Bought a lemon? There's a program designed to help if your new car has a problem that just can't seem to be fixed.

Jennifer Turnbull had her 2008 Honda Fit for about a month and a half when it first had problems.

"I had just stopped at the ATM and the car wouldn't start," she said.

That was just the beginning.

"Over the next month the ignition failed a few times, the radio failed, so I brought it back in to Honda to give it another go at diagnostic testing," she said.

The dealer couldn't duplicate the problems and replaced the radio and battery. But that wasn't the end of Turnbull's troubles.

"The next day the radio failed, actually," she said.

In all, Turnbull says her car spent a total of 42 days over several months at the dealer. But she says the issues with the car got more serious -- not better.

Turnbull says her Honda began burning a lot more gas than expected and felt heavy to drive. That was traced to a brake problem that was fixed last August, but a month later she had a real fright.

"In September, while driving on the highway, the brakes failed to work. It started shaking and vibrating. I had a few friends in the car with me and we had to pull over to the side of the road," Turnbull said. "That was a very scary experience."

When Honda Canada wouldn't cover the brake repair under warranty, Turnbull turned to CAMVAP -- The Canadian Automobile Manufacturers Vehicle Arbitration program.

The Better Business Bureau administers CAMVAP in B.C. It's a program for vehicles under four years old

"Consumers are successful about 66 per cent of the time, " Mark Fernandes of the BBB said.

Most people do what Turnbull did -- represent themselves without a lawyer.

"You are getting a final decision and resolution that is enforceable by the courts if need be," said Fernandes.

In his decision, the arbitrator wrote "It is my opinion that Honda has not in this case provided the level of service the consumer should have expected under the no nonsense warranty." And he ordered Honda to buy back the vehicle.

Turnbull is thankful it's over.

If you want to find out more about the CAMVAP program --click here.

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Chris Olsen.