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2017-2021 Range Rover Sport Diesel Defect Class Action Lawsuit Overview:
- Who: Plaintiff Candace Nejat lodged a class action lawsuit against Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC.
- Why: Nejat alleges the automaker failed to inform customers about a defect in its 2017-2021 Range Rover Sport diesel vehicles’ fuel system and failed to honor her warranty.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in New Jersey federal court.
Jaguar Land Rover’s 2017-2021 Range Rover Sport diesel vehicles contain a defective fuel system that decreases its performance if it is driven only on city streets, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Lead plaintiff Candace Nejat claims Jaguar Land Rover knew about the defect “long before plaintiffs had problems with the vehicle,” failed to disclose the defect to customers, and failed to pay for repairs under the vehicle’s unexpired warranty after it suffered a “catastrophic engine failure” caused by a defective diesel particulate filter (DPF).
Nejat wants to represent a nationwide and New Jersey Classes of consumers who purchased the allegedly defective 2017-2021 Range Rover Sport or other diesel engine-powered Jaguar Land Rover vehicles with a similar DPF system.
2017-2021 Range Rover Sport Diesel Defect
The plaintiff says that in 2017 she was looking to purchase a new, safe vehicle to drive her new baby around during family chores and between work and home. She says she relied on advertising and information about the 2017 Range Rover Sport, particularly information about city driving.
“The vehicle was marketed to Candace by the salesman of the selling dealer as a vehicle that would offer a savings in fuel costs because the vehicle was equipped with a diesel engine,” says the complaint; however, the plaintiff says she began experiencing problems with the car within a few years of purchase.
When she brought her 2017 Range Rover Sport in for servicing, she says she was not told she had to drive the diesel car on the highway to keep it running properly.
Indeed, Nejat claims she only intended to drive the vehicle in the city, and points out it was only after purchase that a service dealer told them it needed to be driven on the highway to keep its fuel filter from becoming clogged, which would lead to poor performance.
No one at the dealership where the plaintiff originally bought the vehicle informed them it needed to be driven on highways or that driving it primarily on city streets would lead to performance issues, the class action lawsuit alleges.
The vehicle has “undergone at least 5 repair attempts,” for a total of 22 days of work trying to fix problems related to the fuel system defect, claims the class action lawsuit.
The plaintiff also alleges she purchased the vehicle with a “New Vehicle Limited Warranty Bumper to bumper 4 years/ 50,000 miles (whichever occurs first),” which Jaguar Land Rover then failed to honor after the vehicle began experiencing problems with its fuel filter at approximately 37,312 miles.
Jaguar Land Rover committed fraud by marketing 2017-2021 Range Rover Sport diesel vehicles for city and highway driving, the class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff is seeking damages, repurchases, refunds, equitable and injunctive relief on behalf of themselves and other 2017-2021 Land Rover Range Rover Sport owners nationwide and in New Jersey.
Jaguar Land Rover faced another class action lawsuit in December 2020, when it was accused of knowingly installing defective Land Rover InControl systems.
Nine 2018 Jaguar F-Type vehicles were also part of a nationwide recall in July, after it was determined the car’s airbags contained a mesh layer that could potentially damage them in the case of an accident.
Have you experienced problems with your fuel system in a 2017-2021 Land Rover Range Rover or other diesel engine-powered Jaguar Land Rover? Let us know in the comments!
The plaintiff is represented by Paul DePetris and Lee M. Perlman of Perlman-Depetris Consumer Law, and Lewis G. Adler of the Law Offices of Lewis G. Adler.
The 2017-2021 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Defect Class Action Lawsuit is Nejat et al v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC, Case No. 1:21-cv-14698 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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29 thoughts on2017-2021 Range Rover Sport Diesel Defect Alleged in Class Action Lodged Against Jaguar Land Rover
While driving my 2016 Range Rover Sport HSE Td6 down the highway with my family, the engine shuttered and locked up leaving us stranded. I had it towed to the dealer quoted me $32480 for a new engine! Only 46k miles on the vehicle and Land Rover North America is claiming no responsibility. They need to be held to account for knowingly selling vehicles with defects. Demand accountability through a class action lawsuit and/or the concerted efforts of owners to call out Land Rover’s failure and illegal practices that threaten the safety and wellbeing of drivers.
We have had our 2018 range rover velar for 3 years at 28,000 miles with no issues. We have it serviced, inspected and within 5 weeks our engine blew.. on Thanksgiving evening with our 4 children on the side of the highway miles from home in the cold. My husband checked and there was no oil in the car as we were on the side of the road, the dipstick was dry. The dealership said it was the turbo. Wanted to charge us about 30,000 to replace because the warranty had just expired 8 days before it blew. We fought with them over this and they said they will do a “good will” application to see if it could be covered or partially covered. They agreed to partially cover it. Over the last year we have had it in and out of the dealership shop (mostly in) steming from the engine replacement. Now the dpf failed and they want to charge us over 4 grand to replace. We feel all of these issues should be 100% covered due to the engine blowing up and they didn’t replace everything at that time. How do we get involved in this class action suit.