I recently had some problems with my car in which I had to take it back to the local dealership and a special engineer flew in to diagnose it. They finally came to a conclusion saying it was a defected car and they’re sending a proposal to buy it back. But if the proposal is too low or just unreasonable I plan on hiring a lawyer and sueing. What kind of lawyer would be right for this situation?
I’ve been in your shoes with the defective vehicle buyback (and I’m a lawyer)! My buyback process was great – I turned over my defective vehicle, and the dealership delivered the new car. (Obviously, there was quite a bit of paperwork to go along with that. Also, in my case, the dealership had actually had my car for 1 month prior to the buyback decision. During that time, various engineers flew out to look at it, and they tried to fix the software problem. Ultimately, it was deemed unsafe, so I never got that car back. I had it for 3 days when it went into the service department. To further complicate my situation, the vehicle I bought was a brand new model of car which had just been released. Supply could not keep up with demand, so all of these cars were special orders only. Therefore, the manufacturer had to build one specifically for me, so that took another month.)
The software glitch started before I even took delivery, so there was no loss of value on my vehicle. I got to do an even exchange. It sounds like you may have had the vehicle for a while (since you’re worried about the proposal being too low).
If you need a lawyer, get a lemon law attorney. I talked to a lemon law attorney ahead of time but never needed him. (Even though I am a lawyer, I don’t practice in lemon law or in the state where I bought the car). Hopefully, your process will go as well as mine did.