Remedies

As discussed above, there are two remedies that Ohio's Lemon Law provides to consumers. The first is a replacement vehicle acceptable to the consumer, and the other choice is a full refund after returning the vehicle. Let's look at both of these in turn, because even though this sounds pretty simple to understand, there are some issues that turn up.

A. Replacement

If the consumer wants his or her vehicle to be replaced after a nonconformity in violation of Ohio's Lemon Law takes place, then the vehicle that the manufacturer offers as a replacement must be acceptable to him or her. Ohio cases have recognized that it is sometimes impossible for the manufacturer to replace the vehicle with a new one of the exact type as the one that turned out to be a lemon. So if the vehicle with the nonconformity was a Chevrolet Camaro, and the manufacturer no longer made this model, then the manufacturer could offer you a Chevrolet Corvette, and if you didn't mind, then this would satisfy the statutory remedy. But if you hated Corvettes and you can't find any car the manufacturer makes that would satisfy you, then you could just turn to your second remedy, the refund.

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