2021 Mazda Oil Consumption Defect Class Action Lawsuit Filed in California
A recent class action lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of California alleges Mazda sold 2021 vehicles with a severe oil consumption defect. Plaintiffs claim that specific 2021 Mazda vehicles have a defect causing the cars to leak oil, consuming excessive amounts of it. Low oil levels can cause long-term damage to a car’s engine,...read more
Read MoreIs the Lemon Law Limited by Mileage?
When you lease or purchase a new vehicle in the state of California, you’re immediately protected by the state’s lemon law. This means the car you purchased is expected to be problem-free, safe, and shouldn’t put you or your passengers in any danger. If it turns out you were sold a defective vehicle, the state’s...read more
Read MoreDriving a Toyota or Lexus? It May Need its Engine Replaced
If you recently purchased a brand-new Lexus or Toyota, you may be driving a vehicle that could overheat, stall, or catch fire at any moment, placing your safety at grave risk. So far, more than 44,000 2019 and 2020 cars and SUVs have been recalled due to a defect in the engine block, according to Consumer...read more
Read More5 Engines Consumers Should Avoid
Despite nearly 150 years of research, development, and refinement, modern engines still function based on the principle of using a reciprocating piston to extract power from a controlled explosion. Despite the new technology that manufacturers like General Motors and Ford Motor Company use to design their engines, mistakes can still happen. An engine can run...read more
Read MoreRecent Reports of Defective Cars
Despite rapidly advancing technology, certain car models can still be flawed from time to time. Unfortunately, these flaws can have deadly consequences. Two recent cases of defective cars in the U.S. involve a probe of 205,000 Ford Fiestas with doors that have reportedly failed to latch and faulty ignition switches in GM cars that cause...read more
Read MoreALERT: 2011 Jeep Patriots Under Investigation for Stalling
From time to time we alert our car buying public of problem vehicles. Often such cars with well-documented defects are also potential Lemon Law candidates. Automotive news in their Oct. 29, 2012 issue reports that safety officials have begun a preliminary evaluation into complaints of stalling engines in 2011 and 2012 model year Jeep Patriots...read more
Read MoreDon’t Let the Dealership Dictate the Dialogue on Your Lemon Car or Truck
Discovering that the automobile dealership where you have your lemon car repaired has been less that honest with you and that they deliberately mislead you, that they incorrectly document your defects and a really long list of other deceptions, is a hard lesson to learn. Here at Norman Taylor & Associates we see the worst,...read more
Read MoreBMW – Defective High Pressure Fuel Pumps – Has it Happened to You Yet?
If you own a 2007 through 2009 BMW 135iS, 335i/xi or 535i, with the N54 engine, there’s a good chance you’ve had trouble with the high pressure fuel pump. If you haven’t, knock on wood, I am glad you haven’t, but I sure wouldn’t want to take odds that it will never happen in your...read more
Read MoreToyota Recall: Stop Apologizing and Do Something Real
Is it just me, or did the rest of the viewing public think the Toyota recall related scripted apologies a bit too humble, a bit too insincere and perhaps a tad too manufactured? (Pardon the play on words.) The true test of a sincere apology is not so much what the wrong doer says, it is...read more
Read MoreRepair Order Alteration Dealer Trick #2
One of the tests for determining whether a vehicle is a lemon is whether there have been repeated repairs for the same problem. To avoid this, the dealership will often write up the same problem in different ways to make it look like different problems. This is subtle, and you might not even notice it,...read more
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