In any claim that is disapproved by the manufacturer, and the dealer brings legal action to collect the disapproved claim and is successful in the action, the court shall award the dealer the cost of the action together with reasonable attorney attorney's fees. Reasonable attorney attorney's fees shall be are determined by the value of the time reasonably expended by the attorney and not by the amount of the recovery on behalf of the dealer.

A franchisor may periodically audit a franchisee in relation to warranty claims submitted by the franchisee.__Audits of warranty claims may be only for the 3-month period immediately preceding the date the audit is commenced.__A franchisor may not impose time limits for the submission of claims that limit a franchisee's right to recover such claims within the time authorized by section 1183.

A claim that has been approved and paid may not be charged back by the franchisor to the franchisee unless the franchisor can prove that the claim was false or fraudulent, that the repairs were not properly made or were unnecessary to correct the defective condition or that the franchisee failed to minimally substantiate the claim.__The franchisor has the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that a warranty claim may be charged back for one of the reasons authorized in this paragraph.

It is unlawful for a franchisor, manufacturer, factory branch, distributor branch or subsidiary to own, operate or control, either directly or indirectly, a motor vehicle warranty or service facility located in the State except on an emergency or interim basis or if no qualified applicant has applied for appointment as a dealer in a market previously served by a new motor vehicle dealer of that manufacturer, factory branch, distributor branch or subsidiary's line make.

It is unlawful for a franchisor, manufacturer, factory branch, distributor branch or subsidiary to authorize or to pay for warranty repair services to be performed by any person other than a franchised new motor vehicle dealer of that line make, except that warranty repair services may be performed by the Federal Government or any agency of the Federal Government on its own fleet, by the State or any agency of the State on its own fleet, or by the owner of a fleet of 15 or more vehicles as long as such warranty repair services are limited to those vehicles in any such fleet that are owned by and registered to the person performing such warranty repair services.