Sroka v. Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc.
Sep 16, 2011OUTCOME: Win
On March 14, 2012, a Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled in favor of the owners of a 2007 Toyota Tundra under the California Lemon Law resulting in the Toyota Motor Sales Company to refund all paym ... ents the owners made on the truck. A recent lawsuit ended with a California Toyota Tundra Owner receiving a Lemon Law judgement against Toyota. The case revolves around what the owners said was an “intermittent harsh-shifting transmission” which Toyota’s authorized dealerships “could not duplicate.” The Krohn & Moss Ltd. law firm that represented owners John M. And John S. Sroka called the case a “failure to diagnose” by the authorized dealerships. “For a significant duration of the Srokas’ ownership, the vehicle would shift violently at unpredictable times,” said Maxwell. “Dealership personnel failed to properly address the transmission defect, because it could not be duplicated on the very short test drives performed by Toyota’s dealers,” Attorney Adam C. Maxwell added. The Srokas notified Toyota that they intended to make a California Lemon Law Claim after what they said was a reasonable opportunity to repair the vehicle. They stopped making payments and went to court. A Los Angeles County jury determined that Toyota had violated the California Lemon Law and that the Srokas were entitled to a full refund of the payments they had made. “It’s an important victory for consumers whose defective vehicles are not given adequate attention,” Maxwell said.
