Lemon Car Surrender

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Hi all,

So I am surrendering my car in a few days under the CA lemon law (car was a headache starting from Day 1 essentially). As part of the surrender process they ask that the car be in original condition etc., which makes total sense.

Now obviously I did not make any real modifications to the vehicle - but I did tint the windows. I am wondering whether I should remove the tints or whether this will be a non-issue given its a fairly light and how many cars come tinted by the dealership already…

Has anyone had relevant experience? Obviously the safe thing to do is to remove the tints but if I can avoid the time expense that would be great…Thanks all in advance.

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They aren’t going to make you de-tint the windows to ground a lemon. Worst case pretend it was delivered that way.

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tints are going to be fine, did you put a tuning kit on it? if so, that needs to be fixed.

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Yeah figured the same - appreciate the response!

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Can’t wait for my buyback to be complete. 2024 Ram TRX. I got the OK for buy back on 1/5 and finally got an email yesterday with the process. Hopefully its quick from here.

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The only thing better than finally grounding a :lemon: is cashing the check.

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Totally $105k

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Not having a lemon is better than grounding one or getting a check.

Especially holds true if you’ve had no other access to a car.

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I agree - like I am happy that I am getting rid of a headache here but if I could just get a reliable car from day one and not spend the time I did at Service Centers and on the phone dealing with issues, I would totally choose that.

Issue now is that I basically have about 5-6 days to get a new car and I have 0 clue what the fuck I want.

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did you use a lawyer or just did all the legwork yourself?

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At least in CA there is little incentive to do things yourself given that the lawyer fees get paid out by the manufacturer pursuant to the relevant CA statute.

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Yes but Cody is a Toyota dealer, so I was interested on how he did it specifically.

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Can anyone recommend a good lemon lawyer for benz in NJ

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Ideally you’d work with the dealership/manufacturer first to try a buyback before the thing goes to lemon-territory.

Involving lawyers and the Song Beverly Act malarkey will tack on about 2 extra months of BS before you get your check. A buyback could be completed in weeks without the lawyers involved.

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I worked with RAM customer support directly. Mine was a bit more difficult. Bought in Louisiana. Registered in Montana. Serviced in CA

Truck was as J Star 2 weeks. Then i picked it up and dropped and Tuttle Click. It’s been there 6 weeks. They just started the repair last week.

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That must’ve been some fun explaining.

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They were very confused. Basically told me they would call me back. The last email they stated they would used whichever lemon laws that were the most beneficial to me

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Man I wonder which lawyer in which state would have to take that up if you went the lawyer route…lol

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I was afraid to open that can of worms. I just kept on Ram support hard.

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Teach me how to convince a dealer to agree to this

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