Lemon Law NY

Question about the Lemon Law for Used Cars?

The New York Lemon Law for used cars states that a used car is considered: "if it was purchased, leased or transferred after the earlier of a) 18,000 miles of operation or b) two years from the date of original delivery" The car I'm looking into buying is a 2003 Chevy Cavalier with 6,280 miles. I was wondering if the vehicle would be covered under the lemon law. It just seems a little strange to me that a 7 year old car has less than 7K miles on it. What do you guys think? http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ct=u&car_id=271946080&dealer_id=6365807&style_flag=1&only_photo=1&start_year=2003&search_type=both&distance=50&min_price=2000&advanced=y&end_year=2010&only_price=1&transmission=Automatic&default_sort=priceASC&max_mileage=30000&address=11967&sort_type=priceASC&max_price=7000&seller_type=b Does anyone have any personal experience with the Chevy Cavalier? Are they reliable cars?

Public Comments

1. The "lemon laws" refer to vehicles that need to be repaired for the same reason for repeated times, like a problem with an engine that cannot be repaired after XXX amount of times in the repair shop - the lemon laws would not be in affect for the vehicle you are looking at....it is possible that someone bought it new and drove it very little....a Carfax or Autocheck can be purchased to verify the owners low mileage claims
2. I think it is well past the "two years from the date of original delivery" so it doesn't matter, it's not covered. I don't know why you would be concerned about a lemon law anyway since that only applies to cars that have not been repaired properly. I also think that even with the low miles this car is way over priced. That Chevy is worth about $3500 not $7000.