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The Hawaii Revised Statute under Chapter 481i deals with the state lemon laws. It is the intent of this statute to offer legal protection to the owners of vehicles that do not confer to the warranty provided by the manufacturer or the dealer.

Manufacturer’s warranty obligation

If the vehicle fails to live up to the warrant provided, and the consumer informs the manufacturer about the defect, then the manufacturer should undertake such necessary repairs at his costs.

Even after reasonable attempts, if the defect is not rectified then the manufacturer should either replace the vehicle with a comparable new one, or should repurchase the vehicle from the consumer.

In case a refund is given then it should be accompanied, in addition to the purchase price, with all incidental charges the owner had incurred in the process of purchase of the vehicle. The manufacturer is permitted to deduct some reasonable charges towards the normal wear of the vehicle.

A manufacturer will be considered to have made reasonable attempts at repair if he has tried to do so at leas three times or has caused the vehicle to remain un-operational on account of repairs for at least thirty days.

At the time of each or the repair attempts, the manufacturer or his dealer should provide the consumer with a written statement regarding all the repairs that have been made.

The manufacturer will in no way be responsible for the defect if such a defect is caused due to some abuse of misuse of the consumer.

Resale of returned vehicle

The manufacturer cannot resell a returned vehicle unless such a vehicle is cured of all the defects, and the new buyer is intimated prominently about the history of the vehicle before ant agreement is entered into.

Dispute settlement

In case of any dispute regarding the defect, the consumer can approach the state certified motor vehicles arbitration program, within a period of one year from the expiration of the lemon law period.

The US federal law governing lemons is officially called The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, however, most American states each have their own lemon law.


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