Vehicle Types Covered by Pennsylvania Lemon Law

Pennsylvania’s Lemon Law (73 P.S. § 1951) covers new motor vehicles for personal/family/household use that are designed to carry not more than 15 persons (73 P.S. § 1952).

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• Used vehicles
• Leased vehicles
• Electric vehicles
• Motorcycles
• Recreational vehicles (RVs)
• Commercial vehicles

What’s distinctive about Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Lemon Law has narrower coverage than California or New York — motorcycles, motor homes, and commercial vehicles are excluded from primary coverage. For excluded vehicles, UTPCPL and Magnuson-Moss provide alternative civil-court remedies.

How to know if your vehicle is covered

The narrow exceptions:

• Vehicles past the window (UTPCPL + Magnuson-Moss only).
• Motorcycles.
• Motor homes.
• Off-road vehicles.
• Vehicles designed to carry more than 15 persons.
• Primarily commercial use.

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The Pennsylvania Lemon Law Process

Step-by-step: how a Pennsylvania lemon-law case moves from repair attempts through the manufacturer's informal dispute settlement (where applicable) and court action to settlement.

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Qualifying Defects Under Pennsylvania Lemon Law

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Pennsylvania Lemon Law Remedies

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The Law: Pennsylvania Lemon Law and UTPCPL

The statutes behind a Pennsylvania lemon-law claim — the Automobile Lemon Law (73 P.S. § 1951), the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, Magnuson-Moss, and timing rules.

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