Rodriguez

Opinion of the Court by Liu, J.

The Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act provides buyers of new motor vehicles with specific remedies when a vehicle turns out to be defective. (Civ. Code, § 1791 et seq.; hereafter the Act or the Song-Beverly Act; all undesignated statutory references are to the Civil Code.) Section 1793.2, subdivision (d)(2) gives new car buyers what is known as a refund-or-replace remedy: It requires manufacturers to “promptly replace” a defective new motor vehicle or “promptly make restitution” to the buyer when the manufacturer is “unable to service or repair a new motor vehicle, as that term is defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 1793.22, to conform to the applicable express warranties after a reasonable number of attempts.” These enhanced remedies under the Act for breach of express warranty are “distinct from” and “in addition to” remedies otherwise available in contract under the California Uniform Commercial Code. (Niedermeier v. FCA US, LLC (2024) 15 Cal.5th 792, 810, 811.) Section 1793.22, subdivision (e)(2) defines “new motor vehicle” to include a new vehicle “bought or used primarily for personal” purposes as well as “a…