Pennsylvania Lemon Law Attorneys
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The Pennsylvania Lemon Law (73 Pa. Stat. §1951 to §1960) requires manufacturers to repurchase or replace a new motor vehicle with a substantial defect after 3 repair attempts for the same defect or 30 cumulative calendar days out of service. Under this statute, the manufacturer pays the consumer's attorney fees when the consumer prevails. You pay no attorney fees unless we recover for you. Easy Lemon represents Pennsylvania drivers at every stage.
Your Pennsylvania lemon law attorney
Admitted in Pennsylvania
Steven P. Nassi is admitted in Pennsylvania. He founded the firm and is its managing partner. He earned his J.D. at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2003, where he was supervising editor of the Cardozo Law Review, and his bachelor’s degree at SUNY Binghamton. Pennsylvania’s window closes at whichever comes first: twelve months, 12,000 miles, or the end of the warranty. The date you first reported the defect is what decides it.
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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 Pennsylvania 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 3 repair attempts for the same defect or 30 cumulative calendar days out of service.
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 Pennsylvania's Lemon Law
Pennsylvania's Lemon Law is found at 73 Pa. Stat. §1951 to §1960 and sets the rules for defective new vehicles in the state.
How Pennsylvania's Lemon Law Process Works
Document Your Repairs
Ask for a repair order every time you visit a Pennsylvania dealer, even if the technician finds nothing. Under 73 Pa. Stat. §1951 to §1960, 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 Pennsylvania'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.
Manufacturer Response
In Pennsylvania, the next step is the manufacturer's dispute program, which you must use first if it follows federal FTC rules; its decision does not bind you. If the defect remains, you may have a claim under Pennsylvania law. Most claims then move toward settlement.
Get Compensated
A successful case usually ends with 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 $50 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 73 Pa. Stat. §1951 to §1960, the manufacturer pays the consumer's attorney fees when the consumer prevails. 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: we handle the process so you can seek justice under the lemon law.
Recent Easy Lemon Results
These are actual settlements obtained by the firm, shown because we do not yet have enough resolved matters in Pennsylvania 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.
Defect: electrical/technology
More Pennsylvania case studies
- 2024 Porsche Macan 4 buyback in Pennsylvania ($119,940)
- 2025 Toyota Tundra buyback in Pennsylvania ($74,528)
- 2025 Kia Sportage Hybrid buyback in Pennsylvania ($51,537)
- 2026 Subaru Forester buyback in Pennsylvania ($43,997)
- 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD cash-and-keep settlement in Pennsylvania ($21,000)
- 2026 GMC Yukon cash-and-keep settlement in Pennsylvania ($20,000)
1 more Pennsylvania case is listed with all of our published case results.
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 Pennsylvania 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.
Meet Our Legal Team
Our lawyers are only permitted to practice law in the jurisdictions in which they are licensed or have been authorized to practice.
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About the Pennsylvania Lemon Law
Answers anchored to 73 Pa. Stat. §1951 to §1960, the statute that governs lemon law claims in Pennsylvania.
Frequently Asked Questions
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If the manufacturer has a dispute program that follows federal FTC rules, you must use it first in Pennsylvania, but its decision does not bind you. So on a Pennsylvania file we look up which program the manufacturer runs and whether it follows those rules, and the general questions about these programs are in our lemon law FAQ.
A program takes the case once the repair history reaches 3 repair attempts for the same defect or 30 cumulative calendar days out of service, and after any written notice to the manufacturer that the statute makes a prerequisite. The program sets its own timing. We do the filing and send the repair orders in with it, and we want a copy of the decision the day it arrives. Since the decision does not bind you, a case the program doesn't resolve can still go to court, usually the Court of Common Pleas of the county where you live or where the car was sold. Those courts, for Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and eight other cities, are listed in the Statute-Cited Answers below.
Pennsylvania Lemon Law vs Federal Magnuson-Moss
Most Pennsylvania cases benefit from invoking both statutes, so we review every Pennsylvania case under 73 Pa. Stat. §1951 to §1960 and under the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (15 U.S.C. §2301) and use the stronger one. The Pennsylvania law gives you the repair presumption and the buyback remedy, but Magnuson-Moss adds a federal fee provision, and it can cover defects outside the Pennsylvania lemon law period. On repairs, Pennsylvania requires 3 attempts for the same defect or 30 cumulative calendar days out of service. But the federal act just asks for a "reasonable number" of repair attempts, and what's reasonable depends on the facts. Pennsylvania's window closes at 12 months, 12,000 miles or the end of the express warranty, whichever comes first, while the federal act sets no filing deadline of its own and covers defects during the express warranty. The state law is for new motor vehicles purchased, leased, or registered in Pennsylvania for personal, family, or household purposes, but Magnuson-Moss applies to any product under a written warranty, and that is why used cars often qualify. A case under either law can be heard in state or federal court.
If you prevail on the Pennsylvania claim, the manufacturer pays reasonable attorney fees, and a federal claim has its own fee rule in 15 U.S.C. §2310(d)(2).
Pennsylvania Lemon Law: Statute-Cited Answers
Four questions Pennsylvania drivers ask us about 73 Pa. Stat. §1951 to §1960, starting with where a case goes if it doesn't settle.
Which Pennsylvania court hears a lemon law case, from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh?
A Pennsylvania lemon law lawsuit usually goes to the Court of Common Pleas, the general civil trial court, of the county where you live or where the car was sold. Philadelphia is in Philadelphia County, whose Court of Common Pleas is part of the First Judicial District, and Pittsburgh is in Allegheny County, in the Fifth. Allentown is in Lehigh County and the Thirty-First Judicial District, Reading is in Berks County and the Twenty-Third, and Scranton is in Lackawanna County and the Forty-Fifth. Bethlehem is split: per the 2020 Census, parts of it lie in Lehigh County and parts in Northampton County, whose Court of Common Pleas is in the Third Judicial District. Lancaster is in Lancaster County and the Second, York in York County and the Nineteenth, Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County and the Eleventh, Altoona in Blair County and the Twenty-Fourth, and State College in Centre County and the Forty-Ninth. A Magnuson-Moss claim can also go to Federal District Court if damages are over $50,000 or party diversity permits it (15 U.S.C. §2310(d)(1)). In the end, which court hears a particular case still depends on its facts, the warranty issues involved and the law it is brought under.
What do Pennsylvania lemon law attorneys need from you?
The repair orders come first, every one, including visits where the technician found nothing.
- the purchase or lease contract
- the registration, if the car was bought outside Pennsylvania
- the warranty booklet, which shows the express warranty
- emails, texts and letters with the dealer or manufacturer
- receipts for towing, rentals and lodging, since those costs are often recoverable
It helps to write down the date, the mileage and the symptom every time the problem shows up, because the 12,000 miles count as much as the 12 months. You can also look up your VIN for recall notices at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Which defects count as a nonconformity in Pennsylvania?
A defect counts when it substantially impairs the use, market value or safety of the vehicle, and scratches and small paint flaws usually don't. What Pennsylvania drivers bring us most is engine stalling and misfires, transmission shudder or failure, electrical faults that leave warning lights on, brake and steering problems, and driver-assistance (ADAS) systems that brake or drift on their own.
Our client's 2024 Porsche Macan 4 had its problems in the electrical and safety categories. The high-voltage system shut itself off during a software campaign and left the car undrivable. Service also investigated an "Emergency Call Function Deactivated" error, and the SOS module didn't work again until PAG sent a backend software fix.
How is the mileage offset figured in a Pennsylvania buyback?
Pennsylvania has its own rule, under which the allowance covers your use before you first reported the defect to the manufacturer, and it can't be more than 10 cents a mile or 10% of the price, whichever is less. Many states instead take your mileage, divide it by a useful life of usually 100,000 to 120,000 miles and multiply by the purchase price, so we check which math the manufacturer used before anything is signed. Registration, taxes and finance charges usually come back to you in the refund, and so can towing or rental costs, while attorney fees are paid apart from the buyback.
Serving Drivers Across All of Pennsylvania
Easy Lemon represents Pennsylvania consumers from Philadelphia to Erie. We handle 73 Pa. Stat. §1951 to §1960 cases remotely, regardless of city or county.
Other cities: Erie and Harrisburg.
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