If your car is a lemon the impact on your life is significant: how will you get to work, shuttle the kids around or leave the house?  Mass transit is not an option.  You need to take advantage of the New Jersey Lemon Law and fight back and force the manufacturer to repurchase your car.

The New Jersey Lemon Law is a very powerful tool for consumers who believe they have been aggrieved as a result of the condition of their vehicles substantially affecting the use, value and safety of that automobile.
The New Jersey Lemon Law has a certain threshold requirements.  These threshold requirements for the New Jersey Lemon Law are different depending on whether you choose to proceed to Superior Court or to the Administrative Court.  The difference between these two courts for New Jersey Lemon Law is that in the Administrative Court, you do not receive a jury but rather a judge alone determines whether or not your vehicle is a lemon under New Jersey Lemon Law.  In the Superior Court system, a jury could potentially determine whether or not your alleged lemon is a lemon under the New Jersey Lemon Law.
There are significant time differences between proceeding in Administrative Court for lemon law claim and in Super Court for lemon law claim.  In the administrative context, the hearing usually occurs in 30 to 90 days from filing of the claim.  A judge will then hear your case, hear the manufacturer’s case and make a decision within 30 days unless there are any supplements to the record.  In the context of a lemon law claim filed in Superior Court, it takes significantly longer.  It is also more expensive.  It is $200 to file a lemon law complaint in Superior Court and it takes approximate a year to a year and a half until you have the opportunity to get to a judge or jury.  A jury then will determine whether or not your vehicle is a lemon under the New Jersey Lemon Law.

In proceeding with a lemon law claim under the New Jersey Lemon Law, you should be mindful that it is your burden to demonstrate that the vehicle’s use, value and safety have been substantially impaired.  If the manufacturer is unable to repair the vehicle in three attempts and a certified letter was sent to the manufacturer, then it is presumed that the vehicle is a lemon and it is the obligation of the manufacturer to rebut this presumption.  Even if the manufacturer fixes your vehicle under the demand letter for the New Jersey Lemon Law, if they take too long, you were entitled to a verdict determining that your vehicle is a lemon under New Jersey Lemon Law.  The manufacturer is obligated to repair all warranted issues within a reasonable time period.  If they do not remedy the defects within a reasonable time, you are entitled to remedies under the New Jersey Lemon Law.
If the manufacturer is required to repurchase the vehicle under the New Jersey Lemon Law, they would be entitled to a mileage credit from the first repair attempt for the alleged defect.  This must be done with certain amount of time and the title must be branded as a lemon under the New Jersey Lemon Law.