You may recover any losses you sustained as a result of the warranty breach. The question you pose is impossible for me to answer without knowing more about the amount of damages you have sustained. You have traveled 32500 miles in this vehicle without problems? If so, you damages may be limited to the remainder of the lease, the costs incurred in filing the suit, and attorney's fees. If there are other damages then you would need to document and provide evidence of them to your attorney for consideration.
In settling a lawsuit you have to ask yourself what you want. If they are not offering to cover litigation expenses and fees then you should evaluate that as well. Essentially you and your attorney have to determine your likelihood of success with the suit, the amount of damages you would likely be awarded if successful, and the costs of obtaining such a favorable verdict. Then you must see if the potential reward is worth the risk involved in seeking it. This is a money decision... don't let emotion play a role.
Talk with your lawyer and he/she will guide you. It sounds to me like they should pay for any times you have been without the vehicle you paid for before today and all payments from today until the end of the lease, they should pay for any necessary expenses (car rentals, etc) that you incurred due to the vehicle's malfunctioning, the costs of the litigation and your attorney's fees. Realistically there should also be a little extra money padded into this settlement for all the time and attention you've had to dedicate to pursuing the action. (in addition to the actual money you've lost in wages, mileage, and other expenses)
Feel free to reply if I can help further.
Good luck.
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Well that isn't so much a question as a statement. Yes... if you accept the offer you will still be driving a car that you do not consider safe and will continue to have problems and the warranty will expire 36000 miles. I suppose you do benefit in that the lease payments will be gone, but free crap is still crap. The other way to look at this is that they are buying you out of the lease so you will not be paying for a crap car anymore. If they are also paying the costs and attorney's fees, what other damages are you claiming in the suit?
Like I said above.. you just have to add this stuff up and decide what you can get and if it is worth the risk and expense of trial. If they buy you out of the lease, you do not have to continue driving the car... right? You can move on to another vehicle.
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