RoninTT

I was just wondering what Audi (or any manufacturer for that matter) does with the cars that get lemmoned. Ship them back to Germany, dealer keeps them, crush them,...part them out for new TT's (ooooh)

Anyone know?

PhilMason

make lemonade?

EighTT

They usually re-sell them at auction, but it must be disclosed to the buyer that they were lemons.

the Lad

...further, a lot of manufacturers will send the lemoned car to a state that has lax titling policies, get it re-titled there, and then sell it with a clean title someplace else.

it stinks...but it's true :/

AnTT

So that means when you rant and rave and say it is a lemon they try to claim it was something you did to the car and they are not going to do anything for you. So at this point hire a lawyer who works lemon cases. He/she'll send a letter to the manufacturer and ususally a few days before the "trial" you get a settlement from the manufacturer...including the attny's fee.

It happened to me just that way. They don't want the lemon on their record.

EighTT

They also know when they're cooked. I did a Lemon Law claim against Audi, and by understanding the law, I put them in a position where there was NO WAY that they could prevail, and I'm certain that they knew that.

I think lawyers are a total waste of your money if the car plainly falls within the provisions of the Lemon Law, and you have done your job properly with respect to documentation and such.

cuTTi

How do you find the appropriate 'documentation'?

EighTT

I've written quite a bit on this. Follow the link and it will tell you what to do.<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/tt/msgs/50174.phtml">Lemon Law</a></li></ul>

cuTTi

Thank you.

JustJeff

When Saturn hada batch of cars that had bad coolant problems, they crushed the whole lot, some 100+