AUDI Lemon Car

**french** · October 15th, 2014 04:42 AM

MANILA, Philippines–A test case invoking the Philippine Lemon Law, the new legal protection for Filipino consumers who purchase new motor vehicles that turn out to be defective, has been filed in the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

Named respondents in a complaint filed on Sept. 22 by businessman Ricardo Nolasco Jr. were Mandaluyong City-based Audi Motorcars Inc. as the manufacturer and PGA Cars Inc. as the dealer.

Nolasco, a retired Air Force colonel and resident of Muntinlupa City, sought the replacement of the brand-new Audi A6 3.0 TDI he had bought on May 30 due to defects that could not be repaired despite multiple returns to the dealership.On Aug. 27, Nolasco sent a demand letter to Benedicto Coyiuto, the Audi Philippines head, invoking his rights under the Philippine Lemon Law and the 1992 Consumer Act of the Philippines under RA 7394.

When Audi and/or PGA did not heed his demands, he filed the case in the DTI, which under the law has jurisdiction over cases involving disputes covered by the Philippine Lemon Law.

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**red_one** · October 15th, 2014 07:38 AM

ang ganda ng kotse ni retired colonel ah. reminds me of the PNP chief tuloy.

**bloowolf** · October 15th, 2014 07:58 AM

There is justice in this world! Next will be the BIR sniffing at his door step.

**supercar10** · November 22nd, 2014 01:07 AM

Any update regarding the matter? I'm quite curious to see if this lemon law actually works and protect us consumers.

**111prez** · November 22nd, 2014 08:35 AM

Ito ang sagot ng PGA: Audi Motorcars responds to ?Lemon Law? complaint | Motoring, Business Features, The Philippine Star | philstar.com

**Stigg ma** · November 22nd, 2014 08:59 AM

isang buan di na claim?

tska iba ang complainant sa owner???

**Syuryuken** · November 22nd, 2014 09:23 AM

potek dummy na naman

**supercar10** · December 9th, 2014 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by 111prez

Ito ang sagot ng PGA: Audi Motorcars responds to ?Lemon Law? complaint | Motoring, Business Features, The Philippine Star | philstar.com

Obviously, there are two side to the story but if this is the last update then disappointingly this "lemon law" has failed the consumers (I was hopeful, but not really surprised of the outcome). This isn't much of a resolution. Nag-deny lang ulit yung car company (Audi). And not only that, I find it even more disturbing na Audi-ph would also bring up and/or attack the complainant by saying the car isn't even under his name. Ano gusto nila palabasin?

Definitely not going to buy nor recommend to family and friends any Audi cars in the near future if this is the kind of people you would be dealing with.

**Yuki13** · March 6th, 2015 11:52 AM

In a decision dated March 2, 2015 and penned by adjudication officer Ronald Calderon, the DTI found Audi Motorcars Incorporated and PGA Cars Incorporated (the local distributor of the German luxury automobile in the country) “jointly liable for the imperfections” of an Audi 6 3.0 TD, which was bought in May 2014 by Ricardo L. Nolasco Jr.

Audi/PGA should replace the “lemon” Audi with a similar one “in a perfect state of use or reimburse the amount paid, with monetary updating,” the decision said.

Replace ?lemon? Audi, DTI orders car dealer