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Honda Motor Co. has reached a class action settlement over claims that some of its vehicles excessively burned oil, causing engine misfiring and premature spark plug degradation. If you purchased a 2008-2012 Honda Accord, 2008-2013 Honda Odyssey, 2009-2013 Honda Pilot, 2010-2011 Honda Accord Crosstour or 2012 Honda Crosstour equipped with a 6-cylinder engine with Variable Cylinder Management (“VCM-2”), you could be eligible to receive compensation for repairs or a warranty extension.
The Honda engine misfire settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit (Soto, et al. v. Honda Motor Co. Inc.) alleging that Honda manufactured more than 1.5 million defective vehicles that excessively burned oil.
Honda has denied the allegations in the class action lawsuit. The parties agree that there are no safety concerns with the vehicles named in the litigation. Honda agreed to the class action settlement in order to avoid the costs of a trial. The proposed class action settlement was preliminarily approved by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston on Oct. 9, 2013.
To receive full compensation for your vehicle repairs, Class Members must submit a valid Claim Form with a copy of an original repair invoice or receipt plus proof of payments for repairs or replacement of parts on a Settlement Class Vehicle by April 10, 2014. Class Members do not need to take any action to obtain the warranty extension, which will cover repairs for the affected vehicles within eight years of the original purchase or lease date of the vehicle, with no mileage limitation.
Who’s Eligible
Class Members of the Honda engine defect class action settlement include all current and former owners or lessees of one or more of the following Honda vehicles equipped with a 6-cylinder engine with Variable Cylinder Management (“VCM-2”), purchased or leased in the United States:
- 2008-2012 Honda Accord
- 2008-2013 Honda Odyssey
- 2009-2013 Honda Pilot
- 2010-2011 Honda Accord Crosstour
- 2012 Honda Crosstour
Potential Award
Full reimbursement of your out-of-pocket repair expenses, plus a Warranty Extension.
Claim Form Deadline
4/10/14
Case Name
Alex Soto, et al. v. American Honda Motor Co. Inc., Case No. 3:12-cv-01377-SI, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Final Hearing
3/21/14
UPDATE: A federal judge granted final approval to the Honda engine misfire class action settlement at the Final Fairness Hearing.
Settlement Website
http://settlement-claims.com/enginemisfire/
Claims Administrator
Rust Consulting
Soto Class Action Settlement
P.O. Box 2722
Torrance, CA 90509
1-888-888-3082
Class Counsel
Steven N. Berk
Matthew Bonness
BERK LAW PLLC
Beth E. Terrell
TERRELL MARSHALL DAUDT & WILLIE PLLC
Michael F. Ram
RAM, OLSON, CEREGHINO & KOPCZYNSKI
Lawrence Deutsch
Shanon Carson
Eugene Tompkins
Defense Counsel
Michael L. Mallow
LOEB & LOEB LLP
UPDATE: Reimbursements from the Honda Engine Misfire Class Action Settlement were mailed July 14, 2014. A second wave of checks will go out this Fall, according to the Settlement Administrator. If you get a check, let us know!
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207 thoughts onHonda Engine Misfire Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
My Accord gave codes for cylinder 1, 2, and 3 misfire. Honda performed a computer update and the car ran fine for a year. I noticed the car seemed to have lost acceleration power and I scheduled to have normal maintenance work performed – timing belt and timing belt tensioner replaced. Before I could have the work performed, I noticed a loud noise coming from the engine so I added that to the list to be investigated. A cam lobe along with a rocker arm had pitting. After all work was completed, the check engine light came on and codes for cylinder 4, 5 and 6 misfire was given. Took it to Honda and paid $350 for diagnostics. They said they had never seen anything like it and could not tell me what was wrong with it without digging into the motor at my expense. They did advise that compression was lost in the cylinders and that was causing the misfires. This was not covered under the extended warranty as cylinders 5 and, 6 were not covered. They suggested getting a good, used motor at the cost of over $5,000 as it might cost more to figure it out and fix than the motor would cost. I have been searching as well to find out if other people had issues such as this. The only thing that I positively know is that the car was fine and then all of a sudden it starts misfiring, spitting out codes for 4, 5, and 6, and I have a loss of compression. They did tell me that all the mechanic work previously completed was superbly performed so that was not the issue.
My 2010 Honda Odyssey with only 40,000 miles had flashing engine light. The dealer replaced 1-4 spark plugs and upgraded the software. the engine light came back as cylinder number 6 misfire. They checked the spark plug and it was fouled. The ceramic around the electrode was missing. Honda is saying that cylinder 6 is not covered under the lawsuit settlement. The dealer wants me to pay for tear down as there is no compression in the cylinder#6. What a mistake to buy Honda???
It is only cylinders 1-4(because they are the ones that are shut down during ECO).
I have a 2010 Accord V-6 and have been having the cylinder misfire problem as well. It started earlier this year with a check engine light. I took it to the dealership and they told me it was cylinders 1 and 2 that were misfiring. They replaced the spark plugs and I did not have to pay out of pocket for anything. About 2 weeks ago the little evil check engine light came back on. I had a friend of mine hook up his personal scanner and found out cylinder 5 was misfiring. Since it was the same issue, I did what anyone would do and take it to dealership so they can fix it without having to cover any costs. I took it in to the Honda dealership earlier this week and they did a diagnostic. I did the same thing as the previous time I had a cylinder misfire problem and signed a paper stating I would pay $115 for the check engine light diagnostic if it is not covered by warranty. It turned out there were misfires on cylinders 5 and 6 and for some strange reason told me my car was going to have to stay over night because they need to do a second diagnostic. I told them I needed my car and will just bring it in another day. I took it in a later day and it turned out that there was no second diagnostic needed. There goes my time being wasted!! After dropping my car off I went home. SEVEN hours after dropping off my car I get a call saying that it is ready. When I get to the dealership I find out that I have a $240 bill. I argue about how the charges came about if it was the exact same problem I had a month ago. They tell me that the warranty only covered cylinders 1-4. Im wondering if anyone else has had issues with cylinders 5 and 6? I have been looking online to find anything about only cylinders 1-4 being covered but haven’t came across anything.
Believe in having an engine misfire issue. Gas mileage has decreased significantly in the past several months. Just had car towed with shaking and engine light flashing. If this is in fact the issue can I still file for reimbursement?
I have a 2009 Honda Accord with 99,000 miles now. I just drop it off this morning with the code p0303 telling me mis- fire on #3 cylinder I replace the plug and coil pack and it did not fix it. I notice a after a thousand miles after a oil change it burnt a QT of oil and the gas mileage went from 25 mpg to 20 mpg. I have seen several complaints on this issue and my car is one of them now. I hope they fix it today because I am getting rid of it moving on to a better car. And also I have a 2004 Honda van now with its 2nd recall on it its going next!
2008 Accord V6. This problem just started on 1/1/2015.
Hi, I think I have the same problem. When the engine is cold the check engine light would come on along with the VSA light, P0306 – #6 cyl. misfire. I check’d the coil packs by switching, all good and also replaced all spark plugs and flushed out the fuel rail. Engine burns small amount of oil, down about a pint at the next oil change.
Still have this problem and need to look into this more.
NYC
I have a 2012 Honda Odyssey EXL 6 cylinder. I have now had it in the shop twice due to this misfire recall. The first time, the dealership fixed it, but did not notify me that if was going to possibly happen again. 2 days ago while we were out of town, it happened again going down the interstate. The #3 spark plug fouled again, having me limp (on what seemed like 2 cylinders) to a dealership while travelling. Was told by that dealer, that after the first time, the dealership should have replaced rings on the pistons to prevent this from happening again. And if this isn’t performed, it will continue to happen. I’m disappointed I wasn’t notified in advance that additional engine work would be needed to permanently fix this issue. This is a huge inconvenience for me. Just made another appointment to take it on Saturday to schedule a complete overhaul, which they said can take 2-3 days. I should not have to worry about being stranded in a practically new vehicle. The dealership has fixed for free under recall both times so far. And this does extend my powertrain warranty for 8 years due to the qualifying code for misfire. Just aggravated I’m having to deal with this, and other people as well. I love my Odyssey, but almost makes me want to go buy another manufacturer’s model.
I own 2010 Crosstour and experienced misfiring in August 2014 after the deadline of the class action claim. The dealership told me that Honda knew of the problem. I am on the hook for paying for the problem. I have spoken to Honda and all they can do is apologize with ” I am sorry sir”, as they will not back up their product. Honda has decided not to honour its own product so I can no longer support them. I will in fact let others know that Honda is a much different organization and I will no longer be purchasing or recommending Honda.
I owned a 2009 Honda Pilot EX-L and just recently experiences the problem while driving in constant speed around 60 and then the engine light went flashing. Got a device and it read the code, P0303 and googled it and found out about this misfire class action lawsuit against Honda few months back. I went to the dealership and they replaced the 1-4 spark plugs at no cost to me, but the same issue, but milder without the engine light, still happened. I am scheduled to return to follow up with the dealership. While I did dig up my past maintenance invoices, and I did spend about $1200 fixing/replacing both crush washers and torqued both drain. It involved with the removing of the valve cover and adjusted all intake and replaced engine spark plugs… not sure if this is related to the misfire and whether or not this is eligible for the reimbursement based on the misfire (no code on the invoice, so I have to look into it with the dealership). Any comments?
This problem is not limited to the V6. I just had my 2008 EX-L 4 cylinder with less then 81K rebuilt for this exact issue. I originally thought it was the transmission because of some noise and what appeared to be slipping from 2-3 gear.
I took it into the dealer and the mechanic quickly recognized it as an engine problem and bet me I was out of oil. He confirmed that and through my dealer and Honda corporate office I had the pay a $300 deductible (instead of $500) to have it fixed because of my past Honda loyalty and because I took such good care of the car and had all service performed as needed at the dealer there.
I am disputing the $300 and I want to know what they did that actually fixed the problem. Not what they did to fix what the problem caused.