What is the Magnuson-Moss Warranty-Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act?
The MagnusonMoss Warranty Act is a federal Law that protects the buyer of any product that costs more than $25 and comes with an express written warranty. This law applies to any product that you buy that does not perform as it should. The MagnusonMoss Act is a federal law giving consumers considerable rights in dealing with manufacturers and cardealers of lemon automobiles. This law guarantees a car buyer that certain minimum requirements of warranties must be met, and provides for disclosure of warranties before purchase. Regarding lemon cars, this law greatly affects the rights of car buyers. For any product that has a written warranty, if any part of the product, or the product itself is considered defective, the warrantor must permit the buyer the choice of either a refund or replacement of the product. We have argued successfully to juries that the lemon manufacturers and cardealers should be given three (3) attempts to fix the defect. Continued attempts to repair beyond the
