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no lemon guarantee

English translation: guarantee against substandard manufacturing

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English term or phrase:no-lemon guarantee
Selected answer:guarantee against substandard manufacturing
Entered by: Michael Schubert

20:49 Mar 28, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)
English term or phrase: no lemon guarantee
Can anybody (Native speakers of English preferred) what a "no lemon guarantee" mean? Example:

no-lemon guarantee—replacement with 3rd repair

Thanks!
Patagonia
Local time: 06:20
guarantee against substandard manufacturing
Explanation:
A "lemon" is a product (typically a car) that has frequent and recurring defects. Some regions have laws and/or some manufacturers have guarantees allowing a buyer to rid himself of a "lemon" and start over with a new item.
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Michael Schubert
United States
Local time: 02:20
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Thanks Michael, Gayle, Charlie and SwissTell
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +3guarantee against substandard manufacturing
Michael Schubert
5satisfactory or in perfect condition
humbird
4guaranteed to not be stuck with a bad product
Gayle Wallimann
4see explanation
Charlie Bavington


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
no-lemon guarantee
guarantee against substandard manufacturing


Explanation:
A "lemon" is a product (typically a car) that has frequent and recurring defects. Some regions have laws and/or some manufacturers have guarantees allowing a buyer to rid himself of a "lemon" and start over with a new item.

Michael Schubert
United States
Local time: 02:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Michael, Gayle, Charlie and SwissTell

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  María Teresa Taylor Oliver: I wish we had this here in my country... A good friend of mine got ripped off in such unbelievable ways...
1 min
  -> "If life gives you lemons, make lemonde" :-)
agree  Balaban Cerit
8 mins
agree  Alp Berker
1 hr
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
guaranteed to not be stuck with a bad product


Explanation:
A "lemon" usually refers to a car that has probles right from the start. This can refer to any product, meaning the same thing. A product that has hidden defects that come out later on, no matter how often you take it in to get it repaired, either the same, or another problem will come along.

So a "no lemon guarantee" means that the customer is guaranteed not to have to keep the same product if it requires a third repair. It will be replaced.

Gayle Wallimann
Local time: 11:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
see explanation


Explanation:
a "lemon" is a product that is fundamental defective in some way - it's never going to work properly.

If you have been sold a "lemon", then they will replace it with a new one. A "lemon" is often defined (according to hits found on google) as a product which has undergone 3 repairs and *still* doesn't work properly -> fundamentally defective -> replace it.

Charlie Bavington
Local time: 10:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
satisfactory or in perfect condition


Explanation:
I don't know what is the context, but "lemon" in colloquial English is a machine that is defective, or prone to break apart.
"This car is lemon", means the car is not well built.
Likewise, no-lemon guarantee means "I guarantee that this car is reliable. So much so that I will replace it with another car at 3rd repair." The seller is emphasizing the car is so good the 3rd repair is unnecessary.
M-W dic. definition of "lemon" is as follows:

one (as an automobile) that is unsatisfactory or defective



    Reference: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=lem...
humbird
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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