Unless you opt out, you have to go through arbitration. There are two places you have to send your buyback request to to get the task rolling
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Did anyone trade-in their lemon/repurchase/buyback for another Tesla?
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Litigate28
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Come on man, read your lemon law disclosure if you are going to try to push this.
I’ve escalated my MX90D with the local service manager- they have tried to fix the falcon door sensors 3 times to no success. While I purchased it from Tesla used- I’ve since upgraded the Hepa /bio hazard filter, intrusion sensor and tow package since purchase through Tesla. Also have ceramic coating, and chrome delete... do you think they’ll add those to the fair repurchase price? Apparently the service manager is going to send the information to a “review board” to see if will qualify for a buy back. I’d hate to lose out on the upgrades because they’ll be able to resell it with those upgrades.
Every new X comes with the Biohazard filter and tow bar now... I'm not sure I have seen anyone say they were reimbursed for the cost of appearance modifications.
I, also, don't recall any buybacks on a used car. I don't think any lemon laws apply so they aren't required to under any circumstances. (I'm not saying that they won't just that they don't have to.)
Wraps, coatings and chrome delete will likely get you nothing additional. Those are very buyer specific and they will likely have to remove them.
In California the lemon buyback applies to any vehicle still under new vehicle warranty (4 years or 50k miles) for Tesla. I purchased the bio hazard, alarm and tow package from their web store and had them installed by service center as they were not part of the vehicle that was purchased
Actually isn't the California lemon law limited to 18 months or 18,000 miles on the odometer whichever comes first?
Nope unless you don’t believe the attorney general
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Service manager agreed after I sent this to them
Even that says:
So it doesn't apply to all vehicles still under a manufacturer’s new car warranty. Maybe it was written when car warranties were generally shorter?
But the document that it links to says:
And if you go to read the law:
I suspect the people that the service manager escalated the issue likely know the actual law.
no dispute on the way the law is written...
But the AG of California clearly states :
But the AG of California clearly states :
- The Lemon Law also applies to used vehicles when they are still under a manufacturer’s new car warranty. Any remaining time left on the warranty protects the car’s new owner.
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Legal Definition of a New Vehicle**
The Lemon Law covers new motor vehicles, including:
• A new vehicle bought or used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.
• A new vehicle with a gross vehicle weight under 10,000 pounds bought or used primarily for business purposes (provided the owner or business has no more than five vehicles registered in California).
• The chassis, chassis cab, and propulsion portions of a motorhome.
• A dealer-owned vehicle, a “demonstrator,” or other motor vehicle sold with a manufacturer’s new car warranty (such as a used vehicle).
• Purchased and leased vehicles.
• “New Motor Vehicle” does not include:
- Any portion of a motor home designed, used, or maintained primarily for human habitation; or
- A motorcycle or a motor vehicle which is not registered under the Vehicle Code because it is to be operated or used exclusively as an off-road vehicle.
** Source:California Civil Code Section 1793.22(e).
So both the ag, the document you referenced, and the law include used vehicles as “new”
I’m not a lawyer so I can’t say for certain what counts and what doesn’t, all I can see is what is written under the ag/documents published by California/ and the written law.
also to note the document you provided a link to
Legal Definition of a New Vehicle**
The Lemon Law covers new motor vehicles, including:
• A new vehicle bought or used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.
• A new vehicle with a gross vehicle weight under 10,000 pounds bought or used primarily for business purposes (provided the owner or business has no more than five vehicles registered in California).
• The chassis, chassis cab, and propulsion portions of a motorhome.
• A dealer-owned vehicle, a “demonstrator,” or other motor vehicle sold with a manufacturer’s new car warranty (such as a used vehicle).
• Purchased and leased vehicles.
• “New Motor Vehicle” does not include:
- Any portion of a motor home designed, used, or maintained primarily for human habitation; or
- A motorcycle or a motor vehicle which is not registered under the Vehicle Code because it is to be operated or used exclusively as an off-road vehicle.
** Source:California Civil Code Section 1793.22(e).
So both the ag, the document you referenced, and the law include used vehicles as “new”
I’m not a lawyer so I can’t say for certain what counts and what doesn’t, all I can see is what is written under the ag/documents published by California/ and the written law.
Yep, but the difference is that the AG said it goes for the length of the warranty while the law says it is limited to 18 months or 18,000 miles.
Litigate28
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Do it. In two weeks, when the discounts are nearing their peak.
Agreed, I bet you could buy a used 100D for what the 90D cost you. You’ll eat the cost of the aftermarket items. But you should be able to get Tesla to remove the tow pack and alarm. Not sure about the hepa filter because you would need the original parts reinstalled.
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