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A "lemon" is a new car with mechanical defects that persist despite repeated attempts to fix them. Iowa law defines what makes a car a lemon and what you can do about it.
Unresolved Problems
Under Iowa law, a car is a lemon if a problem persists despite three or more attempts to fix it, or an uncorrected defect "is likely to cause death or substantial bodily injury" or the car has been out of service for 20 or more days for any number of defects.
Nature of Defects
To qualify for the law, a defect must make the car "unfit, unreliable or unsafe for ordinary use, or significantly diminish the value of the vehicle."
Time Frame
The problem(s) must have occurred during the vehicle's warranty period and within the first two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first.
Notification
Before filing a lemon law claim, you must give the manufacturer--not the dealer--one more chance to fix the problem.
Recourse
If the problem still remains unresolved, you have the right to request a replacement vehicle. If the request is denied, you may sue under the lemon law.
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