The Georgia Lemon Law covers defects reported during the Lemon Law Rights Period. Thus, you can still qualify for compensation under the law if your car is in for repairs when the rights period expires. In fact, if a defect was “repaired” during the Lemon Law Rights Period but reappears after the rights period ends, it’s still covered under the Georgia Lemon Law.
Even if you don’t report a defect during Georgia’s Lemon Law Rights Period, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act applies to any defects reported during the warranty period. And this federal Lemon Law provides consumers with up to four years to file a claim after the warranty was breached. For lemons, this usually means four years after the first repair attempt.