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JPablo, the term lemon comes from a time not in the recent past when new expensive products performed badly. Pardon me Ford, but an old joke went that F.O.R.D. meant found on the road dead. Example: You buy a new car and it starts leaking oil or the door falls off, a new washing machine stops in the middle of a cycle and starts smoking. There have been lemon laws in which aided the consumer to get their money back on a new car that just wasn't performing.

Thanks for your explanation Alec. That clarifies it. It's almost like mosquita muerta which is something that seems benign, but in reality, bites. ¿Estoy en los cierto?