Robby: If the materials with your owner's manual, warranty book, etc. are like mine, there should be a white and blue pamphlet in there titled "Owner's Rights Under State Lemon Laws." It's a D/C pamphlet that sets out many states' lemon laws, or pertinent parts of them. (Curiously enough, they have omitted Arizona from the pamphlet, but the pamphlet is in my materials). Hopefully, there are consumer websites for CA that explain the law in plain English since it looks like it would otherwise take a lawyer to make some practical sense out of it.

Just skimming through it, it looks like they do have a limited right to charge you for the usage you got out of the vehicle notwithstanding the problems and aggravation. That seems to be the mileage at the time you first took it in for the problem that is causing you to give it back. Have they told you how they arrived at $2300 if they are trying to use 7400 miles? On my lease, D/C charges $.20 a mile if I go over the total milage. Using their own figure for mileage, it would be $1480 under those circumstances. If you can figure out your rights under the CA statute, and there is a lot more in it than I allude to above, and they continue to jerk you around, you can represent yourself in court or arbitration while they pay their lawyer. Hopefully, you can figure it out without having to hire one. It also looks like there are some time limits in the statute you will want to focus on.

If you can't find that pamphlet, the CA law cited in it is California Civil Code, Section 1793, etc.

Good luck and sorry you are having these problems.