Vehicle Sale (Lemon)

Louison Automotive Inc. v. Richards, 2023 ONSC 1331 (CanLII)

[14] Louison offered no evidence to support his representation that the car was in a good state of repair other than to note that the car, despite its designation as a “lemon” several years earlier, had subsequently been sold to others and driven over 150,000 kms. He gave no evidence about why the car had been declared a “lemon” in 2013 or what repairs had been made to the car to address issues that had led to the “lemon” designation, or about any other issues with the vehicle that might have arisen in the intervening four years before Richards purchased the vehicle.

Roberts v. 603418 Ontario Inc., 2014 ONSC 6240 (CanLII)

[5] The appellant operates a car dealership that sold the respondent, then 80 years of age and now 84, a used automobile which the dealership had purchased at an auction in the United States. The vehicle had previously been declared a “lemon” under certain U.S. legislation.

[6] When the respondent learned that the vehicle had a considerably reduced value by virtue of this history she complained to the dealership. The respondent eventually commenced an action against the appellant in the Superior Court. The original purchase price of the car exceeded $30,000.