Hello everyone..

I got a serious problem. I bought my 2000 stratus back in November of last year. about four days ago.. my transmission started leaking real bad... I took it to three repair shops and they told me that the transmission went bad. the problem is that it is out of warranty and they are asking me from 1000 to 2000 dollars to repair/replace the transmission which I dont have the money for. I have only had the car for 7 months and have only driven it a bit over 4000 miles. my question is if I can consider this car a lemon and how I can go about using the lemon laws to help me on this one.. I have no idea how they work but I would appreciate any help I can get...


since the incident, I cancelled the insurance and turned in the plates therefore taking it off the road... the problem is that I still got a car note on it.. what could happen next. I dont know if they are going to Repo the car of if something else would happen.. once again, I would appreciate any and all information/help.. thank you in advance

 

I just went through the lemon law process for a Nissan that I bought brand new. I belive the lemon law in NY only covers vehciles under 18K miles and the problem has to be unable to be fixed not just too expensive. check here for details http://www.lemonlaw.bbb.org/

I do not know about your state but I belive the lienholder can repo the car if they find out it is not covered by insurance. not sure though

 

thanks a lot for the information...

 

they put "sold as is" on the windows for a reason, if it worked fine for 100 miles and died due to an existing problem...you were literally bent over and raped. But a clauses in the contract goes there might be a loophole in your non-conformity. Indiana and Kentucky are really the only states w/ out the "cooling-off period" laws. Some states are going to the 14 day and some 7 or 3 on used car purchases. If yours was brand new it would still be 3 day, depending on the state. If multiple problems occured during the warranty (like a dozen) then you might be entitled to a new car. So unless you show a lawyer your contract or find any loopholes your case isnt a worthy of their time. But spending 65-100 dollars might be worth it. I would take the tranny fix it and sell it and count your losses. Good luck!

 

Or if you fix it, it might be a good car after that...I would probably fix it and keep it after spending $1,000 to $2,000 on it..