re: "Manufacturer Buyback or Lemon Reported"

They basically refurbished a lemon

It may be nothing and was completely fixed but for it to be a lemon, it spent a ton of time at the dealership getting fixed and all that time, they never could figure out what was wrong.

Most of the time if it’s a lemon, it had serious issues and just didn’t work like fuel, exhaust, or gas going where it shouldn’t

Electrical issues are a nightmare.

If they stand by their word, make them give a better warranty. 3yrs 36k or something like that.

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presuming it's not a damn lemon

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Hasn't that fact already been established?

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Official buyback reason was “dead battery”

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The battery has been replaced several times and they did several out of normal sequence electrical checks. Dealer says no issues anymore.

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No issues as in "we located the problem and it was _______" or "I be damned... we all laid hands on the fender, said a prayer, and the next day the truck was fine" no issues?

Good Call

It is a roll of the dice. Problems have solutions -- if you have the skill, tools, time, and patience to find them.

Branded title cars are crazy hard to unload, even if the original problem is fixed.

I drove 3 hours to buy a 40th anniversary edition of a 370Z and when we were discussing payment, cash, the guy casually mentioned lemon. I was taken aback and pissed it was not mentioned on the phone with me before I drove there. He said it was the engine light was coming on intermittently. We cut a deal for less money and I had the ECU reset, changed a MAF sensor and we still have it and it has always ran great.

But, I would usually just walk away. But….i wanted that car.