Broward buyers often look for a Fort Lauderdale lemon law attorney because the dealer is on Federal Highway, in Pompano Beach, Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs, Weston, Plantation, or Hollywood — not because Florida enacted a Broward lemon law. Chapter 681 applies statewide to new motor vehicles sold or leased in Florida.

The county has a dense mix of luxury vehicles and EVs, and Broward is its own market. A recurring defect on a new Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Porsche, Range Rover, Tesla, or similar vehicle is judged under the same Chapter 681 tests used everywhere else in Florida: substantial impairment of use, value, or safety, a reasonable number of repair attempts or enough days out of service, and the 24-month Lemon Law Rights Period. The brand pages for Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Porsche, Range Rover, and Tesla describe those defect patterns. They apply in Broward the same way.

Recalde Law Firm represents vehicle owners throughout Florida, including Fort Lauderdale and the rest of Broward. Florida's Lemon Law applies the same way here as it does everywhere else in the state, and we handle Broward cases from start to finish.

Broward dealers, Florida statute

Service visits in Broward are part of the repair history. If the car has also been to a dealer in a neighboring county, include those repair orders too. The manufacturer is the respondent in a typical Chapter 681 matter, not the selling dealer.

Palm Beach County buyers looking for the same practice should use the West Palm Beach page. The statute does not change at the county line.

The Florida Lemon Law still governs a Fort Lauderdale repair history

Florida's Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act, Fla. Stat. ch. 681, applies to new motor vehicles sold or leased in Florida primarily for personal, family, or household use. The Lemon Law Rights Period is 24 months from original delivery to the first consumer. A nonconformity is a defect that substantially impairs the use, value, or safety of the vehicle. Florida law presumes the manufacturer has had a reasonable number of attempts when the same nonconformity has had three or more repair attempts and the defect continues, or when the vehicle has been out of service for 15 or more cumulative days for warranty repairs.

Those thresholds do not change because the dealer is in Fort Lauderdale. Repair orders from an authorized dealer in the Broward area are the record. The law that reads that record is statewide. Leased vehicles can qualify when the lease term is at least one year — see leased vehicles under the Florida Lemon Law.

Before a buyback or replacement demand, the consumer generally must give the manufacturer a final written repair opportunity. Many claims then go through a state-certified arbitration program, often BBB AUTO LINE, or the Florida New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Board. How a claim works walks through that sequence. What qualifies as a lemon and how many repair attempts matter answer the two questions people ask first.

Contingency fee

If the applicable Lemon Law allows recovering attorney's fees from the manufacturer in addition to your recovery, we pursue that route. Otherwise the contingency fee is 30% of the gross recovery. That fee is based on the gross recovery and is not reduced by lease or loan payoffs, mileage offsets, use deductions, negative equity, or similar items outside our control.

You pay no upfront attorney fee and no retainer. If we don't recover for you, you owe no attorney fee. Court costs and expenses, if any, are disclosed in the engagement — they are not a retainer.

Related Florida Lemon Law pages

Other Florida metros

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