When you return your lemon auto to the Kentucky dealer for warranty work, demand your rights.  You paid a lot for that Lemon Automobile...so don't be afraid to go over anyone's head at the dealership if your Lemon Automobile isn't documented and repaired properly.  Part of the price of that lemon automobile is warranty service.  Dealership repairs must be made right, on-time, and take less than 30-days or 4 attempts.  If not, the auto manufacturer owes you a refund for your car.  You pay dealers and manufacturers for the right to get a refund as part of the purchase price.  You should get your moneys worth.  

In Kentucky, mediation by yourself or suing car dealers by yourself normally guarantees failure.  Mediation is often used as a stall tactic to take up time in hopes that you will go away.  Mediation is often unfair because auto manufacturers pay the salaries of mediators who hand down inherently biased opinions.   The laws of some states require mediation before you sue the car manufacturer.   Intermittent problems where the car won’t function today and will tomorrow are the hardest for your dealer to fix and the hardest to prove. 

Keep in mind for your lawsuit that:

1) The dealership didn't manufacture the defective automobiles and he didn’t design it.  Under Kentucky law, he is not primarily responsible unless he knew of the defect, concealed it, or misrepresented it. However, he is responsible under the Federal law. 

2) Don't threaten or insult the automobile dealer.  He didn't manufacture the car and he didn't design it.  Dealers work with you to repair your defective automobile according to the manufacturers' warranty and you may need him on your side in court.

3) Dealers earn more money if you pay for the repair.  Don't expect the dealer to handle your lemon auto case.  Your attorney should be the one handling it.  If repairs won't cure the defective auto, sue the automobile manufacturer or submit a claim and use an attorney that knows what he is doing.

4) You will need to document the case with the Dealer's records.  Keep copies of your warranty and all letters and dealership repair work.  Never leave car dealers without a copy of your work order.  Document whom you talked to at the dealership and send certified letters if you ever send a letter.  Keep records of all your complaints and your problems with the car. 

5) You need to allow the automobile dealership to make all repairs under warranty and allow dealers every chance to fix defects under warranty.  This will be your proof later if your car is a lemon.  Your dealer may fix it better than it was when it was manufactured.  The cost is nothing and it documents that it is a lemon if the dealership can't fix the defective automobile.  Your dealership is happy to earn reduced mechanic fees from the manufacturer for doing covered warranty repairs.  But, they are happier if you pay for it at full price or buy another car, so don't expect auto dealers to help you make a lemon auto claim.

6) You should not claim dealer fraud if there was none.  Claiming fraud will rarely help your case if you are suing on the warranty.  Remember that you are here to recover for your defective car from the manufacturer.  You are not here to insult your Kentucky Dealer who is on your side and who wants to do the repairs to the defective automobile under your warranties. 

7) The BBB and lemon auto consumer groups aren't attorneys.  They are supported and paid for by dealers and manufacturers.   Don't use them as if they were your attorney or try to be your own attorney. 

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