3. REQUIRED NOTICES YOU MUST GIVE THE MANUFACTURER

BEFORE a buyer can use the SPECIAL LEMON PRESUMPTION or seek a CIVIL PENALTY they are required to bive the manufacturer written notice.

We have provided INTERACTIVE FORM LETTERS in our Self-Help Section that may be used to provide these notices.

1ST NOTICE - REPEATED DEFECTS: IF the consumer's owners/warranty manual contains a "clear and conspicuous" copy of the of the "Lemon Law" which includes this notice requirement AND an address where the notice must be sent the consumer must directly notify, at least ONE TIME, the manufacturer of EITHER one of the following incidents of repeated defects:
When a vehicle has the same defect two times which could cause death/serious bodily injury in the first 18,000 miles/18 months (which ever occurred first).
The same defect four times which affects safety, use, or value in the first 18,000 miles/18 months (which ever occurred first).

REMEMBER this notice is ONLY required IF the manufacturer requests this notice in your owners manual.

2ND NOTICE - 30 DAYS FOR REPLACEMENT/RESTITUTION: In order for a consumer to seek a CIVIL PENALTY against the manufacturer for "willful refusual" to replace the vehicle or make restitution the consumer must first sent a demand for replacement/restitution and allow the manufacturer 30 days to respond.

3RD NOTICE - ARBITRATION: Consumers MUST FIRST request and participate in a qualified 3RD PARTY DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ARBITRATION) process BEFORE they take advantage of the SPECIAL "LEMON" PRESUMPTION if: