Georgia Lemon Law attorney

Georgia’s Lemon Law covers a new vehicle during its first two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first. If a serious defect is not fixed after a reasonable number of repair attempts — or the vehicle has been out of service for an extended period — the law provides a path to a replacement or a refund, and the manufacturer pays the attorney’s fees.

Reviewed by Omar A. Cooper, Esq. · Last updated September 3, 2026

Who is usually responsible

More than one party is often liable for a defective new vehicle, and finding the second one is frequently what changes the value of a claim:

• the vehicle manufacturer, which is who the Lemon Law runs against — not the dealership;

The evidence that decides these cases

In rough order of how quickly it disappears:

• every repair order, including the ones where "no problem found" was written;
• the dates the vehicle was out of service, which are counted;
• your written notice to the manufacturer, which the statute requires;
• the purchase or lease agreement and the warranty booklet;
• photographs or video of an intermittent fault, which is often the only way to document it.

Georgia’s Lemon Law covers new vehicles during the first two years or 24,000 miles, and is administered by the Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection. (O.C.G.A. § 10-1-780 et seq..) Two practical points decide most of these claims. Keep every repair order — the count of attempts is the case. And send the manufacturer written notice properly, because the statute requires it before the remedy is available.

The programme is administered through the Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection, which publishes the current procedure and the arbitration path.

What can be recovered

• Economic lossMedical treatment already received and reasonably expected in future, lost wages, reduced earning capacity, and property damage.
• Non-economic lossPain, suffering, mental anguish, disfigurement and the loss of the things you used to be able to do.
• Punitive damagesAvailable in the narrower set of Georgia cases involving wilful misconduct or conscious indifference to consequences — drunk driving being the clearest example. They are not part of an ordinary negligence claim.

Every case is different and no outcome can be promised. What we can commit to is that the claim will be documented properly before anyone is asked to put a number on it.

What to do now

If a defective new vehicle has just happened, the order of these matters more than people expect:

• Get medical attention, and keep going. Your health comes first, and a documented, continuous treatment record is also what makes the injury provable later. Gaps are the argument insurers make most often.
• Report it. A police report, an incident report or an animal-control report creates a contemporaneous record that cannot be reconstructed afterwards.
• Preserve what will disappear. Photograph the scene, the vehicles or the hazard, and your injuries. Video is usually overwritten within days — a written request to preserve it has to go out early. Georgia crash reports are released through BuyCrash a few business days later.
• Do not give the other side a recorded statement before you have spoken to a lawyer and know the extent of your injuries. You are not required to.
• Get a free review. Call (470) 852-6328 and Omar will tell you honestly whether there is a claim.

Sources: Georgia Lemon Law — O.C.G.A. § 10-1-780 et seq. · O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33 — injuries to the person: two years · O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33 — apportionment and comparative fault · Georgia crash reports — BuyCrash

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