Chrysler Motors Corp. v. Texas Motor Vehicle Commission

Chrysler Motors Corporation appeals from a declaratory judgment upholding a rule promulgated by the Texas Motor Vehicle Commission (the Commission) to implement the “Lemon Law,” Motor Vehicle Commission Code, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4413(36), § 6.07 (West Supp.1993) (the Code). 1 We will affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The Lemon Law

Texas, in common with a number of other states, in response to consumer frustration over problems with repeated repairs involving new cars, passed a “lemon law” giving consumers a cause of action against a vehicle’s manufacturer to force a replacement of…