The Federal Trade Commission recently investigated General Motors for selling vehicles with open safety recalls as "certified preowned." Unfortunately, this problem is not limited just to General Motors or open recalls. While car manufacturers advertise that certified...
Attorney Christina Gill Roseman was a speaker at the 2016 Auto Fraud Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. The conference was held on April 1-3, 2016 and sponsored by the National Association of Consumer Attorneys. Ms. Roseman gave presentations at the conference on the...
Under the Pennsylvania Lemon Law, it is important not only where you bought your car but also where you get it repaired under warranty. For the purchase, a vehicle must have either been purchased new in PA or purchased new in another state and registered for the first...
Don't Go Through the Better Business BureauFord's warranty claims that consumers are unable to file a Lemon Law claim unless they go through Ford's Better Business Bureau or "BBB" program. What Ford does not say in its warranty is that in West Virginia, you are not...
It is so frustrating when some of my clients learn that they just missed meeting the requirements for a new car or refund of all their money under the Pennsylvania Lemon Law. If a client comes to me while there is still time left under the Pennsylvania Lemon Law, I...
Many car dealerships refuse to help buyers with serious problems such as a bad transmission, defective engine or accident damage because the car was sold "As-Is", even if the car was recently purchased. While an As-Is clause is usually considered by dealerships to be...
Chrysler brought back the Jeep Cherokee in 2014, after being out of production for over a decade. While the Jeep Grand Cherokee had been one of Chrysler's less problematic products, the new Jeep Cherokees have some very serious safety issues. I have had multiple...
I recently tweeted about dealership under investigation by the West Virginia State Police for car titling issues. I currently represent a client in a lawsuit against the same dealership for allegations that the dealership failed to disclose that the car it sold to her...
Auto manufacturers are now recalling millions of vehicles with defective airbags from the supplier Takata. There have been so many recalls in the past few years that it is easy to just view this as more of the same. It's not. These recalls are not just for one...
In a huge win for Pennsylvania car purchasers, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently held that an arbitration clause that appeared only in the dealership's buyer's order or purchase contract but not the finance agreement was invalid and not enforceable. This is...