# Washington — State lemon law eligibility thresholds: time limits, mileage, and repair attempts by US state

For Washington, time limit is within 30 months of the vehicle's original retail delivery date; mileage limit is Within 2 years from the original retail delivery date and Before the vehicle reached 24,000 miles of operation; repair attempts required is four or more times for nonconformity; two or more times for serious safety defect; days out of service is a cumulative total of 30 or more calendar days; vehicles covered is most classes of new motor vehicles including "demonstrators" originally purchased or leased at retail in Washington, recorded from its source on 2026-08-13.

- **State:** Washington _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Time limit:** within 30 months of the vehicle's original retail delivery date
- **Mileage limit:** Within 2 years from the original retail delivery date and Before the vehicle reached 24,000 miles of operation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Repair attempts required:** four or more times for nonconformity; two or more times for serious safety defect
- **Days out of service:** a cumulative total of 30 or more calendar days
- **Vehicles covered:** most classes of new motor vehicles including "demonstrators" originally purchased or leased at retail in Washington
- **Remedy:** A manufacturer is required to repurchase or replace a vehicle
- **Arbitration required:** request an arbitration hearing through the Lemon Law Administration of Attorney General's Office; no charge for the arbitration process

## What the source says

> Within 2 years from the original retail delivery date and Before the vehicle reached 24,000 miles of operation. [ Back to Top ] Third Level Menu - Right Side <https://www.atg.wa.gov/eligibility> Eligibility <https://www.atg.wa.gov/general-lemon-law> General Lemon Law <https://www.atg.wa.gov/requesting-arbitration-0> Before Requesting Arbitration <https://www.atg.wa.gov/submitting-your-request-arbitration-0> Submitting Your Request for Arbitration <https://www.atg.wa.gov/replacement-or-repurchase-0> Replacement or Repurchase? <https://www.atg.wa.gov/after-requesting-arbitration-0> After Requesting Arbitration <https://www.atg.wa.gov/arbitration-process-0> Arbitration Process <https://www.atg.wa.gov/arbitration-decision-0> Arbitration Decision <https://www.atg.wa.gov/motor-home-lemon-law> Motor Home Lemon Law News <https://www.atg.wa.gov/media-contacts> Media Contacts <https://www.atg.wa.gov/pressrelease.aspx> News Releases <https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases-rss> RSS News Feed Social Media <http://eepurl.com/bd6bM5> Email Updates <https://bsky.app/profile/atg.wa.gov> Bluesky <https://www.facebook.com/WAStateAttorneyGeneral> Facebook <https://www.instagram.com/ag_washington_state/>

## Source

- https://www.atg.wa.gov/general-lemon-law

Last verified: 2026-08-13. Review by: 2027-08-13.
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