I wish it was a lemon buy back -- thing I could ding them for $$$$ for illegally selling a buyback as a cpo!
Cpo?
In itself it is not unlawful to sell a lemon buyback.
As to keeping the vehicle and dumping it later;
If they fix it, it no longer qualifies. If something happens in the future, whether it would fall under the lemon laws requiring the manufacturer to buy back the vehicle would be determine on the facts at that time.
There are laws in place limiting what deductions can be made.
You won’t get more than your actual costs though, at most so, unless you can purchase a like vehicle for the same price, then no you won’t get enough to purchase a similar vehicle.
There seems to be a magic number: 18,000 miles. It appears there are different rules in determining whether a vehicle can be classified a lemon before and after that milestone.