Dussault v. Chrysler Corp.

This case presents two novel issues under § 218.015, Stats., Wisconsin's "Lemon Law." The first is whether a manufacturer fulfills its obligation to provide a "comparable new motor vehicle" under § 218.015(2)(b) by offering to replace a consumer's nonconforming demonstrator vehicle with another demonstrator. Because we determine that the phrase "comparable new motor vehicle " is ambiguous, and because the purpose of the statute is to put a consumer in the position the consumer believed he or she was in at the time the vehicle was purchased, we conclude that the Lemon Law permits the…