Runaway Toyotas with unintended acceleration - Relief under California's Lemon Law

Consumers who had been through severe ordeals with their runaway Toyotas with unintended acceleration must try getting the best out of their lemon law rights under California's lemon law.

People who have been the ardent fans of Toyota vehicles own two or three of these Toyota cars. If they face unintended acceleration on any of these cars Toyota may not be willing to buy them back.

Under California lemon law, Toyota should replace or refund the vehicles with unintended acceleration. Sticking gas pedal with unsecured mats or other obstacles is the diagnosis the Toyota came up with for the malady of their runaway cars. Time they considered repurchasing the runaway cars and brand them lemon buybacks.

California state lemon law applies to problems arising in the first 18 months or 18,000 miles of vehicle ownership. The automaker should attempt to repair a vehicle during that time for a reasonable number of times.

California lemon law allows a refund to car owners by the automaker if

• The vehicle has a life-threatening safety defect

• The life-threatening safety defect had not been corrected after two attempts of repair

For other types of defects, the number of repairs is four for the lemon presumption.

When customers undergo frightening experiences in their runaway Toyota cars, it would be sensible on the part of the auto maker to simply refund the car owner. The consumer does not have to face repeated travails shuttling between the automakers and the dealerships. Toyota should treat these runaway cars as lemon law buybacks, and correct the issues before they are put back in the markets as laundered lemons.

How Does California Lemon Law Help Toyota Owners

If you have a vehicle with a real safety defect that can be life threatening you can seek succor under California lemon law.

California lemon law protects the lemon law rights of a consumer who suffered serious setbacks with the safety of his life and he can ask for a refund.

Legislators have tightened California's lemon law in recent years. Two incidents can be enough for a car to be considered a lemon if a defect is likely to cause death or bodily injury. If you have two failed repair attempts on your car already, you have the benefit of the California lemon law on your side.

Some analysts are of the opinion that consumers seeking relief under California's lemon law may need to prove that

• A particular defect in the car caused their cars to accelerate

• Toyota showed negligence in its efforts to fix it

The California state Attorney General's Web site cites that

• The lemon law presumption is a guide, not an absolute rule

• A judge or arbitrator can assume that the manufacturer had had reasonable number of chances to repair the vehicle

• The manufacturer has the right to have the chance to attempt additional repairs

Repeated instances of sticking gas pedals or the unintended accelerations on Toyotas are textbook examples and they would apply under California's lemon law.