FCA Class Action Claims Company Manufactured, Sold Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram Vehicles With Defective V6 Engines

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FCA Defective Engines Class Action Lawsuit Overview: 

• Who: Etienne Maugain, Louise Shumate, Denise Hunter and Harry Reichlen filed a class action lawsuit against FCA US LLC. 
• Why: Plaintiffs claim FCA manufactured and sold certain vehicles containing defective 3.6L Pentastar V6 Engines.
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Delaware federal court. 

FCA US LLC manufactured and sold certain vehicles containing 3.6L Pentastar V6 engines that were defective, a new class action lawsuit alleges. 

Plaintiffs Etienne Maugain, Louise Shumate, Denise Hunter and Harry Reichlen claim certain model year 2014 and newer Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles sold by FCA contained the defective engines.  They allege FCA falsely marketed the vehicles equipped with defective 3.6L engines as “safe to drive, durable, reliable and capable of providing transportation.” 

Engine Defect Eventually Leads To ‘Catastrophic Failure’

The alleged defect causes the engine to emit an audible ticking noise and suffer from a loss of power, misfires, decreased performance, hesitation, premature wear and ultimately “catastrophic failure,” according to the class action lawsuit. 

Maugain, Shumate, Hunter and Reichlen claim FCA knew about the defect as early as 2013 yet continued to falsely tout the “quality, durability, reliability and performance” of the vehicles to the public and in marketing campaigns. 

Further, FCA is unable to repair the defect, plaintiffs argue, instead simply replacing defective parts with parts that are equally defective, leading vehicle owners to be in constant need for repairs. 

The plaintiffs claim this not only causes the vehicles to lose economic value but also puts drivers at risk. 

“The Defect not only decreases the value of the Class Vehicles, because there is no permanent repair, it can endanger drivers and passengers in the vehicles,” the class action lawsuit states. 

Maugain, Shumate, Hunter and Reichlen claim FCA is guilty of, among other things, fraud by omission or fraudulent concealment and unjust enrichment and is in violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, among other state-specific claims. 

They want to represent a nationwide class and California, CLRA, Florida, Illinois and Massachusetts subclass of individuals who purchased or leased an affected vehicle. The plaintiffs are demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory relief and restitution, compensatory, punitive and exemplary damages for themselves and all class members. 

A separate class action lawsuit, targeting FCA over claims it sold vehicles with defective gearshifts, was upheld by a federal judge in Michigan last month. 

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The plaintiffs are represented by Russell D. Paul, Abigail Gertner, Amey J. Park and Natalie Lesser of Berger Montague PC; Tarek H. Zohdy, Cody R. Padgett and Laura Goolsby of Capstone Law APC; and Steven Calamusa and Geoff Stahl of Gordon & Partners, P.A. 

The FCA Defective Pentastar Engines Class Action Lawsuit is Maugain, et al. v. FCA US LLC, Case No. 1:22-cv-00116, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

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