In addition to paying your attorney fees, they will usually agree to cover the item that is under warranty for the life of the car, or they may agree to buy it back from you for blue book value or they can make an offer based on the number of miles you have accumulated.
Remember that if they are not offering to cover your attorney fees on top of this, you are going to be very behind after your fees are taken out. After delaying on this for a couple of years and after you begin putting on more miles, they will likely to offer you a lot less than if they had settled with you in the beginning.
If they offer you $10,000 for your car because that's the blue book value, and you have paid your attorney $3000, then what you end up with is $7000, they get the car, and you have to figure out how to buy an equal car for that amount of money. Talk about bull! Lemon law in court If all else fails you, and despite the reluctance of most car manufacturers to go to court with a lemon law case, some of them do. They may figure they have a good enough case or they might believe enough in their own abilities to confuse the court that they are willing to go that far just to prove that they can.
You should expect to get described as an opportunist who is using a minor situation to go after a good company just to make a quick buck. Look for the opposing attorney to even make this claim to the court or to ask you if you aren't just pressing your lemon lawsuit just so that you can get rich at the expense of the car manufacturer.
Don't let this bother you. It's a common tactic. Stick to the facts and understand before you go into court why you are there and why you have the right to demand what you are asking. When you are sure of these things, this comes across to the court and they are on your side.
Here's a recap of why you are suing under lemon law:
1) The car manufacturer through their dealer had no problem taking your money in the first place. You negotiated in good faith for a car that was at least mostly free from defects, and that the company would and could make repairs that are covered under warranty.
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