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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 681
MOTOR VEHICLE SALES WARRANTIES
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681.101 Legislative intent.The Legislature recognizes that a motor vehicle is a major consumer purchase and that a defective motor vehicle undoubtedly creates a hardship for the consumer. The Legislature further recognizes that a duly franchised motor vehicle dealer is an authorized service agent of the manufacturer. It is the intent of the Legislature that a good faith motor vehicle warranty complaint by a consumer be resolved by the manufacturer within a specified period of time; however, it is not the intent of the Legislature that a consumer establish the presumption of a reasonable number of attempts as to each manufacturer that provides a warranty directly to the consumer. It is further the intent of the Legislature to provide the statutory procedures whereby a consumer may receive a replacement motor vehicle, or a full refund, for a motor vehicle which cannot be brought into conformity with the warranty provided for in this chapter. However, nothing in this chapter shall in any way limit or expand the rights or remedies which are otherwise available to a consumer under any other law.
History.s. 2, ch. 83-69; s. 1, ch. 84-55; ss. 1, 19, ch. 88-95; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1, ch. 97-245.

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Cases Citing Statute 681.101

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Chrysler Corp. v. Pitsirelos, 721 So. 2d 710 (Fla. 1998).

Cited 12 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 23 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 464, 1998 Fla. LEXIS 1684, 1998 WL 633693

...[6] The statute expressly states that the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 120, Florida Statutes, does not apply to Arbitration Board proceedings or decisions or to any appeals therefrom. [7] The legislative intent of the Lemon Law is set forth in section 681.101, Florida Statutes (1989): The Legislature recognizes that a motor vehicle is a major consumer purchase and that a defective motor vehicle undoubtedly creates a hardship for the consumer....
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King v. King Motor Co. of Fort Lauderdale, 780 So. 2d 937 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 121115

...A stated intent of the statute is to provide the statutory procedures whereby a consumer may receive a replacement motor vehicle, or a full refund, for a motor vehicle which cannot be brought into conformity with the warranty provided for in this chapter. § 681.101, Fla.Stat....
...See Ch. 88-95, Laws of Fla.; Daiker, 45 FLA.L.REV. at 255-56. One significant change was the creation of the Florida New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Board as part of a statutory procedure to secure the replacement/refund remedy described in sections 681.101 and 681.104(2)(a)....
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DeMayo v. Chames, 934 So. 2d 548 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 1627451

...The population of the state according to the most recent census taken in 1880 was less than 300,000. Florida Census: 1880, http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/florida/docs/c/census/1880.htm (last visited March 7, 2006). [2] See, e.g., § 501.202(2), Fla. Stat. (1973)(establishing the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act); § 681.101, Fla....
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Gelinas v. Forest River, Inc., 931 So. 2d 970 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 8141, 2006 WL 1409118

...Gelinas further asserts that this contention is supported *974 by the legislative intent section of the Lemon Law, which indicates that "nothing in this chapter shall in any way limit or expand the rights or remedies which are otherwise available to a consumer under any other law." § 681.101, Fla....
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Holzhauer-Mosher v. Ford Motor Co., 772 So. 2d 7 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 9252, 2000 WL 1508587

...mon," thereby entitling Holzhauer-Mosher to relief under the Lemon Law. Thus, the only dispute between the parties was the amount of the refund, if any, to which Holzhauer-Mosher was entitled. In the legislative intent of the Lemon Law, set forth in section 681.101, Florida Statutes (1997), "the Legislature recognizes that a motor vehicle is a major consumer purchase and that a defective motor vehicle undoubtedly creates a hardship for the consumer." Section 681.101 further provides that it is "the intent of the Legislature to provide the statutory procedures whereby a consumer may receive a replacement motor vehicle, or a full refund, for a motor vehicle which cannot be brought into conformity with the warranty provided for in this chapter." However, this statutory remedy does not "limit or expand the rights or remedies which are otherwise available to a consumer under any other law." § 681.101, Fla....
...253, 263 (1993); Pitsirelos, 689 So.2d at 1134. In declaring its legislative intent, the Legislature was careful to express that "nothing in this chapter shall in any way limit or expand the rights or remedies which are otherwise available to a consumer under any other law." § 681.101, Fla....
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Results Real Est., Inc. v. Lazy Days RV Ctr., Inc., 505 So. 2d 587 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1010

...This was so, reasoned the court, since the legislature intended that the protections afforded by the Act apply solely to purchasers who are natural persons, not corporations. We disagree and hold that the Act is neither so narrowly drawn nor its benefits so narrowly intended. The intent of the legislature in passing section 681.101, Florida Statutes (1985), was expressed in the following manner: 681.101 Legislative intent....
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BMW of North Am., Inc. v. Singh, 664 So. 2d 266 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 627828

...The opportunity to inspect or repair is given by the already-aggrieved consumer because it is he, not the manufacturer, who should decide whether he should be inconvenienced by yet another repair attempt. The statement of legislative intent found in section 681.101 supports this view as it acknowledges the goal "that a good faith motor vehicle warranty complaint by a consumer be resolved by the manufacturer within a specified period of time." (Emphasis added)....
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Medina v. Ford Motor Co., 40 So. 3d 891 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 10800, 2010 WL 2866988

...5th DCA 2009). By enacting the Florida Lemon Law, the Legislature created a procedure by which consumers could either receive a replacement vehicle or a full refund for a vehicle that cannot be brought into conformity with the warranty provided in the act. § 681.101, Fla....

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