition of a "lemon" varies from state to state exacerbating the problem, and the original defects prompting the "lemon" status can actually remain unrepaired.

Once a vehicle is determined to be "lemon," the manufacturer is required to buy it back from the consumer. From there the vehicle is usually sold at auction to car dealers, then from there it's anybody's guess where the vehicle ends up.

Experian Automotive traced 1,000 Florida vehicles branded as "lemons,"and 555 of them were taken out of state. Experian reports that 80% of those "lemons" taken out of state are no longer branded as "lemons."

Certainly uniform national laws are needed to prevent these "lemons" from becoming unlabeled, but who knows what kind of political forces will come to bare either expediting or preventing some sort of solution. You have to remember the U.S. Congress would have to make this happen. Good luck with that!

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Tony Iorio
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