Texas legislature brought a law called the texas lemon law in 1983. The Texas Department of Transportation's Motor Vehicle Division and its Motor Vehicle Board administer it. It is automobile law that guards consumers from getting faulty vehicles. It protects consumer to get their model replaced or repaired.

It (lemon laws) covers most of the newly purchased or leased vehicles like cars, trucks, SUVs, vans, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and tow-able recreational vehicles including motor homes, etc. For used vehicles or program cars or repossessed vehicle, this ruling is not applicable.

The lemon law in Texas does not cover any problems originated by the owner's neglect, abuse or unauthorized modifications to the vehicle, this is very different to california lemon law. Consumers also cant get benefits of this law if the problem doesnt have a significant impact on the use or market value of that model. When you buy or lease a new vehicle from a licensed trader in Texas, then your vehicle gets into the protection of this lemon rule. Moreover your car must have a serious defect covered by the manufacturer's warranty. The problem must be reported within the time period of the warranty. The dealer must get sufficient time to repair the vehicle. Generally you can proceed with less attempts. Give a notice to your manufacturer about the problem in writing. As stated before, minor defects are avoided. Only such defects are taken into concern which continues damaging the vehicles value or safety. And, lastly, you must file a lemon law complaint and pay any filing fees.

The first step to do if you believe your vehicle falls under the lemon law in Texas is to take the vehicle to the dealership where you purchased it. If they cannot repair the defect after a specific time period, you should send a letter of notification to the manufacturer.

It is essential to give a chance to manufacturer to repair the vehicle before making any complaint. Make sure you keep a copy of your complaint letter and any reply thereof, including repair invoices.

When you instituting a lemon law suit, send all the said documents to your lemon law attorneys or if you are filing the complaint yourself you have to send these documents directly to the Texas Department of Transportation. If you decide to file a complaint, you must submit a written complaint to the Department of Transportation accompanied with a filing fee.

If your lemon law lawyer wins your case at the Texas hearing, your filing fee will be refunded to you and if the complaint is for repairing only it does not requires the filing fee.

The Transportation Department then contacts the dealer and manufacturer about your complaint. The maker will then send its team of experts to your original dealership to see about solving the problem, if possible.

If your vehicle is still not repaired, the Texas Department of Transportation will send its experts to the dealership to check and resolve the problem. If this does not resolve the problem, an automobile lemon law suit will be necessary.