Lemon Law Attorneys · Dearborn, Michigan

Dearborn, MI
Lemon Law Attorneys

Pursue a Refund, Replacement Car, or Cash Settlement
No attorney’s fees unless we recover for you.

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How your Michigan claim gets built

Our lemon law work is directed by Steven P. Nassi, Esq., Managing Partner, Easy Lemon by RockPoint Law P.C. A Michigan claim gets built on two things: the Michigan 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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We have handled 3,000+ cases.^‡ No attorney’s fees unless we recover for you.

Michigan Lemon Law Thresholds

✓ 4 repair attempts for the same defect
✓ 30 cumulative calendar days out of service
✓ Filing deadline: None in the lemon law itself; defects must first be reported within the express warranty term or 1 year from delivery, whichever is earlier

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Dearborn Lemon Law

Dearborn Lemon Law Basics

A Dearborn car is judged against Michigan's statute, Mich. Comp. Laws §257.1401 to §257.1410, and that law covers new motor vehicles purchased or leased in Michigan primarily for personal, family, or household use. So the first question is coverage, and the second is whether your repair orders reach one of the repair limits in the box above. If they do and the defect is still there, you may have a claim. Michigan's lemon law sets no filing deadline of its own; defects must first be reported within the express warranty term or 1 year from delivery, whichever is earlier. The statute text, the filing deadlines and how used cars are treated are all on our Michigan Lemon Law Attorneys page.

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Step by Step

How a Dearborn Lemon Law Claim Works

This is what happens after you call us from Dearborn.

Document Your Repairs

Keep every repair order from your Dearborn dealership, even the short ones. Under Michigan's lemon law, those papers are the written proof of each repair attempt.

Free Case Evaluation

We read your repair history against the Michigan statute and tell you whether the car qualifies. The review costs nothing, and there are no attorney's fees unless we recover for you.

We File the Claim

We write and send the paperwork, including the written notice to the manufacturer that Michigan law requires. We deal with the manufacturer for you.

You Get Compensated

A successful case usually ends with a refund, a replacement vehicle or a cash settlement. There are no attorney's fees unless we recover for you.

Michigan Settlements

Easy Lemon Cases Resolved in Michigan

These are Michigan matters the firm handled, not cases from Dearborn specifically. Every case is different; prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Vehicle

2024 Kia EV9

Resolution

Buyback

3 repair visits | 75 days out of service

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*Results vary. Prior outcomes do not predict future success. Amounts shown are actual case resolutions. Easy Lemon® by RockPoint Law P.C.

Mich. Comp. Laws §257.1401 to §257.1410

Is Your Dearborn Car a Lemon? Michigan's 3-Step Test

Does the Defect Substantially Impair Use, Value, or Safety?

Under Michigan law, the defect has to substantially impair the vehicle's use, value, or safety. These defects came up in one of Easy Lemon's own Michigan cases:

⚠️2024 Kia EV9: High-voltage battery failure
⚠️2024 Kia EV9: Front motor MCU inverter failure
⚠️2024 Kia EV9: Complete electric power loss
⚠️2024 Kia EV9: Steering column lockup

Have You Met the Repair Attempt Threshold?

In Michigan the test is 4 repair attempts for the same defect or 30 cumulative calendar days out of service, within the period described in step 3. Count the visits on your repair orders to see where you stand.

Did It Happen Within the Rights Period?

The Michigan lemon law does not set its own deadline to sue, but defects must first be reported within the express warranty term or 1 year from delivery, whichever is earlier. We check that deadline against the delivery date on your contract and the dates on your repair orders.

If you are not sure about your dates, call us. The consultation is free. 📞 (855) 435-3666

If you think you are past a deadline, call us anyway. We may still be able to help.

Wayne County

Court and Venue in Dearborn

Dearborn is in Wayne County. Wayne County's general civil trial court is the 3rd Circuit Court, which covers Wayne County from courthouses in Detroit. Michigan also has a lower court for smaller civil claims, so the amount in dispute can change where a case is filed. Which court hears a particular case still depends on its facts, the warranty issues involved and the law it is brought under.

The Michigan lemon law is Mich. Comp. Laws §257.1401 to §257.1410. If the manufacturer's arbitration program is state-certified, the consumer must use it.

The repair test in the statute is 4 repair attempts for the same defect, or 30 cumulative calendar days with the vehicle out of service. The statutory remedy is a replacement vehicle or a full refund, minus a reasonable offset for use. The court may award a consumer who prevails costs and reasonable attorney fees.

Sources: Michigan Courts directory, Wayne County; Michigan Courts, Trial Courts; U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 place-by-county file. Court names checked September 26, 2026.

NHTSA Recalls

Recent Recalls for Makes in Our Michigan Cases

NHTSA recall records are national, not filed by state. These are the newest recalls for the makes (Kia) that appear in the Michigan matters the firm has resolved.

Kia America, Inc. · Aug 21, 2026

Occupant Detection System May Fail to Suppress Air Bag/FMVSS 208

Component: AIR BAGS. NHTSA campaign 26V545000 (manufacturer SC379).

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Kia America, Inc. · Jul 2, 2026

Park Outside: High Voltage Battery May Catch Fire

Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. NHTSA campaign 26V431000 (manufacturer SC375).

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Kia America, Inc. · Jul 2, 2026

Park Outside: Fire from Overheated Power Seat Motors

Component: SEATS. NHTSA campaign 26V430000 (manufacturer SC374).

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Full list, updated from NHTSA: easylemon.com/recalls. A recall alone is not a lemon law claim; unrepaired defects after reasonable attempts are.

What the Statute Says

Michigan Lemon Law - New Motor Vehicle Warranties Act: The Rules That Decide a Dearborn Claim

Court and Venue above gives you the repair test and the arbitration rule. Michigan law adds a few rules on top of those, and they follow.

Notable provisions of Michigan Lemon Law - New Motor Vehicle Warranties Act

Michigan requires written notice to the manufacturer, and the manufacturer gets a final repair attempt. The law covers vehicles purchased for personal use.

Your Team

Meet Your Legal Team

Steven Nassi, Esq., Founder & Managing Partner

Founded Easy Lemon so consumers could get real representation with nothing owed up front. B.A. from SUNY Binghamton, J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Supervising Editor, Cardozo Law Review. Published in Law360, Lexology, and Risk Management Magazine.

Service Area

Serving Dearborn & Surrounding Michigan Communities

📍 Dearborn Neighborhoods

We take cases from East Dearborn, West Dearborn, South Dearborn and Fairlane.

🏖️ Wayne County

Nearby: Dearborn Heights, Allen Park, Melvindale and Detroit (southwest).

Your Rights Under Michigan Law

What The Manufacturer Owes You

By statute, the Michigan remedy is a replacement vehicle or a full refund, minus a reasonable offset for use. When a Dearborn car qualifies under Michigan law, the case usually ends in one of three ways.

Refund

The manufacturer buys the car back. It repays the price along with the taxes, registration fees and finance charges, but it may deduct a reasonable use offset.

Replacement Vehicle

Instead of money you get a comparable new car, and the swap costs you nothing.

Cash Settlement

The statute does not set this one. It comes from negotiation: you keep the car, and the manufacturer pays for the value the defect took off it.

Have Questions?

Frequently Asked Questions

The answers below are based on Michigan law and on the paperwork Dearborn drivers usually send us.

PROCESS & TIMELINE

Bring the repair orders from your Dearborn dealer, your purchase or lease contract and your warranty booklet. Of the three, the repair orders carry the case. Each one shows the date, the mileage and what the service department did or did not fix. If a few are missing, ask the service desk for copies.

ELIGIBILITY

It may. Under Mich. Comp. Laws §257.1401 to §257.1410, your Dearborn car can qualify if a defect covered by the warranty is still there after 4 repair attempts for the same defect, or 30 cumulative calendar days out of service. The statute covers new motor vehicles purchased or leased in Michigan primarily for personal, family, or household use.

Mich. Comp. Laws §257.1401 to §257.1410 covers new motor vehicles purchased or leased in Michigan primarily for personal, family, or household use. If you bought used, send the paperwork anyway, including any written warranty that came with the car.

REMEDIES

Under Mich. Comp. Laws §257.1401 to §257.1410, the remedy is a replacement vehicle or a full refund, minus a reasonable offset for use. Which one you get depends on your repair history and on what the manufacturer offers.

In Michigan, the court may award a consumer who prevails costs and reasonable attorney fees. We work on contingency, so you pay nothing upfront and there is no attorney's fee unless we recover for you. When a manufacturer settles or loses, we ask it to pay our fee on top of your recovery. The federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (15 U.S.C. §2310(d)) adds a second fee-shifting route when a written warranty is breached. Our fee agreement is one page.

ATTORNEY & TRUST

Nothing upfront, and no attorney's fee unless we recover for you. In Michigan, the court may award a consumer who prevails costs and reasonable attorney fees. When a manufacturer settles, we ask it to pay our fee on top of your recovery. Repair orders are free from the dealer. We pay the filing costs while the case is open. To start, send us the repair orders for a free case review.

Client Testimonials

What Our Clients Are Saying

Easy Lemon has handled 3,000+ lemon law cases^‡.

“Bought a brand new car, felt like I finally made it. Then the problems started. Same issue over and over. Dealer kept saying it was fixed. It wasn't. I was making payments on something I couldn't trust. Called Easy Lemon and they took my case. They dealt with the manufacturer so I didn't have to keep showing up at the dealership looking frustrated. Few months later, got a settlement and got out of that car. Best decision I made”

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“I honestly didn't think I had a case. My Subaru's engine consumed a quart of oil every 1,000 miles. Dealer said it was 'within spec.' Did that three times. I just figured I'd live with it.
My brother-in-law, a mechanic, said 'that's not normal for a modern engine. Call someone.' So I did. I spoke to Steven Nassi at Easy Lemon.
He explained that excessive oil consumption is a known defect in certain Subaru engines. He'd handled similar cases. He said, 'They tell you it's normal because they don't want to replace the short block.' He already knew the internal service bulletins.
His team filed the claim. Subaru settled with a cash payment that covered my oil expenses and then some. I was genuinely surprised it worked.
Why different? Steven saw a pattern I didn't know existed. They don't just take cases; they know manufacturer secrets.”

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“My Ram 2500's check engine light came on for the same evap code four times in six months. Dealer kept replacing gas caps, sensors, the whole runaround. Light would stay off for a week then pop back on. I was so tired of seeing that orange glow on my dash every morning. Called Easy Lemon and they took my service records and ran with it. Four months later, Ram sent a settlement check. No more anxiety every time I start the truck.”