Volvo Cars West Houston Volvo Cars USA Charged for repairs even though car was under warranty. Volvo USA reneged on trade assist. Car is unsafe to drive but they want me to take it. Houston, Texas, New Jersey

You should have NEVER stopped the lease payments, paying on your lease has nothing to do with the driveability of your car. You are still responsible for making payments even if it is in the shop. The only thing that stopping payments would do is add negative items to your credit and possibly getting the car repossessed. Even if you are later able to prove it was a lemon, that won't move the negative marks. No dealer or manufacturer is going to give you the letter you requested. Even if the car is in perfect condition and they know nothing is wrong, a letter such as that opens up too much liability for them.

If your car wasn't flooded, then you should never have agreed to submit the insurance claim. Once you did that you basically voided any claims of a defect, making it difficult if not impossible to now claim it was a Lemon. If you submitted the claim to just avoid having to pay for the cost of the repair, you could be looking at other issues such as Insurance Fraud. Oh and claiming that they "forced" you to do that isn't going to get you very far.

Too bad you didn't try to find an attorney before you did your actions as they would very likely have just told you the same thing.  There is really no money in a Lemon Law case for an attorney, so don't expect much luck in finding one on contingency at this point. Because the only thing the Manufacturer would be required to do is require them to repair, return, or exchange the vehicle.

If you truly believe that it will fall under the Lemon Law then YOU can start the process yourself. Since you appear to be in Texas, perhaps you should take a look at the following site.

https://www.txdmv.gov/motorists/consumer-protection/lemon-law

Good Luck