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Davie Lemon Law Attorney

Maybe it's the pickup that's meant to pull the horse trailer to Saturday's show, or the first new car a student ever bought (now on its fourth trip to a University Drive service lane), or an SUV that just keeps throwing the same warning on I-595. RockPoint Law works on lemon law as its core practice, so we look at cars like these pretty much every day.

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If a new vehicle that was sold in Florida won't stay fixed, Davie owners have a way out of it under Chapter 681 of the Florida Statutes. You have 24 months from delivery to report the defect, and a new-car claim goes to the Attorney General's arbitration board before any lawsuit. And when a case qualifies, we take it on contingency.

  • 10,000 lb truck limit
  • 24 months from delivery
  • No fee unless we recover
Key facts

Davie lemon law at a glance

Davie tests the edges of Florida's definition of a "motor vehicle" more than most towns. These are the lines and dates that decide a claim here, in the order a claim meets them.

Key facts for a Davie lemon law claim under Chapter 681, Florida Statutes
Key figureWhat it meansWhere it comes from
EnginerequiredChapter 681 covers a vehicle "propelled by power other than muscular power." A horse trailer has no engine, so it is outside.Sec. 681.102(14)
10,000 lbgross vehicle weightTrucks rated over 10,000 pounds are excluded. The label on the driver's door jamb decides it.Sec. 681.102(14)
Sold in FLwhere it was boughtThe vehicle must be sold in Florida, so a student's car bought new in another state is outside Chapter 681.Sec. 681.102(14)
1 year+for a leaseA lease counts if it runs a year or more and makes you responsible for repairs. A refund carries no early termination penalty.Sec. 681.102(10); 681.104(2)(b)
24 monthsno mileage capThe rights period runs 24 months from delivery. A heavy I-595 commute doesn't shorten it.Sec. 681.102(9)
10 + 10days for the final tryAfter your letter, 10 days to respond and name a shop, then 10 days from drop-off to fix it. A motorhome gets 45.Sec. 681.104(1)(a)
30 daysout of serviceThirty cumulative days in the shop, 60 for a motorhome, with written notice at 15.Sec. 681.104(1)(b), (3)(b)
60 daysto request arbitrationDue 60 days after the 24 months end, or 30 days after a certified program's final action if later.Sec. 681.109(4)
Own ituntil the hearingTo be eligible for a hearing, you must currently own or possess the vehicle.AG hearing procedures
The Short Answer

What is the lemon law in Davie?

A Davie lemon law claim is a Florida claim. The Town of Davie has no lemon law of its own, and section 681.116 stops any town or county from writing one. Chapter 681 covers a new or demonstrator vehicle sold in Florida whose defect was first reported within 24 months of delivery. If it still fails after three repairs and a final attempt, or spends 30 days in the shop inside those 24 months, the manufacturer owes a refund or a replacement, and the refund is your call.

That preemption rule is in section 681.116. Where the law stops ends up mattering a good deal in Davie, which has over 165 miles of trails and unpaved paths for riders and hikers and a rodeo arena near Davie Road and Orange Drive, so the coverage questions here go well past sedans. If you have a horse trailer, it isn't covered, since it has no engine, and if you have a one-ton dually you'll need to read the door jamb, because over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight it isn't covered either. And then there's the truck that works a boarding barn and whether it's still a "consumer" vehicle, which turns on how it's mainly used.

On top of all that you've got the campuses, with Nova Southeastern and Broward College's central campus and FAU Davie and a UF research center all at Davie addresses, and a student's first car raises its own questions. A car sold new in another state is outside Chapter 681. A car sold new here is inside it, whoever makes the payments. The full statute is on our Florida lemon law guide, and for another Broward city there's our Miramar lemon law page.

The dates that decide a Davie claim

Every day counts, weekends included, because section 681.102(5) defines days as calendar days, and so it's worth keeping these four in view right from the start:

  • delivery plus 24 months: the rights period in section 681.102(9). The defect has to be first reported inside it, and mileage plays no part;
  • a certified program, if your brand has one: 60 days after the 24 months, the cutoff in section 681.109(1);
  • the Attorney General: 60 days after the 24 months, or 30 days after the program's final action if later. Miss it and, the Attorney General warns, you lose your arbitration rights;
  • a lawsuit: one year from the end of the rights period, or from the program's, department's or Board's final action, under section 681.112(2).

Mailing a defect notice to the manufacturer starts none of these and stops none of them. Filing a copy of the Defect Notification form with the Attorney General "is not the equivalent of filing a claim."

Florida gives you two ways to show the manufacturer had enough chances, both in section 681.104(3): three repair visits for the same defect, a notice by registered or express mail, and a final attempt that fails; or 30 days out of service in total, for one defect or several, with written notice once you pass 15. There's no shortcut for a single dangerous failure.

Keep the vehicle while the claim runs, because the Attorney General's hearing procedures say you must currently own or possess it to be eligible for a hearing, and you should keep paying the loan or lease too. Our guide to filing a lemon law claim covers the paperwork and the lemon law glossary covers the terms if some of them are new to you.

Eligibility

What qualifies for the lemon law in Davie?

Before any repair count, the defect itself has to qualify. Section 681.102(15) calls it a nonconformity: a defect or condition that substantially impairs the vehicle's use, value or safety. It can't come from an accident, abuse, neglect, or a modification made by anyone other than the manufacturer or its authorized service agent.

That last part matters to owners who add hitches, lift kits or tuners. After that, four tests decide whether the claim is ready. Each card has a Davie example and a self-check.

Three Repairs, a Letter, a Last Try

One nonconformity, three repair attempts, still not right. Then a written notice goes to the manufacturer, not the dealer, by registered or express mail. The manufacturer gets 10 days from receipt to send you to a reasonably accessible shop, and 10 days from drop-off to fix it. If it misses either window, the final attempt is excused.

A Davie example A new half-ton pickup from a South University Drive dealer loses power under load three times, a registered letter follows, and the manufacturer's last repair doesn't hold

Thirty Days Out of Service

Count every day the vehicle was out of service for repair of one or more defects, added together across visits. At 30 the presumption is met, or 60 for a motorhome. At 15 you must send the manufacturer written notice by registered or express mail, and it gets at least one chance to inspect or repair after that. Both counts run inside the 24 months, and routine maintenance from the owner's manual doesn't count toward either.

A Davie example An electric crossover spends 11 days on a charging fault and nine on a door module, the owner writes to the manufacturer at day 20, and a third visit takes the total to 32

The Program Before the Board

If your brand runs a program the state has certified, and you got written notice of how to use it, that program comes first under section 681.108(1). BBB Auto Line hears Ford, GM, Hyundai and Genesis, Kia, Mazda, Nissan and Infiniti, Volkswagen, Audi and Bentley. NCDS hears Toyota and Lexus, and Honda, Acura and Tesla bought on or after November 1, 2022. CAP Motors hears Porsche. Every other brand goes directly to the state Board.

A Davie example A student's Mazda goes to BBB Auto Line first. A Jeep, with no certified program on the list, goes straight to the Attorney General

Report Inside 24 Months

The rights period runs 24 months from first delivery, with no mileage cap, which helps anyone who puts heavy miles on I-595 or the Turnpike. The defect has to be reported inside it. The Attorney General must then receive your request within 60 days after it ends, or 30 days after a certified program's final action if later.

A Davie example A lease that began with delivery on January 12, 2025, has a rights period ending January 12, 2027. For a brand with no certified program, the arbitration request is due 60 days after that

Tow it? Say so on the repair order

The manufacturer has defenses, and section 681.104(4) spells them out: the defect doesn't substantially impair the vehicle, it came from an accident, abuse, neglect or an outside modification, or the claim wasn't brought in good faith. A clean paper trail answers most of that.

Under section 681.103(4), the dealer must hand you a fully itemized, legible repair order each time the vehicle comes back from warranty work: the problem you reported, the diagnosis, the work done, any test drive and its length, and the dates and odometer readings. Ask for one even when the shop says it found nothing. If the fault shows up under load, make sure the order says so.

Not sure your repair orders add up to a claim? Send them and we'll read them against both routes.

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Where your case is heard

Where is a Davie lemon law claim heard?

A Davie claim can pass through as many as four different hands, and it can settle at any point along the way.

Screening in Tallahassee

The Request for Arbitration goes to Lemon Law Arbitration Screening at the Capitol, by mail or as a PDF by email. Staff date-stamp it and make a first eligibility call within 20 days, and that date stamp is your filing date, so it's the one to write down.

A Hearing Close to Home

Section 681.1095(2) requires the Board to sit in various locations so you can attend at a reasonably convenient place and tell your side in person. Hearings run on weekdays, usually two to four hours, and are open to the public.

Three Arbitrators, One Vote

A panel of three Board members hears the case, and two votes decide it. None may work for a manufacturer or a franchised dealer, and each region needs a member with vehicle mechanics expertise. Witnesses testify under oath, and the panel may drive the vehicle.

An Appeal in Broward, if It Comes to That

Either side can appeal to a circuit court within 30 days of receiving the decision, as a trial de novo. The petition can go where you live, where you got the vehicle, or where the hearing took place. For most Davie residents that's the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit under section 26.021(17). Our Fort Lauderdale lemon law page covers the Broward courts.

After the panel rules

The panel usually announces its decision at the end of the hearing, and a written decision with findings of fact follows by a delivery method that can be confirmed. A manufacturer that loses has 40 days from receiving it to hand over the refund or an acceptable replacement, under section 681.1095(9). If it neither complies nor appeals, the department can ask a circuit court for a fine of up to $1,000 a day, capped at twice the purchase price. If the court upholds your award on appeal, section 681.1095(13) adds your fees, your costs and $25 a day past the 40, and a bad-faith appeal doubles the award, or triples it.

Two protections apply to every settlement offer. Section 681.115 voids any agreement that waives or limits your Chapter 681 rights or buys your silence about its terms. And under section 681.113 the dealer that sold you the vehicle isn't a defendant unless it gave a written warranty of its own.

When screening sends the form back, or turns the claim down

The Attorney General's filing instructions describe what happens next. An incomplete form comes back to you, and you have 30 days to finish it, plus another 30 with a reasonable explanation. Miss that and the claim is rejected. After a rejection, the time to request arbitration resumes running on the day the notice is mailed. Days already used stay used, and going on takes a new form. Withdraw during screening and the time resumes the day you tell the office.

A claim found lacking in evidence can be reconsidered on new information. After a second review, section 681.109(6) lets the department reject it if the evidence is clearly insufficient, with a written reason, and section 681.109(7) then opens the courthouse door instead. Send copies, not originals, and keep them plain: no highlighting, sticky notes, tabs or binders.

Who else is in the hearing room

An attorney from the Attorney General's Lemon Law Arbitration Program serves as board administrator and advises the panel, and that lawyer answers procedural questions but represents neither side. You'll get the name and number with your Notice of Arbitration.

You don't need a lawyer to attend (the Attorney General says so itself), and some manufacturers bring one and some don't. Each side can call witnesses and question the other's, so bring copies of everything you filed, and consider watching another hearing first, since the board administrator can tell you when one is scheduled near you.

You may well hear "three strikes and it's a lemon" at a service counter, but the statute asks for more than that, namely the letter to the manufacturer, the final attempt, the right program for your brand, and a request that reaches Tallahassee on time. Our note on how the lemon law works goes through the basics.

Worried the 24 months are nearly up? That's the first date we check, and the check is free.

  • The purchase or lease contract, because its delivery date starts the clock.
  • Every repair order, with dates and odometer readings, so we can see which route fits.
  • If it's a truck, a photo of the weight label in the driver's door jamb.
  • Any letter you've already sent to the manufacturer, along with its mail receipt.
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You Stay Put

Most of a Davie claim happens on paper

Nobody has to drive up to Tallahassee or sit in Turnpike traffic all the way to Brickell to start a lemon law claim, since the Request for Arbitration travels by mail, or by email under the Attorney General's e-filing notice: PDF files only, no photos, video or audio, and nothing over 8 megabytes. Screening is done on paper, and a manufacturer can settle before anybody even sets a hearing date.

We collect the repair orders and check the dates and mileage and write to the manufacturer's Florida office, and then we file in the right forum on time and get you ready for the hearing, and all you do is make one call to start.

How It Works

How long does a Davie lemon law case take?

There are five steps and they're listed here in the order they happen, and in Florida the order you do things in decides as much as the repair count does, because a notice that gets sent to the wrong company or a claim that gets filed with the wrong program uses up days the 60-day deadline never gives back. The first clock that matters is the manufacturer's final attempt, which starts when your letter lands, and if you want the form-by-form detail it's in our guide to how to file a lemon law claim.

  1. Day 0The manufacturer receives your registered or express letter after the third failed repair
  2. Day 10Latest day for it to respond and direct you to a reasonably accessible repair facility
  3. Day 20Latest day to fix a car or pickup you deliver to that facility on Day 10 (10 days)
  4. Day 55Latest day to fix a motorhome you deliver on Day 10 (45 days). Miss a deadline and the final attempt is excused

Pin Down the Delivery Date

Get the contract out and find the delivery date, because the 24 months run from it, and while you've got the paperwork out look for three more things: the manufacturer's zone, district or regional office for Florida in the warranty booklet, which section 681.103(2) requires and where your letter will go; any written notice about a certified dispute program; and the Attorney General's statement of your rights, which the dealer had to give you at signing. If it's a pickup, take a photo of the weight label on the door jamb now while you're thinking about it.

Collect a Repair Order Every Time

Every time the vehicle goes in, don't leave the service lane without an itemized repair order, and read it over before you drive off to see that it has the problem in your words and the diagnosis and the work and any test drive and its length, plus the date in and the date finished and the odometer reading. "No problem found" orders count too, because they prove you reported the fault. You should also keep your own note of the drop-off date and the day the shop called to say the vehicle was ready, written down somewhere you won't lose it.

Notify the Manufacturer in Writing

Send the letter after the third repair for the same defect, or once the vehicle has been out of service 15 days in total. It goes to the manufacturer at the Florida address in your booklet, by registered or express mail, as section 681.104(1) requires. The Attorney General's Defect Notification form is optional but it's convenient, since one copy goes to the manufacturer with a return receipt and one is for you and one goes to the Attorney General, and that third copy isn't a claim.

File Before the 60 Days Run Out

Brands with a certified program start there, no later than 60 days after the 24 months end. If the program hasn't decided in 40 days, or you don't accept its decision or how the manufacturer carries it out, take the dispute to the state Board. Brands without a program go straight to the Attorney General. The Request for Arbitration, with copies of the documents it asks for, goes to Lemon Law Arbitration Screening at the Capitol in Tallahassee.

Inspection, Hearing, Decision

Once your claim is approved, the manufacturer may inspect the vehicle before the hearing, at an agreed time and place and with you present. It may test drive it or plug in diagnostic equipment, but it may not repair it. The Board aims to hear the case within 40 days of approval and decide within 60. The panel decides first whether the vehicle is a lemon, then works out the refund or replacement. If you win, the manufacturer has 40 days to comply.

Davie claims go wrong in a handful of familiar ways, like the letter going to the dealership because that's where the truck keeps going, or a Kia claim skipping BBB Auto Line and landing at the state Board too early, or a student selling the car over the summer break and losing the right to a hearing, or the request getting to Tallahassee on day 62.

You can run all five steps yourself, and the Attorney General's hotline staff will answer questions along the way. No lawyer can tell you in advance how a panel will rule. What we do is keep the dates straight and the documents complete and get the manufacturer's defenses answered before the hearing starts, and most of that is careful, detailed work done behind the scenes.

Outcomes

What compensation can you receive?

A buyback or a replacement, and the refund is your right

Once the manufacturer has had a reasonable number of attempts and the defect is still there, section 681.104(2)(a) gives it 40 days to act. It either buys the vehicle back and refunds the purchase price, or replaces it with one you accept, adding the collateral and incidental charges you reasonably paid, less a reasonable offset for your use. The choice belongs to you, and the statute calls the right to a refund unconditional. A replacement's sticker price can be no more than 105 percent of the original's, under section 681.102(21).

With a loan, the refund goes to you and your lender "as their interests may appear," so the lender's payoff comes out first and your share is what you put into the vehicle, less the offset. A lease splits the same way: your deposit and rental payments come to you, the lessor takes the rest of the lease price, and no early termination penalty can be charged.

The offset, worked through twice

The charge for use comes from section 681.102(19), and the Attorney General's remedy guideline applies it in three steps:

  1. Start from the base selling price on the invoice, leaving out taxes, government fees and dealer fees. For a lease, use the agreed value, less any manufacturer rebate.
  2. Multiply by the miles you put on the vehicle up to a settlement or the hearing, whichever is first.
  3. Divide by 120,000, or by 60,000 for a recreational vehicle.

Two examples show the range. A student's $28,000 sedan driven 18,000 miles back and forth to campus carries a $4,200 offset. A $62,000 heavy-duty pickup with 21,000 miles on it carries $10,850. Only your miles belong in the formula: the guideline takes out delivery mileage and test drives by the dealer, the manufacturer, a program's inspectors and the Board. A manufacturer rebate on your down payment usually isn't refunded, though it can reduce the offset.

On a financed purchase, your share is built from the down payment, the loan payments so far including interest, extras you paid for such as tint, a bed liner, added equipment or a service contract, and the trade-in allowance. Subtract the offset, then add the costs the defect caused, like towing, rentals, postage and repair bills. If the dealer inflated your trade-in to cover money still owed on the old vehicle, the Board may use the NADA Southeastern retail value less that debt, and the figure can come out negative.

Fees can shift to the manufacturer when a consumer wins a Chapter 681 lawsuit, since section 681.112(1) requires the award, or when a manufacturer appeals a Board award and loses. Qualifying cases with us run on contingency. And the vehicle carries its history: under section 681.114, a buyback can't be sold or leased again unless the defect is clearly disclosed and the manufacturer warrants the repair for 1 year or 12,000 miles. The Attorney General's searchable buyback list is worth checking before you buy a used truck.

Possible Outcomes

Five things a successful Davie claim can bring

  • Refund

    The purchase price plus collateral charges, minus the offset for use, and available instead of a replacement whenever you ask

  • Replacement

    An identical or reasonably equivalent vehicle you agree to, with a sticker price up to 105 percent of the original

  • A lease ended, no penalty

    Your deposit and rental payments come back, and no early termination penalty can be charged against you

  • Collateral and incidental charges

    Sales tax, title, earned finance charges, installed extras, towing and rental costs, and $25 a day after a failed appeal

  • Attorney's fees

    Paid by the manufacturer when a consumer wins in court under section 681.112, or defends a Board award on appeal

Outcomes depend on the facts of each case, so no attorney can tell you in advance what yours will be.

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Which vehicles does the lemon law cover in Davie?

Section 681.102(14) starts with a new vehicle "propelled by power other than muscular power" and sold in Florida, including demonstrators and leases of a year or more where you handle repairs. Then it lists what's out: rail-only vehicles, off-road vehicles, trucks over 10,000 pounds, motorcycles, mopeds, electric bicycles, and an RV's living quarters. On a horse property, several of those lines get tested at once. Where Florida's law ends, the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act may still apply. Choose a category.

Cars, SUVs and First New Cars

Covered: commuter sedans, family SUVs, crossovers and light pickups with transmission, electrical, cooling and leak problems that keep coming back. A demonstrator from the lot counts as new. So does a lease of 12 months or more that makes you responsible for repairs, which covers many student leases. The vehicle must be sold in Florida and used mainly for personal purposes. See our practice areas.

Tow Rigs, Duallys and Horse Trailers

Check the door-jamb label first. A pickup rated at 10,000 pounds or less is covered; above that it isn't. The trailer behind it is outside Chapter 681 entirely, because it has no engine. A flatbed or work body fitted to a truck chassis can make its installer a manufacturer too, under section 681.102(13). Repeated derate faults on a diesel count like any repeat defect. See our diesel emissions guide.

Motorcycles, ATVs and Farm UTVs

Not covered by Chapter 681. Section 681.102(14) excludes motorcycles, mopeds and electric bicycles by name, and it excludes off-road vehicles, which takes in the ATVs and side-by-sides used around barns and pastures. A defect that continues to recur under a written warranty can still support a federal warranty claim. See our motorcycle lemon law guide.

Motorhomes, Not Towables

A motorhome is covered, through its own forum: the RV Mediation and Arbitration Program under section 681.1097, with the application due 60 days after the 24 months. Its numbers differ: 60 shop days, a 45-day final repair window, and an offset divided by 60,000. A towed camper or a living-quarters horse trailer isn't a "recreational vehicle" here, because section 681.102(20) defines that term as a motor vehicle. See our RV lemon law guide.

Electric Vehicles

An EV gets no special rules in Chapter 681. A charging fault, a drive-unit failure or a software update that breaks the climate control counts the same way a transmission fault does. The badge decides the first stop: NCDS handles Teslas bought on or after November 1, 2022, BBB Auto Line takes Ford, GM, Hyundai and Kia, and an EV maker missing from the list files with the state. See our electric vehicle lemon law guide.

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Why RockPoint

Why Davie drivers choose RockPoint Law

Lemon law and warranty disputes are our core practice. A Davie claim comes down to the repair orders, a notice sent at the right moment, and a filing that reaches the Attorney General in time. We do that work for students on College Avenue and for owners out west past the Turnpike.

Lemon Law Is Our Core Practice

This isn't a side practice. Warranty and lemon law is what we do, every day, for drivers with defective vehicles.

Straight About Where We Are

We don't have an office in Davie, and you don't need one for this claim. Our Florida office is in Miami, and a Davie file can move entirely by mail, email, phone and video. Our Florida lemon law page covers the statewide rules.

We Know Where the Law Stops

Trailers, trucks over 10,000 pounds, farm UTVs, business-use pickups and cars sold out of state all sit near the edge of Chapter 681. We tell you early which side you're on, and what the warranty and federal law offer if Florida's statute doesn't fit.

Clear Communication

Straight updates at every stage of your case. No long silences and no surprises.

No Upfront Legal Fees

Qualifying cases run on contingency, so there's no attorney fee unless we recover for you. The first review of your repair orders is free.

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Side-by-Side

Do I need a lemon law attorney in Davie?

Below is a Davie claim done two different ways, one where the owner handles it themselves and one where an attorney handles it, and the switch lets you go back and forth so you can compare the same four moments side by side.

Vehicle repair invoices spread across a kitchen table with a hand hovering over them
On your own1 / 4

Selling or trading the vehicle mid-claim

Plenty can happen while a claim is open, like a semester ending or a lease that starts looking tempting or a dealer offering a trade. The Attorney General's hearing procedures say you must currently own or possess the vehicle to be eligible for a hearing. If you let the vehicle go before the claim is decided then the claim can go along with it.

A person on the phone at a home desk with a notepad of call notes
On your own2 / 4

Writing to the dealer instead of the maker

Most people complain to the service advisor because that's the person they know and talk to every time the car goes in. Section 681.104(1) requires notice to the manufacturer, by registered or express mail, at the Florida office in your warranty booklet. Without it the final repair attempt never starts.

A wall calendar with deadline dates circled in red beside a set of car keys
On your own3 / 4

Guessing about the truck's weight rating

It's easy to guess wrong about a heavy pickup and you can get it wrong in either direction, but the answer is right there on the label: over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, Chapter 681 doesn't apply. If you file the wrong way, the weeks you spent in the wrong forum still count against you.

One person alone at the end of a long empty hearing room table
On your own4 / 4

Accepting the first buyback number

A buyback number that was put together using the whole invoice and every mile on the odometer is usually too low for you. The statute's offset starts from the base price alone, miles you never drove come off, and a manufacturer rebate may shrink the charge.

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The vehicle stays yours until the claim ends

Early on we go over with you how the possession rule affects trade-in offers and loan or lease payments and insurance, so that nothing you sign while you wait ends the claim.

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The notice reaches the manufacturer on time

We send the notice by registered or express mail to the Florida office in your booklet at the third repair or the 15th day, and then we keep the receipt in the file in case anyone asks for it later on.

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Coverage answered before anything is filed

Before we choose between Chapter 681 and the written warranty and federal law, we check the weight rating and how the vehicle is being used and where it was sold.

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The math checked line by line

We take out the miles that aren't yours and apply any rebate and test the trade-in against the NADA Southeastern guide, and after that we compare the offer with the Attorney General's guideline.

Serving the Town of Davie

On the ground in Davie

A town of 110,851 with three identities

The Census Bureau put the Town of Davie at 110,851 residents on July 1, 2025, the seventh largest place in Broward County, and those people are spread over about 35 square miles of land. The Town describes itself by three things, a rural atmosphere and a western-themed downtown district and a large educational complex, and each of those ends up raising its own coverage question under Chapter 681.

Horse country inside Broward

The Town counts more than 165 miles of trails including unpaved paths for riders and hikers, and the Davie Arena at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds near Davie Road and Orange Drive has 4,000 bleacher seats for events that include horse shows, so you end up with pickups rated to tow and trailers behind them and utility vehicles around the barn, and Chapter 681 treats the three very differently. A pickup at or under 10,000 pounds is covered. A trailer isn't a motor vehicle under the statute. An off-road utility vehicle is excluded by name. And a truck used mainly for a boarding or lesson business may not belong to a "consumer" at all.

The College Avenue campuses

Nova Southeastern University's 314-acre Davie/Fort Lauderdale campus, Broward College's A. Hugh Adams Central Campus on Davie Road, FAU's Davie campus and the UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center all sit inside the Town. FAU reports more than 3,000 students at its Davie campus, which it shares with Broward College in the South Florida Education Center, and for students there are three coverage points that come up: a car bought new in another state is outside Florida's statute; a lease counts if it runs a year or more and makes the student responsible for repairs; and a car a parent bought and handed over may still be covered.

Buying for a student: whose name goes on the claim

Section 681.102(4) counts the buyer or lessee as a consumer, and also a person the vehicle passes to for personal or family use during the 24-month rights period. A refund is paid to the consumer and the lienholder as their interests appear, so the names on the contract, the loan and the title shape who signs the Request for Arbitration.

If the student is the one driving the car and the parent is the one holding the loan, both may need to be part of the claim, and since the Attorney General's screening unit reads the paperwork it's a good idea to tell us early whose names are on each document.

Where Davie buys, and how it drives

New-vehicle dealers sit on South University Drive near the Town's southern edge, but wherever you bought, the claim runs against the manufacturer. At the sale or lease, the dealer also collects a $2 fee under section 681.117, which ends up in the state's Motor Vehicle Warranty Trust Fund. People in Davie commute on I-595 and State Road 84 and on Florida's Turnpike by way of the Griffin Road exit and up and down University Drive. The 24-month period has no mileage limit, so a long commute doesn't shorten the window, but it does raise the offset and that's one more reason to act early.

We take lemon law claims from across the Town of Davie, including owners near:

  • Nova Southeastern University
  • Broward College Central Campus
  • FAU Davie
  • College Avenue
  • University Drive
  • Davie Road
  • Griffin Road
  • Orange Drive
  • State Road 84
  • Nob Hill Road
  • Pine Island Road
  • Flamingo Road

If you're outside Davie, our Florida lemon law page covers the whole state.

How to reach us

The fastest way to get started is the online intake form, and we review every request and respond as soon as we can, or you can call (516) 550-3323. If you want to meet face to face, our Florida office is in Miami on Brickell Avenue.

If you'd like to read up first, the Attorney General's Lemon Law section has the request form and the certified program list and the buyback lookup, and our article on lemon law claims on used cars covers vehicles bought second-hand.

Case Results

Recent RockPoint Law recoveries

Just so you know where these come from, the numbers below are pulled out of the lemon law settlement record that our firm publishes across brands, which makes them firmwide results and not Davie outcomes, and that's worth knowing before you look at them. They're on this page because they give a general idea of what a well-documented defect claim can be worth when it's handled properly, but nobody can look at a number like that and know what their own claim is worth.

$160,264 BMW X6

Recovery on a vehicle with engine, electrical and suspension defects.

$144,550 Porsche Macan

Recovery on a Macan with suspension, drivetrain, electrical and HVAC problems.

$110,289 Rivian R1T

Recovery after electrical, engine and suspension failures on an electric pickup.

Figures are drawn from our firm's published settlement record and are not specific to Davie matters. Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case. See more RockPoint Law settlements 

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About this page

Written and edited by the RockPoint Law content team. Prepared September 2026 to reflect the Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act, Chapter 681 of the Florida Statutes, Secs. 681.10 through 681.118, administered by the Office of the Attorney General. See our editorial policy.

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St. John's University School of Law · Consumer protection & lemon law
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Case management from intake through resolution
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FAQ

Davie lemon law questions

What Davie owners, riders and students ask us most, answered against the statute.

Does the Florida lemon law cover a horse trailer?

No. Chapter 681 covers a vehicle propelled by its own power, and a trailer has no engine, so it falls outside the definition.

No. Chapter 681 protects a new vehicle "propelled by power other than muscular power," in the words of section 681.102(14). A trailer has no engine of its own, so a stock trailer, a two-horse bumper pull or a gooseneck falls outside that definition, whoever built it and whatever it cost. Living quarters do not change the answer: the chapter's recreational vehicle rules apply to a motor vehicle designed as temporary living space, and a towed unit is not one. That still leaves you options. If the builder gave a written warranty, that warranty and the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act can apply to a trailer bought for your own horses, and the federal act lets a court shift your legal fees to the warrantor. Keep every service record for the floor, axles, brakes and wiring.

Is my heavy-duty pickup covered if I bought it to tow horses?

It depends on the weight rating on the door jamb. At or under 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight it's covered; over it, it isn't.

It depends on the number on the driver's door jamb. Section 681.102(14) leaves out trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, so read the rating before you assume anything. At or under that line, a diesel pickup is treated like any other new car. Over it, the Florida lemon law does not apply, and the claim runs on the written warranty and federal law instead. Expect the manufacturer to ask how the truck was used. Under section 681.104(4) it can argue a fault came from abuse or from an alteration made by someone other than its own service agent, such as a hitch or suspension kit fitted by an outside shop. Keep the install receipts and the towing ratings for your truck.

I use my truck on a horse boarding property. Does business use matter?

It can decide the case. Chapter 681 protects a vehicle used primarily for personal, family or household purposes.

It can decide the case. The chapter protects a "consumer," and section 681.102(4) ties that word to a vehicle bought or leased for use primarily for personal, family or household purposes. A pickup that hauls feed for your own two horses on a Davie ranchette sits comfortably inside that. A truck that mostly works a commercial boarding or lesson barn, carries the business name and is written off as a company asset is harder to fit, and the manufacturer will ask about it. "Primarily" is the statute's word, so the honest mix of use matters more than any single trip. Tell us how the truck is really used and titled. If Chapter 681 is a poor fit, the written warranty and federal warranty law may still apply.

I'm a student in Davie, and my car was bought in my home state. Does Florida's lemon law apply?

Usually not. Florida's law covers a new vehicle sold in Florida, so a car bought new in another state falls under that state's law.

Usually not. Section 681.102(14) defines a motor vehicle as a new vehicle "sold in this state," so a car bought new in Georgia, New York or Ohio and driven down for classes at Nova Southeastern, Broward College or FAU Davie falls under the lemon law of the state where it was sold. That law may use different deadlines, repair counts and forums. Either way, keep taking the car to an authorized dealer for your brand and keep every repair order. Any lemon law claim, in any state, starts from that paper trail. If the car was bought or leased new at a Florida dealership, Chapter 681 applies no matter where you grew up or where the car is registered.

My parents bought the car and gave it to me. Who can bring the claim?

Possibly both of you. The original buyer counts, and so can someone the car is transferred to for personal use during the 24 months.

Possibly both of you. The definition of consumer in section 681.102(4) covers the original buyer or lessee, and also anyone the vehicle is transferred to for personal, family or household use during the 24-month rights period, plus anyone the warranty itself allows to enforce it. A parent who bought a new car and handed it to a son or daughter at college fits that pattern, as long as the car was sold new in Florida and both of them used it personally. Title and loan paperwork matter here. The names on the contract, the loan and the title shape who signs the Request for Arbitration, and a refund goes to the consumer and any lienholder as their interests appear. Bring the title and contract to the first call.

Does the Florida lemon law cover a leased car?

Yes, within limits. A lease counts if it runs a year or more and makes you responsible for repairs, or if it's a lease-purchase.

Yes, within limits. Section 681.102(10) counts you as a lessee if the written lease runs for 1 year or more and makes you responsible for repairs, or if the deal is a lease-purchase. A short rental does not qualify. The rest of the law applies as it would to a buyer: the same 24 months, the same repair routes and the same Board. The money is split differently. You get back your deposit and the lease payments you made, the leasing company gets the rest of the lease price, and section 681.104(2)(b) bars any early termination penalty. The offset for use starts from the agreed-upon value in the lease, reduced by any manufacturer rebate. Keep paying the lease while the claim is open.

How is a Florida lemon law refund calculated?

What you paid, minus a charge for the miles you drove: base price times your miles, divided by 120,000.

Start with what you paid, then subtract a charge for the miles you drove. Section 681.102(19) builds that charge from the base price on the purchase invoice, without taxes, government fees or dealer fees, times your miles up to a settlement or the hearing, whichever comes first, divided by 120,000. So a $28,000 sedan with 18,000 of your miles carries a $4,200 offset. A $62,000 pickup with 21,000 miles carries $10,850. Only your miles count: the Attorney General's guideline removes mileage at delivery and test drives by the dealer, the manufacturer, a program inspector and the Board. Your side of the refund then adds back the down payment, loan payments, extras like tint or a service contract, and costs the defect caused you.

How many repair attempts do I need before I can file?

There are two routes, and neither is a raw count: three repairs plus a letter and a failed final attempt, or 30 days out of service.

There are two routes in section 681.104(3), and neither is a raw count. The first is three repairs for the same defect, then a written notice to the manufacturer by registered or express mail, then one final attempt that fails. After the notice lands, the manufacturer has 10 days to point you to a reasonably accessible repair facility and 10 days after you drop the car off to fix it. If it misses either, the final attempt is waived. The second route is 30 cumulative days out of service for one or more defects, with a written notice sent once the total reaches 15 and at least one more chance to inspect or repair. Routine maintenance days do not count toward the 30.

Does a hurricane or flood change the 30-day count?

It can stretch the 30-day count, but only that. Days when repairs weren't available because of a storm or flood can extend the 30.

It can stretch it. Section 681.104(3)(b) lets the 30-day period be extended by any stretch of time when repair services are not available to you because of war, invasion, strike, fire, flood or natural disaster. After a storm closes Broward service departments for a week, the manufacturer may argue that week should not count toward your total, so the dates on your repair orders matter. The extension works on the out-of-service presumption. It does not move the end of your 24-month rights period, and the statute does not say it moves the 60-day deadline to request arbitration. Treat those dates as fixed. If a storm interrupted your repairs, send us the orders and the closure dates and we can work out where your count stands.

Do I have to go through BBB Auto Line or NCDS before the state Board?

Only if your brand runs a certified program and you were told in writing how to use it. Then that program comes first.

Only if your brand runs a program the state has certified and you were told in writing how to use it. Section 681.108(1) makes that program the first stop in that case. The Attorney General's current list, provisionally extended to October 31, 2026, puts Ford, General Motors, Hyundai and Genesis, Kia, Mazda, Nissan and Infiniti, Volkswagen, Audi and Bentley with BBB Auto Line. Toyota and Lexus go to NCDS, as do Honda, Acura and Tesla bought on or after November 1, 2022. Porsche uses CAP Motors. If the program has not decided in 40 days, or you disagree with the outcome, you can move on to the state Board. A brand with no certified program goes straight to the Attorney General.

How long do I have to file a lemon law claim in Florida?

The key date is 60 days after your 24-month rights period ends, or 30 days after a certified program's final action if that's later.

The key date is 60 days after your 24-month rights period ends. That is the deadline in section 681.109(4) to request arbitration from the Attorney General, unless a certified program's final action came later, in which case you have 30 days from that action. A certified program has its own cutoff of 60 days after the 24 months. The Attorney General says missing these deadlines means losing your Lemon Law arbitration rights. A lawsuit under the chapter has a separate clock: section 681.112(2) allows 1 year after the rights period ends, or 1 year after the final action of the program, the department or the Board. The Board must come first for a new car, so the arbitration deadline is the one to protect.

What does a Davie lemon law attorney cost?

Nothing up front. Qualifying cases run on contingency, and the first review of your paperwork is free.

At RockPoint Law, nothing up front. Qualifying lemon law cases run on contingency, so you pay no attorney fee unless we recover for you, and the first review of your paperwork is free. You are not required to hire a lawyer for the state's arbitration; the Attorney General says parties may bring one at their own expense. When a case goes to court, the statute moves fees toward the manufacturer. Section 681.112(1) requires the court to award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to a consumer who wins a lawsuit under the chapter, and section 681.1095(13) adds fees when a Board award is upheld on the manufacturer's appeal. The rule runs both ways, though: section 681.106 makes a consumer who files in bad faith pay the manufacturer's fees.

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