DEFECTIVE MOTOR HOME GETS WHEELS ROLLING ON LEMON LAW.(Living Today)

Byline: Irene Gardner Keeney

A Defreestville couple's experience with a luxurious new motor home may have far-reaching effects.

Besides resulting in changes in the state's Lemon Law, the experience may affect the time in which repairs are made on motor homes and also define who is responsible for alleged defects - the company who made the "propulsion part" of the vehicle, or the manufacturer who put the component parts together.

The experience marks the first time an amendment to the Lemon Law was used to address alleged problems in a motor home.

It was a challenge however, that was over before it actually got started when the principals in the case decided to refund the couples' money rather than go through the arbitration process.

The story began last August when John (Jack) and Verna Fox purchased a brand new, 34-foot Pace Arrow motor home from Hyde's Boats and Travel Trailers in Rexford. The vehicle cost $56,000, including sales tax.

"It was for our retirement, our dream," says Verna Fox. "My folks live in Florida and we figured it would be easier for us to go back and forth."

The Foxes say the purchase agreement was contingent upon the motor home being ready for them to use for a trip to Florida to attend a family wedding.

"We were assured by David Hyde that it would be ready," Verna Fox recalls.

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