Proposed Lemon Laws

They will probably only add that to sell a lemon they must provide the Tequila and Salt in the deal LOL

Cheers Kev

The Qld consumer protection laws are already perfect. As the Fair Trade Commissioner pointed out to me that whilst the Dept. did not have the power to intervene or prosecute in my case, the law allowed me to undertake private legal action at my cost.

WooHoo...three cheers for our legislators and consumer watchdogs.

I now realise that I have misjudged them. I did not understand that to get into these positions you needed to have your hands tied.So many public servants, so many tied hands. tch...tch.
JimDi

It's a pity the laws are not already in place because there is a lot of very disgruntled Mitiubishi NS Pajero DID owners out there that would be demanding a full refund on there purchase
Reagrds from Big Col.

Too late for us. In 2001 we bought a new Freelander (don't ask why but we did). This was out first and only new vehicle in our lives (other than company cars)

In the first 3 years we had more problems with it than every other vehicle that I have ever owned all put together (35 years of driving) at that time). That statement also includes my race cars that I raced for 27 years.

In the second year of its life, the dealer had the vehicle more than we had it and you name it, we had a problem. This included engine, gearbox (replaced at 30,000km), steering, majors with the braking system that took 12 months to fix (major safety issue here), constant electrical problems, doors, sunroof, windows, stereo, starter, air-con, etc, etc. The list of problems was over 2 pages long. Now sold at an enormous loss

Landrover would not even entertain the idea of a replacement vehicles even when lawyers got involved - very disappointing and a major p off.

Now we have a 2000 Rangie with 100% reliability over that last 2 years made by the same company - work that one out.

Stevesub

Boy where do i start,
The car has been manufactured to suit European petrol standards that are far more refined than what we get here. The car has a exhaust emission system that refines what the cars belch out. Thats all good, but because of our dirtier fuel the system called a DPF craps itself every so often. The Diesel Particulate Filter can't cope so lights come on the dash saying (problem) You then go to your dealer who clears the codes and your on your way. But if you don't or can't get to a dealer soon enough the the lights can flash, car can go into a limp home mode or stop all together.
Mitsibishi Motors are working flat out in trying to fix the problem but at this stage no answers. So i got towed 600ks, they got me going again, but the main problem is still there.
So 2 weeks later lights back on. in for fix, 1.5 weeks later lights back on so in for fix.
Not happy Jan. (check out Pajero forum/DPF issue and be amazed)
over 3800 hits so far and alot of not very happy Pajero owners.
Regards from Big Col.