Roseville Lemon Law

Roseville residents file in the Superior Court of California, County of Placer. Civil unlimited cases are heard at the Bill Santucci Justice Center at 10820 Justice Center Drive in Roseville, the county's main civil filing location since consolidation away from the Auburn courthouse for most civil matters. Song-Beverly venue rules also allow filing in any other California county where the manufacturer does business, so Sacramento, Santa Clara, or Los Angeles County may be alternatives depending on the manufacturer's California operations.

It can be. Towing within the manufacturer's stated rating is a normal use that the powertrain is warranted to handle. If your truck repeatedly overheats, throws transmission-overtemperature codes, or enters limp mode while towing within the rated capacity on the I-80 climb to Tahoe, that is a substantial impairment under Cal. Civ. Code 1793.22(e). Document every overheating event with photos of the dashboard, save the dealer's diagnostic codes, and keep towing within the rated capacity to avoid an 'abuse' defense from the manufacturer.

Range loss in cold conditions is normal Li-ion chemistry — most EVs are warranted only against state-of-health loss below a percentage threshold (commonly 70% over 8 years / 100,000 miles). Pure cold-weather range reduction is generally not a defect. However, if your EV cannot reach the rated range in moderate conditions, throws repeated charging-fault codes, fails to DC fast-charge, or shows accelerated state-of-health loss confirmed by dealer diagnostics, those are covered nonconformities under Song-Beverly. Document every service visit and battery state-of-health reading.

The Bill Santucci Justice Center at 10820 Justice Center Drive in Roseville handles civil unlimited cases for Placer County, including Song-Beverly matters. The historic Auburn courthouse continues to host some matters but Roseville is the primary civil filing location. Case management conferences and many motions can be attended remotely under California Rule of Court 3.672. Most lemon-law cases settle before trial, so an in-person courthouse visit is uncommon.

Under Cal. Civ. Code 1793.22(b), a reasonable number of repair attempts is presumed if, within 18 months from delivery or 18,000 miles (whichever is first), the same nonconformity has been subject to repair four or more times, OR two or more times for a defect likely to cause death or serious bodily injury, OR the vehicle has been out of service for repair for more than 30 cumulative calendar days. Outside those numbers, 'reasonable attempts' remains a question of fact at trial that you can still prove.

Yes. Cal. Civ. Code 1791(g) defines 'buyer' to include a lessee, and the Tanner Act remedies apply to leases of new motor vehicles. A successful lease buyback typically returns all monthly payments paid to date, the capitalized cost reduction, official fees, sales tax, and incidental damages, plus the manufacturer pays the leasing bank the residual value to terminate the lease. The use-offset under 1793.2(d)(2)(C) still applies based on miles driven before the first repair attempt for the nonconformity.

California's Song-Beverly statute of limitations is four years from the date of breach under Cal. Com. Code 2725, with the breach typically occurring when the manufacturer fails to repair within a reasonable number of attempts. AB 1755, effective 2025, added an outer-limit deadline: actions must be filed within one year of express warranty expiration and no later than six years from original delivery. If your warranty has recently expired, contact a lemon-law attorney immediately to preserve the claim before the new outer deadline forecloses it.