Hawaii's Lemon Law Complaints- 2007

Hawaii car buyers recovered more than $490,000 last year from car complaints filed under the state's Lemon Law, according to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Toyota and Honda had the lowest numbers of lemon law complaints compared to their market shares, the DCCA said. Toyota received only five complaints, or 7.6 percent of all complaints received compared to its market share of 30 percent. Four of the complaints were later withdrawn. Honda also only had five complaints and a market share of 14.5 percent.

Ford, with a market share of 8.9 percent, and General Motors, 8.8 percent, both received 12 complaints each.

Nissan had nine complaints in 2007 and a 12.8 percent market share, followed by Chrysler with eight complaints and 6.1 percent market share.

Hyundai had three complaints. BMW, Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz each had two complaints.

Audi, Isuzu, Jaguar, Kia, Mazda and Volvo all had one complaint each.

Source: Pacific Business News, Honolulu.

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