Concord Lemon Law

Most Concord Song-Beverly cases are filed in the Contra Costa County Superior Court at the Wakefield Taylor Courthouse in Martinez (725 Court Street), the county's main civil unlimited courthouse. Venue is also potentially proper where the contract was signed or where the defendant manufacturer does business in California, so depending on facts an attorney may choose a different Bay Area county to file.

Recurring drive-unit replacements, HV-battery cooling fault codes, suspension control-arm complaints, and infotainment reboots are among the most common Tesla Song-Beverly patterns reported by East Bay owners. The Tanner Act presumption applies if there are four or more repair attempts for the same defect within 18 months or 18,000 miles, or 30 cumulative days out of service. Tesla service-center 'invoices' and mobile-service work orders both count as repair attempts; bring all of them to your consultation.

Yes. Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill are both in Contra Costa County, so the Wakefield Taylor Courthouse in Martinez remains the natural venue. If you purchased in Alameda County (e.g., Fremont, Oakland, Dublin), venue is also proper there, and an attorney may file in either county depending on case-management timelines and judge assignments.

In many cases, yes. Cal. Civ. Code 1795.5 extends Song-Beverly's repair-or-replace obligations to used vehicles sold with a written warranty, including most manufacturer CPO programs. A used vehicle still within the original new-car warranty period is also covered against the original manufacturer. The duration of the implied warranty for used vehicles is the same as the written warranty's duration but cannot exceed three months.

Cal. Civ. Code 1793.2(d)(2)(C) reduces your refund by a 'use offset' calculated as (purchase price x miles driven before first repair attempt for the nonconformity) / 120,000. So if you bought a $50,000 vehicle and brought it in at 5,000 miles for the first complaint about the defect, the offset would be roughly $2,083. The offset is anchored to the FIRST repair attempt — not the current odometer — which is why early documentation matters.

Each documented visit for the same complaint counts as a repair attempt under Song-Beverly even if the repair order says 'no problem found' or 'unable to duplicate.' Keep every repair order, request a copy at each visit, and document symptoms in writing (photos, video, dashcam clips). If you have four documented visits for the same complaint within 18 months or 18,000 miles, the Tanner Act presumption may apply regardless of what the technician wrote.

Only if the manufacturer maintains a qualified third-party dispute resolution program that substantially complies with Cal. Civ. Code 1793.22 and FTC Rule 703, AND you want to invoke the Tanner Act presumption. Even then, arbitration is not a prerequisite to filing a Song-Beverly lawsuit — you can sue directly under the Act. Many California manufacturers no longer participate in BBB AUTO LINE, so for most Concord owners arbitration is not a required first step.