Naples and the rest of Collier County are a smaller market than Tampa or Orlando, and a more luxury-heavy one. New Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Range Rover vehicles are a familiar sight, including among people who are in town for part of the year. A high transaction price is not a lemon. A nonconformity that substantially impairs use, value, or safety — and that the manufacturer has not fixed after a reasonable number of attempts — can be.

Service is usually at an authorized dealer in Naples or nearby in Bonita Springs and Estero. The claim, if the facts support one, is a Florida Chapter 681 claim. Where you spend the summer does not rewrite the statute. Where the vehicle was sold or leased does. If delivery was outside Florida, say that on the case review before anyone talks about a buyback.

Recalde Law Firm represents vehicle owners throughout Florida, including Naples and Collier County. We handle those Chapter 681 cases from the first conversation through the finish. The Fort Myers page covers the same statute for Lee County.

Luxury vehicles, ordinary statutory tests

Air suspension that will not hold height, a driver-assistance system that cannot be calibrated, an electrical fault that returns after several visits, or an EV that will not charge reliably are the sorts of complaints that belong in a review. They are not automatically claims. Read luxury vehicle lemon law, Porsche, Range Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW for how those cases are documented, then compare your repair orders to the thresholds below.

The Florida Lemon Law still governs a Naples 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 Naples. Repair orders from an authorized dealer in the Naples 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

We also represent owners in these Florida cities: