My New Car's Engine Dies in the Rain! Do I Have a Chance Getting My Money Back?

Being an advocate for those who are stuck withI think the straw that broke the camel's back
a car which is nothing more than a "lemon" Iwas when his wife took the car with his baby
would suggest that this person call a Californiadaughter. They were on the freeway and it
Lemon Law Attorney. They will qualify himbegan to rain. The car died right in the left lane
immediately and begin a "no cost to theand panicked his wife. She rolled over to the
consumer" lawsuit. But I'm ahead of myself; letbreakdown lane and hysterically called her
me start from the beginning.husband.
I'm getting to be known as the California LemonThe next day, he drove the car (which was dried
Law guru around town, so when someone has aout by now) to the dealership and explained the
vehicle situation that they need information on;situation. They told him to leave it and they would
yep, I'm the guy they come to. This followingcall him. Days went by. Finally they called and said
situation was one of the best ones yet. And yes,the car was fixed and to pick it up. I was hoping
there is a happy ending to this story.that it was totally repaired and he wouldn't need
A person wrote me an email about his newthe services of a California Lemon Law Attorney
automobile. Apparently, when it rained, his engineafter all.
would stop dead. Yes, I know; very strange; butOn the way to the dealership, it began to rain.
true nonetheless. In the back of my mind, IWhen he drove his car out into the dealership
thought that he might end up needing theparking lot, the engine stopped right then and
services of a California Lemon Law Attorney.there. The mechanics scratched their heads and
He complained that the car would run perfectly,pushed it back into the repair shop.
but he's had to call AAA the last 3 times he wentThis continued several more times but the car
out in the rain. Thankfully, in southern California, itwas never fixed. That's when I got the email.
only rains in the winter. But even so; who wants aI called him immediately and he said that his
car that you can't depend on if it suddenly startsconcern was that the car was over 6 months old,
raining?but it still had a warranty on it. He wasn't sure if
The car was a sports car; fairly low to thethe car would be covered. My advice to him was
ground; which didn't help this situation at all.to call a Calfornia Lemon Law Attorney who
Apparently when he goes through a puddle, he'sspecializes in the lemon law.
dead in the water; no pun intended.He took my advice and it wasn't but a short while
This very nice man did everything he couldlater that I got a call. He was totally compensated
himself. He sprayed a coating on the distributorfor his expenses and the manufacturer made
wires thinking that might be the problem. Itgood on the car with a new vehicle. It didn't cost
seemed to help for awhile, but then it died on himhim any out of pocket money and he happily can
again. Now I was fairly convinced that a Californianow drive in the rain.
Lemon Law Attorney was in his future.