{"id":92435,"date":"2026-02-17T16:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotive.einnews.com\/article\/893133554"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:53:25","slug":"automakers-face-ongoing-surge-of-lemon-law-suits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/automakers-face-ongoing-surge-of-lemon-law-suits\/","title":{"rendered":"Automakers Face Ongoing Surge of Lemon Law Suits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/images.law.com\/brightspot\/df\/33\/19ee0bbc44938d8b9b86ae314855\/lemon-car-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/images.law.com\/brightspot\/df\/33\/19ee0bbc44938d8b9b86ae314855\/lemon-car-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/images.law.com\/brightspot\/df\/33\/19ee0bbc44938d8b9b86ae314855\/lemon-car-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/images.law.com\/brightspot\/df\/33\/19ee0bbc44938d8b9b86ae314855\/lemon-car-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/images.law.com\/brightspot\/df\/33\/19ee0bbc44938d8b9b86ae314855\/lemon-car-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/images.law.com\/brightspot\/df\/33\/19ee0bbc44938d8b9b86ae314855\/lemon-car-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/images.law.com\/brightspot\/df\/33\/19ee0bbc44938d8b9b86ae314855\/lemon-car-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/images.law.com\/brightspot\/df\/33\/19ee0bbc44938d8b9b86ae314855\/lemon-car-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/images.law.com\/brightspot\/df\/33\/19ee0bbc44938d8b9b86ae314855\/lemon-car-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/images.law.com\/brightspot\/df\/33\/19ee0bbc44938d8b9b86ae314855\/lemon-car-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/images.law.com\/brightspot\/df\/33\/19ee0bbc44938d8b9b86ae314855\/lemon-car-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/images.law.com\/brightspot\/df\/33\/19ee0bbc44938d8b9b86ae314855\/lemon-car-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<article class=\"flex items-center mb-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/analysis\/\" class><span class=\"pr-1.5 whitespace-nowrap hover:text-primary-100 hover:underline\" data-cy=\"article-kicker\">Analysis<\/span><\/a><!--&gt;--><span class=\"separation mx-2 inline-block font-semibold whitespace-nowrap\" data-cy=\"article-topic\">Litigation<\/span><\/article>\n<p><!--&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"my-2 text-sm text-neutral-80\">Frost Brown Todd partner Liam Felsen, who defends automakers from lemon lawsuits, said such claims have risen in recent years. Much of the spike has been in California, where he practices, with claims surging from about 17,000 in 2023 to about 22,000 in 2024, and 2025 likely even higher.<\/p>\n<article class=\"flex flex-wrap mt-4 gap-y-3\"><span class=\"mr-2 text-sm text-neutral-60 whitespace-nowrap print:hidden\" data-cy=\"article-read-time\">3 minute read<\/span><span class=\"ml-2 mr-2 text-sm print:ml-0 text-neutral-80 separation whitespace-nowrap\" data-cy=\"article-date\">February 17, 2026 at 01:12 PM<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mx-2 flex whitespace-nowrap\"><!--&gt;\n\n<div class=\"flex\">\n\n<p>By<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full flex gap-1\">[--><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex mb-2\">\n<p><span class=\"inline-block mr-1 text-sm font-bold whitespace-break-spaces desktop:whitespace-nowrap\"><!--&gt; Brendan Pierson<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n]--><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; partner Liam Felsen, who defends <span class=\"match\">automakers<\/span> from lemon lawsuits, said such &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}