Minnesota Lemon Law Attorneys
You Can Get a Cash Settlement, a Replacement Car, or a Refund with Easy Lemon
The Minnesota Lemon Law (Minn. Stat. §325F.665) requires manufacturers to repurchase or replace a new motor vehicle with a substantial defect after 4 repair attempts for the same defect (or 1 for serious safety defects) or 30 cumulative business days out of service. Under this statute, the manufacturer pays the consumer's attorney fees when the consumer prevails, no attorney fees unless we recover for you. Easy Lemon represents Minnesota drivers at every stage.
How your Minnesota claim gets built
Our lemon law work is directed by Steven P. Nassi, Esq., Managing Partner, Easy Lemon by RockPoint Law P.C. A Minnesota claim gets built on two things: the Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota's Lemon Law
Minnesota's Lemon Law is found at Minn. Stat. §325F.665 and sets the rules for defective new vehicles in the state.
How Minnesota's Lemon Law Process Works
Document Your Repairs
Ask for a repair order every time you visit a Minnesota dealer, even if the technician finds nothing. Under Minn. Stat. §325F.665, 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 Minnesota'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 Minn. Stat. §325F.665 requires.
Manufacturer Response
If Minnesota law gives the manufacturer a final repair attempt, it gets one. If the defect remains, Minnesota 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
Minn. Stat. §325F.665 lets a consumer who prevails recover attorney fees. 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.
Minnesota Lemon Law Results
These are actual settlements obtained by the firm, shown because we do not yet have enough resolved matters in Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota Lemon Law
Answers anchored to Minn. Stat. §325F.665, the statute that governs lemon law claims in Minnesota.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Minnesota makes you use the manufacturer's arbitration program first, but only if that program is certified and available, and we check both of those things for your car's manufacturer before filing anything. There is more on how these programs work in our lemon law FAQ.
A program won't take a case until the repair history gets to Minnesota's threshold, which is four attempts at the same defect (or one for a serious safety defect), or 30 cumulative business days, and until the manufacturer has had any written notice the statute makes a prerequisite. Minnesota's presumption also needs written notification from you or on your behalf to the manufacturer, its agent or its authorized dealer at least once, with an opportunity to cure, so we make sure that letter is out before the program sees the file. Then the program sets the timing. The decision is often binding on the manufacturer. You generally keep the right to go to civil court, and appeal deadlines vary, so it helps to send us the decision the day it comes.
If arbitration doesn't resolve the case, the statute lets either side file a civil suit.
Minnesota Lemon Law vs Federal Magnuson-Moss
Most Minnesota cases can go under both laws, so we look at each one under Minn. Stat. §325F.665 and under the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (15 U.S.C. §2301), and then we lead with whichever is stronger. Minnesota has the repair presumption and the buyback remedy. But Magnuson-Moss adds a federal fee provision, and it can reach defects outside the Minnesota lemon law period.
Minnesota Lemon Law
On repairs Minnesota asks for 4 repair attempts for the same defect (or 1 for serious safety defects), or 30 cumulative business days out of service, and those have to happen on a new motor vehicle purchased or leased in Minnesota for personal, family, or household purposes. The filing deadline is within 3 years from the date of original delivery. Before the presumption applies, the manufacturer, its agent or its authorized dealer has to have received prior written notification from or on behalf of the consumer at least once and had an opportunity to cure. Then there's arbitration, which you have to use first when the manufacturer's program is certified and available, and at the end a consumer who prevails may recover attorney fees.
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
Where Minnesota counts four attempts or 30 business days, the federal act just asks for a "reasonable number" of repair attempts, and what counts as reasonable depends on the facts. Minnesota's period ends three years after original delivery, while the federal time limit goes by how long the express warranty lasts, so the act can also cover defects outside the Minnesota lemon law period. Magnuson-Moss applies to products sold with a written warranty, and that is why used cars often qualify. Fees come under 15 U.S.C. §2310(d)(2), and the case can go to state or federal court.
Minnesota Lemon Law: Statute-Cited Answers
Which Minnesota court hears a lemon law lawsuit?
Usually the district court for the county where you live or where the car was sold. Minneapolis and Richfield are both in Hennepin County, where the general civil trial court is the Hennepin County District Court in the Fourth Judicial District, and Woodbury is in Washington County, with the Washington County District Court in the Tenth. Coon Rapids is in Anoka County and goes to the Anoka County District Court, also in the Tenth. St. Cloud is split three ways per the 2020 Census, between Benton County and Stearns County, both in the Seventh Judicial District, and Sherburne County in the Tenth. Each of the three has its own district court. Federal District Court is also possible under Magnuson-Moss (15 U.S.C. §2310(d)(1)) if 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 you have to send a Minnesota lemon law attorney?
Every repair order comes first, including the ones from visits where nothing was found.
- the purchase or lease contract, which shows the date of original delivery that starts the 3-year period under Minn. Stat. §325F.665
- the warranty booklet
- a copy of any written notice sent to the manufacturer, its agent or its authorized dealer
- emails, texts and letters with the dealer or manufacturer
- receipts for towing, rentals and lodging, which are often recoverable
It helps to write down the date, the mileage and the symptom each time the problem shows up. You can also look up your VIN for recall notices on the NHTSA site, nhtsa.gov/recalls.
What defects count under Minnesota lemon laws?
A defect that substantially impairs the use, market value or safety of the vehicle counts, and scratches and small paint flaws usually don't. Minnesota drivers come to us most often with engine stalling and misfires, transmission shudder or failure, electrical faults that leave warning lights on, brake and steering problems, driver-assistance (ADAS) systems that brake or drift on their own, and recall repairs that didn't fix the problem.
A 2022 Jeep Wrangler we handled in South Carolina was three days old and at 186 miles when it started pulling right with a vibration. Then came the "death wobble", and by 28,280 miles the shaking at highway speed was severe. It went in for four repair attempts, one of them a recall repair, and the wobble stayed. The case was resolved on confidential terms.
Minnesota lemon law or a UCC implied warranty?
The lemon law needs a new vehicle and Minnesota's repair thresholds, while the Uniform Commercial Code's implied warranties apply to sales of goods by merchants, used vehicles included. Merchantability under UCC §2-314 is a lower bar than the lemon law's substantial impairment, and UCC §2-315 adds fitness for a particular purpose when the buyer relied on the seller's advice for a use like towing.
Serving Drivers Across All of Minnesota
Easy Lemon represents Minnesota consumers from the Twin Cities to Duluth. We handle Minn. Stat. §325F.665 cases remotely, regardless of city or county.
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