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Two Drivers Who Bought the Exact Same Defective Car in Two Different States Can End Up With Completely Different Legal Outcomes Once Lemon Law Protections Actually Kick In
In California, a car is presumptively a lemon after four failed repair attempts on the
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Federal Prosecutors Indicted a Former Car Dealership Owner on Odometer Fraud Charges, Proving That Rolling Back Mileage Has Not Disappeared Just Because Odometers Went Digital
A federal grand jury indicted Simon C. Nwaru Jr., 38, of Columbus, Ohio, on an
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Twenty Thousand Dollars Is What One College Student Lost Buying a Truck Through a Popular Marketplace App That Turned Out to Be Stolen, With Its VIN Cloned From a Completely Different Legally Titled Vehicle
Anthony Callegari of Deltona, Florida, thought he’d found a deal: a 2017 Ford F-150 listed
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That Robocall Warning Your Car Warranty Is About to Expire Has Been an Active Federal Trade Commission Target Since 2009, and the Scam Is Somehow Still Running Today
The Federal Trade Commission first sued to stop robocalls warning that your car’s warranty was
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Dealers Routinely Bundle GAP Insurance and Extended Warranties Into Financing as If They Are Mandatory, yet Federal Consumer Protection Guidance Says Buyers Never Have to Agree
No lender requires you to buy GAP insurance, an extended warranty, or credit insurance to
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Documentation Fees That Dealerships Charge at Signing Range From Eighty Dollars in Some States to Nearly a Thousand Dollars in Others, and Almost Nothing Stops the Higher Number
Buy the same car in California and you’ll pay a documentation fee capped by state
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Federal Appeals Court Judges Quietly Struck Down the FTC Rule Meant to Stop Dealership Junk Fees, Meaning Several Predatory Add On Tactics Remain Completely Legal in Most States
On January 27, 2025, three judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out
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Driving Home in a New Car the Same Day You Signed Does Not Actually Mean the Deal Is Final, and a Well Documented Dealer Trick Called Yo Yo Financing Proves Exactly Why
You can sign a finance contract, hand over your trade-in keys, and drive your new
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New Data on Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Mile Vehicles Shows Four Specific Brands Dramatically Outperforming Every Other Automaker When It Comes to Long Term Survival
Only 5.4% of vehicles on American roads ever reach 250,000 miles, but four brands blow
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GM’s Widely Used 6.2 Liter V8 Engine Is Still the Subject of a Consolidated Class Action Working Through Federal Court, Months After a Separate One Hundred Fifty Million Dollar Settlement Was Approved
A consolidated federal class action over General Motors’ 6.2-liter L87 V8 engine is still working
