Remedies Under the West Virginia Lemon Law

West Virginia offers one of the broadest damages menus of any state lemon law. Under W. Va. Code § 46A-6A-4 the consumer elects between a full refund (via revocation) or keeping the vehicle and recovering diminished value — and either way can add repair costs, loss of use, and annoyance and inconvenience. The WVCCPA and Magnuson-Moss stack on top.

The remedy menu (§ 46A-6A-4(2))

1. Revocation of acceptance + refund of the purchase price — or diminished-value damages (consumer’s election).
2. Cost of repairs needed to conform the vehicle.
3. Loss of use, annoyance and inconvenience, including replacement-transportation costs.
4. Reasonable attorney fees (discretionary).

Plus, by stacking statutes: WVCCPA actual damages or the $200 floor, and Magnuson-Moss fees.

Topics in this section

• Refund (buyback) — Purchase price + collateral charges, with no statutory use offset.
• Replacement — Comparable new vehicle under § 46A-6A-3.
• Cash-and-keep — Diminished-value recovery when you keep the vehicle.
• WVCCPA damages — The $200 floor and misrepresentation recovery.
• Attorney fees — Discretionary lemon-law fees; Magnuson-Moss as the reliable engine.

What makes West Virginia’s remedies distinctive

• Consumer elects refund vs. diminished value — unlike manufacturer-option states like New Mexico or Oklahoma.
• Annoyance and inconvenience are expressly compensable (§ 46A-6A-4(2)(c)) — many states don’t list these.
• No statutory reasonable-use offset in the lemon-law text — the refund is fuller than in offset states like California.

The fee trade-off

West Virginia’s broad damages come with discretionary lemon-law fees and conditional WVCCPA fees — so Magnuson-Moss § 2310(d)(2) is the dependable fee engine. See attorney fees.

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