if chrysler is bankrupt can the lemon law still be applied to one of their vehicles?

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I bought a new 2008 jeep Commander in march 2009. Since buying the jeep the truck has been in the shop 5 times for leak in the roof that caused my speakers to blow and dvd player to stop working. the leak is now fixed but i filed a suit with the lemon lawyers and they said i had a good case. But now chryler has filed chapter 11. Now chrysler has the upper hand. They have a third party dealing wit me saying i can keep the vehicle i have or buy another one and keep the same loan. I wanted a full buyback and they will not honor it. I have not even made a 1st payment on the jeep and feel i have been screwed.
 
I don't think a water leak is a serious enough flaw to get you a replacement vehicle. Especially now that the car is fixed and all damaged parts were replaced free of charge under warranty.

That is what the warranty is for. There was never a serious safety issue or a mechanical problem that caused the car to be inoperable. It was a water leak! I don't think you get a new car for a water leak.

I don't think the Chapter 11 has any bearing on your suit. Obama has said the US government will back the warranty. The only way you'd be screwed is if they didn't fix it but they did fix it so I don't see why you feel this way.

How do you buy a car in March and 2 1/2 months later still haven't made a single payment? Are you waiting for the repo man next?
 
I dont know what state your in but every states lemon laws that I have seen require a MAJOR MECHANICAL flaw that the dealer has to attempt to fix at least once for the car to be returned and you to get your money back. Your roof leaking would definately not fall under that category. I would say they are being pretty fair with you, just take a new car. At the very least you learned your lesson on never buying a chrysler product, theres a reason they are going out of business, their cars are junk.
 
That's what you get.

And I mean that in all seriousness and respect. Chrysler has been doing poorly for decades. It's not like the Chapter 11 was some unheard of thing that no one expected, and if you were keeping up with the news, you would have never bought that vehicle.

The Lemon law, by definition, will still apply. However, how do you get money from a company that's bankrupt, when the bankruptcy protects them from loss of money?

Short answer: You don't.

You can file a claim, put in the paperwork, but don't hold your breath.
 
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