Wisconsin's Lemon Law - General Information

Wisconsin's lemon law
Where to buy or lease the vehicle proves to be a "lemon", a manufacturer must replace free of charge or refund the price (minus a reasonable amount for mileage).

What is a "lemon"?
A new car - no more than a year and still under warranty - is a "lemon" if

• It has a serious defect dealer can not fix in four tries, or
• It has one or more defects that prevent its use for 30 days or more (30 days need not be consecutive)

What is a defect?
A defect covered by the Lemon Law must seriously affect the use, value or safety of your vehicle and must be covered by warranty. An annoying rattle may not be "serious" enough to make a lemon car. Stalling probably is.

What vehicles are covered?
The law refers to any new car, truck, motorcycle or motor home to buy or lease, even if your vehicle registered in another state. Too, covers a demonstrator or executive vehicle.

While you are covered?
The lemon law does not include the deadline for filing a lemon law suit, a court should decide whether your case were too old.

Your vehicle is a lemon?
You vehicle is a lemon if all the following conditions are true:

• Cumparate or leased a new vehicle.
• The vehicle is a car, truck, motorcycle or motor home.
• Vehicle developed a defect or defects in the first year and before the warranty expired.
• Defect seriously harmful vehicle use, value or safety.
• One of the following happened during the vehicle and before the first year warranty has expired:

A dealer failed four times to set the same defect, or
A vehicle was service for 30 days or more because of failure