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CACI No. 3205

Failure to Begin Repairs Within Reasonable Time or to

activein force · 2025-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

Complete Repairs Within 30 Days—Essential Factual Elements

(Civ. Code, § 1793.2(b))

[Name of plaintiff] claims that [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun] was harmed

because [name of defendant] failed to [begin repairs on the [consumer

good/new motor vehicle] in a reasonable time/ [or] repair the [consumer

good/new motor vehicle] within 30 days]. To establish this claim, [name of

plaintiff] must prove all of the following:

1. That [name of plaintiff] [bought/leased] [a/an] [consumer good/new

motor vehicle] [from/distributed by/manufactured by] [name of

defendant];

2. That [name of defendant] gave [name of plaintiff] a written

warranty that [describe alleged express warranty];

3. That the [consumer good/new motor vehicle] had [a] defect[s] that

[was/were] covered by the warranty;

4. That [name of defendant] or its authorized repair facility failed to

[begin repairs within a reasonable time/ [or] complete repairs

within 30 days so as to conform to the applicable warranties].

New December 2011; Revised December 2012

Provenance

Source
courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
caci-2025
Content hash
aebf3375216c539f2ae285ba0bb313c1076639babe475cc5ba19cf29e8c0c8d9
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