Mercedes and Lemon Laws

In a recent Automobile magazine interview with Patrick Cousins, a well-known successful lemon law lawyer in Florida, Cousins was asked a number of questions about his extensive lemon law litagation experiences and observations. Three of the most interesting are summarized here.

1) Are cars getting better or worse (from a lemon perspective)? The answer: Worse, primarily because of complex technology that fails frequently.

2) Which car makers are difficult/easy to work with regarding lemon law issues? The answer was that the most difficult was Porsche and the easiest were Honda and BMW.

2) What brands do you see most frequently, least frequently? The answer: He sees more problems from Mercedes than from any other brand. He almost never sees Honda.