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Dodge Journey Brake Class Action Lawsuit Tossed
By Mike Holter
UPDATE (3/15/13): A third amended complaint has been filed.
A federal judge last week dismissed a class action lawsuit alleging the brakes on 2009 and 2010 Dodge Journey SUVs are defective and inadequate.
Plaintiffs alleged in the Dodge Journey brake class action lawsuit, filed in August 2010, that the vehicle’s brake pads and rotors are too small and too thin to handle the braking duties of the 2-ton Journey, and that “it is not uncommon for the brakes on the Journey to fail at barely 12,000 miles,” which could cost owners as much as $400 to fix. The plaintiffs also accused Chrysler of breaching the 36,000-mile warranty covering the entire vehicle by refusing to repair the allegedly defective brakes.
U.S. District Judge Esther Salas disagreed, however, in her decision to toss the Dodge Journey brake class action lawsuit on December 4.
Judge Salas ruled Chrysler did not breach its warranties and was not responsible to pay for the plaintiffs’ brake repairs because the repairs fell outside the 12,000-mile warranty period covering the braking system. Salas also pointed out that no repairs were made to the plaintiffs’ vehicles outside of the brakes.
The Dodge Journey Defective Brake Class Action Lawsuit case is Tatum et al. v. Chrysler Group LLC, Case No. 10-cv-4269, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The plaintiffs are represented by Scott A. George and Christopher A. Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP and James E. Cecchi and Lindsey H. Taylor of Carella Byrne Cecchi Olstein Brody & Agnello PC.
Updated March 15th, 2013
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