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wvu151

Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? West Virginia
My wife and I purchased an automobile from texas 1 year ago...the check engine light came on about a week after we got the car...it then broke down about 3 months later , while having the car checked out, the diagnostic equipt at auto zone read a transmission slip issue, but when we took it to the dealer, the check engine light went off, they put a new fuel pump in and replaced the fuel filter and the car was running fine...but the check engine light came back on 2 weeks later...since it did not seem to effect performance, i just left it go...we just took the car back in for service monday and the code showed the transmission slip, and they noticed a leak in the rack and pinion steering, repaires estimated at $8,500 we purchased the vehicle 12 months ago and put about 10,000 miles on it...the car was purchased as is...no warrenty...I imagine that I have no recourse, but a little research never hurts....is there a statue of limitations on lemon law cases in WV? things go wrong with vehicles all the time, i understand that, but the fact that they cleared the check engine code and shipped the car to us, only to have it rear its ugly head a week later, with no mention of that in the description, seems a little dicy...thanks in advance for your time...Sincerely, Reuel
 


racer72

Senior Member
I imagine that I have no recourse,
You guessed correctly. The lemon law for the state in which you purchased the vehicle would apply, in Texas it does not apply to used vehicles.
 

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