Cheyenne Lemon Law

Wyoming Lemon Law claims are filed as a civil action in Wyoming district court. For Cheyenne and Laramie County residents that means the Laramie County District Court, First Judicial District, at the Laramie County Courthouse, 309 W. 20th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82001. Unlike Vermont, Wyoming has no state-administered Lemon Law arbitration board, and unlike many larger states, the entire Lemon Law is contained in a single statute — Wyo. Stat. § 40-17-101. The manufacturer is the proper defendant, the action is a civil case, and the consumer can recover reasonable attorneys' fees if successful.

Under Wyo. Stat. § 40-17-101, a reasonable number of repair attempts is presumed when, within one year following original delivery, the same nonconformity has been subject to repair more than three times and still exists, or the vehicle has been out of service for repair for cumulative 30 or more business days. The presumption applies only if the manufacturer has received prior direct written notification from the consumer and a reasonable opportunity to cure. Once the threshold is met, the consumer may demand replacement with a comparable new vehicle or a refund of the purchase price plus collateral charges, less a reasonable allowance for use.

It frequently does. At roughly 6,060 feet, intake-air density is meaningfully lower than at sea level, which surfaces tuning, turbocharger, knock-sensor, and EGR defects sooner. Persistent wind and wide diurnal temperature swings also load HVAC, battery, and electrical systems harder than typical conditions. Faster-surfacing defects are useful, but only if documented: each visit to a Dell Range Boulevard or East Lincolnway dealer should produce a written repair order describing the defect, the diagnosis, and the work performed. Those repair orders are how you invoke the three-attempt or 30-business-day presumption under Wyo. Stat. § 40-17-101.

If you prevail, the manufacturer must either replace the vehicle with a new or comparable motor vehicle of the same type and similarly equipped, or refund the full purchase price plus all collateral charges, less a reasonable allowance for the consumer's use of the vehicle prior to the first report of the nonconformity. Successful consumers may also recover reasonable attorneys' fees from the manufacturer. The Wyoming Lemon Law does not authorize multiplied or punitive damages on its own, so Cheyenne consumers seeking broader monetary relief commonly add federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act claims and, where deceptive acts occurred, Wyoming Consumer Protection Act claims in the same Laramie County District Court filing.

Wyoming has a short statute of limitations: under Wyo. Stat. § 40-17-101, the action must be commenced within one year following the expiration of the manufacturer's express warranty term. For a typical 3-year/36,000-mile bumper-to-bumper warranty, that means the outside deadline can fall as early as roughly four years after delivery. Ordinary breach-of-warranty claims under the Wyoming UCC (Wyo. Stat. § 34.1-2-725) have a four-year limitations period from delivery, and federal Magnuson-Moss claims generally follow that same period. Document every repair attempt in writing and send written manufacturer notice as soon as the third repair attempt or 30-business-day threshold is met.

Often yes. Wyo. Stat. § 40-17-101 requires the consumer to first resort to a manufacturer's informal dispute resolution procedure if that procedure substantially complies with the federal Magnuson-Moss regulations at 16 C.F.R. Part 703. Many manufacturers use BBB AUTO LINE to satisfy this requirement. If your manufacturer has no qualifying program, you may proceed directly to the Laramie County District Court. Wyoming does not operate any state-administered Lemon Law arbitration board, so manufacturer-sponsored programs are the only formal alternative to a court action, and prompt written notice to the manufacturer is essential.

Wyoming's Lemon Law covers vehicles with an unladen weight of 10,000 pounds or less. That means typical light-duty F-150, Silverado, Sierra, and Ram 1500 pickups and most three-quarter-ton variants are covered, but heavy-duty diesel one-tons and larger commercial trucks can fall outside the statute. Wyo. Stat. § 40-17-101 defines 'consumer' to include the purchaser (other than for resale) and any transferee during the warranty term; the lease coverage language is less explicit than in some states. Cheyenne lessees commonly rely on Wyoming's Lemon Law in combination with the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which clearly covers leased new vehicles.