Colorado Lemon Law Attorneys
You Can Get a Cash Settlement, a Replacement Car, or a Refund with Easy Lemon
The Colorado Lemon Law (Colo. Rev. Stat. §42-10-101 to §42-10-107) requires manufacturers to repurchase or replace a new motor vehicle with a substantial defect after 3 repair attempts for the same defect (or 2 for a safety-based defect; 4 attempts for vehicles bought or leased before Aug 7, 2024) or 24 cumulative business days (30 for vehicles bought or leased before Aug 7, 2024) out of service. Under this statute, the court awards reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing side, consumer or manufacturer, no attorney fees unless we recover for you. Easy Lemon represents Colorado drivers at every stage.
How your Colorado claim gets built
Our lemon law work is directed by Steven P. Nassi, Esq., Managing Partner, Easy Lemon by RockPoint Law P.C. A Colorado claim gets built on two things: the Colorado lemon law statute, and the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which applies in all fifty states. Send the repair orders and the purchase or lease paperwork, and we can tell you which of the two fits your vehicle.
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Your car may be a lemon if it keeps going back to the dealer or the mechanic for the same problem. Under Colorado law, the defect must make the car unsafe, unreliable or worth much less. The manufacturer or dealer must also have failed to fix it after several tries.
The same noise, shaking or warning light keeps coming back.
The dealer has worked on it multiple times and the problem is still there.
Understanding Colorado's Lemon Law
Colorado's Lemon Law is found at Colo. Rev. Stat. §42-10-101 to §42-10-107 and sets the rules for defective new vehicles in the state.
How Colorado's Lemon Law Process Works
Document Your Repairs
Ask for a repair order every time you visit a Colorado dealer, even if the technician finds nothing. Under Colo. Rev. Stat. §42-10-101 to §42-10-107, these papers prove your repair attempts. Keep every receipt and work order.
Contact Easy Lemon
Send us your records. We check your repair history against Colorado's statute and tell you if your car qualifies as a lemon. The consultation is free, with no obligation.
We File Your Claim
We prepare the claim and handle the paperwork. This includes any notice to the manufacturer that Colo. Rev. Stat. §42-10-101 to §42-10-107 requires.
Manufacturer Response
If Colorado law gives the manufacturer a final repair attempt, it gets one. If the defect remains, Colorado law entitles you to relief. Most claims then move toward settlement.
Get Compensated
You receive a refund, a replacement vehicle or a cash settlement. No attorney fees unless we recover for you.
Why Choose Us for Lemon Law?
Past Results
We've recovered over $30 million for our clients by securing refunds, cash settlements, and replacements.
Client-Centered Approach
We receive positive feedback from clients we have represented.
Fee-Shift Representation
Under Colo. Rev. Stat. §42-10-101 to §42-10-107, the court awards reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing side, consumer or manufacturer. No fee unless we recover compensation.
Focused Results
We know the stress defective vehicles bring, so we simplify the process for you.
At Easy Lemon, your success is our mission. Let us simplify the process and get you the justice you deserve.
Colorado Lemon Law Results
These are actual settlements obtained by the firm, shown because we do not yet have enough resolved matters in Colorado to report state-level figures. Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome; every case is different. See our recent settlements page for more.
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Results may vary. Prior outcomes do not guarantee a similar result. Each case is unique and depends on its specific facts and applicable law.
What The Manufacturer May Owe You
Refund
You get your purchase price back, including taxes and fees, minus any use deduction Colorado law allows.
Cash Settlement
You receive a payment for the unresolved defect and keep your car.
Vehicle Replacement
You get a comparable new vehicle in place of the defective one, at no extra cost.
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About the Colorado Lemon Law
Answers anchored to Colo. Rev. Stat. §42-10-101 to §42-10-107, the statute that governs lemon law claims in Colorado.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Colorado makes you use the manufacturer's dispute program first if that program follows federal FTC rules, so before anything else we check whether your brand's program qualifies. Our lemon law FAQ goes into how these programs work.
The program only hears a case once the repair history reaches the Colorado threshold (for a car bought or leased on or after Aug 7, 2024, 3 repair attempts for the same defect, 2 for a safety-based defect, or 24 cumulative business days out of service; for an earlier car, 4 attempts or 30 business days), and once the manufacturer has had the written notice by certified mail that the statute makes a prerequisite. We prepare the filing, and from there the program sets its own timing. Its decision is often binding on the manufacturer. The consumer can usually still go to civil court, though, and appeal deadlines vary, so we'd want to see the decision the day it arrives. When arbitration doesn't settle things either side can file a civil suit, and the district courts for Denver, Fort Collins, Pueblo, Grand Junction and several other cities are in the statute-cited answers below.
Colorado Lemon Law vs Federal Magnuson-Moss
Most Colorado cases can be brought under both laws, so we review each one under Colo. Rev. Stat. §42-10-101 to §42-10-107 and under the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (15 U.S.C. §2301) and go with the stronger. Our client's GMC Sierra was one where both applied, since the case came under Colorado's lemon law and was also Magnuson-Moss eligible. Colorado has the repair presumption and the buyback remedy, but the federal act adds its own fee provision and can reach defects outside the Colorado lemon law period. Where Colorado counts 3 attempts for the same defect, 2 for a safety-based defect, or 24 cumulative business days out of service for a car bought or leased on or after Aug 7, 2024 (4 attempts or 30 business days for an earlier car), the federal act just asks for a "reasonable number" of repair attempts, and what's reasonable depends on the facts. Colorado's filing deadline is 30 months from original delivery for a car bought or leased on or after Aug 7, 2024, and for an earlier car 6 months after the warranty term expires or 1 year from original delivery, whichever is the earlier date, while the federal time limit is the length of the express warranty. Magnuson-Moss applies to any product sold with a written warranty, and that is why used cars often qualify. Colorado makes you use the manufacturer's dispute program first if it follows federal FTC rules, the federal act does so only if the written warranty makes you use a program that meets FTC rules, and either kind of case can go to state or federal court.
Fees are handled differently too. A Colorado court awards them to whichever side prevails, consumer or manufacturer, but the federal act has its own rule in §2310(d)(2).
Colorado Lemon Law: Statute-Cited Answers
Each answer here goes back to Colo. Rev. Stat. §42-10-101 to §42-10-107 or to one of our two published Colorado matters, the Mercedes-Benz CLE and the GMC Sierra.
What counts as four repair attempts for the same defect?
Four attempts is the Colorado count for a car bought or leased before Aug 7, 2024. For a car bought or leased on or after that date it is 3, or 2 for a safety-based defect. One of our Colorado cases had four visits. Our client bought a new 2025 Mercedes-Benz CLE coupe in Colorado and had defects within the first 214 miles. So it went to an authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer, and the dealer did repairs and gave it back. Then the same or related defects came back. It went in a second time. On the third visit the dealer did more diagnosis and repair work, and the problems still came back. The fourth visit didn't fix them for good either. We count attempts from the dealer's repair orders, so it helps to ask for one at every visit. Our client came to us after the failed repairs and the case ended in a $97,193 buyback. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
If arbitration fails, which Colorado court would hear my case?
Usually the district court in the county where you live or where the car was sold. Denver is in Denver County, where that court is the Denver District Court in the 2nd Judicial District. Fort Collins and Loveland are in Larimer County and the 8th Judicial District, Greeley is in Weld County and the 19th, Pueblo is in Pueblo County and the 10th, Boulder is in Boulder County and the 20th, and Grand Junction is in Mesa County and the 21st. Longmont, per the 2020 Census, is split between Boulder County and Weld County, and Littleton between Arapahoe County in the 18th, Douglas County in the 23rd and Jefferson County in the 1st. But smaller civil claims can go to Colorado's lower court, so the amount in dispute can change where a case is filed. Federal District Court is possible under Magnuson-Moss (15 U.S.C. §2310(d)(1)) when damages exceed $50,000 or party diversity permits it. Which court hears a particular case still depends on its facts, the warranty issues involved and the law it is brought under.
What do Colorado lemon law attorneys need from you?
The repair orders first, all of them, including visits where the technician found nothing. After that:
- the purchase or lease contract
- the warranty booklet
- emails, texts and letters with the dealer or manufacturer
- towing, rental and lodging receipts
The contract has the delivery date that starts the coverage period (2 years or 24,000 miles for a car bought or leased on or after Aug 7, 2024; the warranty term or 1 year for an earlier car), and towing, rental and lodging costs are often recoverable. It helps to write down the date, the mileage and the symptom each time the problem shows up, and to look up your VIN for recall notices at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Colorado lemon law or a UCC implied warranty?
That depends on the car. A used car falls outside Colorado's lemon law, which stops at new vehicles, but it may still have a UCC claim, because the implied warranty of merchantability in UCC §2-314 covers sales of goods by merchants, used vehicles included, and it's a lower bar than substantial impairment. UCC §2-315 is narrower. It's about fitness for a particular purpose, and it applies when a buyer relied on the seller's advice for a specific use, like towing.
Serving Drivers Across All of Colorado
Easy Lemon represents Colorado consumers from Denver to the Western Slope. We handle Colo. Rev. Stat. §42-10-101 to §42-10-107 cases remotely, regardless of city or county.
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