A federal judge has granted final approval to a massive class action lawsuit settlement between American Honda Motor Co. and more than 1.87 million consumers who owned or leased a Honda Accord, Odyssey, Pilot, or Crosstour. Many of these consumers will automatically receive a warranty extension while others will have to submit a claim by April 10, 2014, to receive reimbursement for money they paid to repair problems related to an oil defect in the vehicles.
The Honda class action settlement resolves allegations that Honda manufactured more than 1.5 million vehicles that excessively burned oil, causing the engine to misfire and forcing consumers to constantly monitor oil levels and incur bills for repairs of components damaged by the Honda engine oil defect.
Honda has denied any wrongdoing but agreed to settle the class action lawsuit, filed in 2012, late last year. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston granted preliminary approval to the Honda engine class action settlement on October 9, 2013. She granted final approval to the deal at a March 21, 2014, Final Fairness Hearing, calling it “fair, reasonable, and adequate.”
Class Members of the Honda engine 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
Class Members do not have to take any action to receive the warranty extension offered under the Honda engine misfire settlement, which will cover repairs for the vehicles within eight years of the original purchase or lease date of the vehicle, with no mileage limitation.
To receive full compensation for vehicle repairs, however, 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.
Details on how to file a valid claim can be found in our Open Settlement section under Honda Engine Misfire Class Action Lawsuit Settlement.
The case is 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.
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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133 thoughts onHonda Engine Misfire Class Action Settlement Gets Final OK
I have a 2016 Honda Odyssey that just had this happen over Christmas. $7500 for the repair at the Honda dealership. This is unheard of at only 68k miles.
I am the owner of a Honda 2013 Odyssey V6. The vehicle has been very well maintained. On 11/3/2024, at 90,362 miles the check engine light went on. I took the car to the dealership the next day and found a DTC P0302 engine misfire. The dealer agreed this is Honda’s engine defect on VCM, but asked the owner for $5,190 for engine rebuild of piston rings 1-3 and 6 spark plugs replacement. Later I found there was this class action on the year/model of this car and I never got notification of this class action settlement. I never changed my contact information since owning the vehicle and I am the only owner. The class action settlement on extended warranty to 8 years / unlimited mileage. Due to Covid19, the vehicle has not been driven much between March 2020 and 2022, which delayed the engine misfire symptoms to come up. I contacted Honda North America and was denied a good will claim with the reason for the expired warranty. This class action settlement is unfair to the owners who keep the vehicle for the long term. It should allow unlimited years. Any lawyers would like to file a new class action or reactivate the original class action?
I have a 2013 (purchased in 2014) Odyssey. The van only has 46,000 miles on it and never had any issues up until two nights ago when out of nowhere the check engine light starts flashing and the car was shaky. I take it to my local mechanic who charged me $200 to tell me it was a recall at Honda. I bring it to Honda and they tell me about this extended warranty that is no longer valid. They say it’s $8,300 to fix!!!!!! $8,300 for a problem that was KNOWN?! This blows my mind. Of course it didn’t show up until now…I average 4,000 miles per year. This can not be legal.
I am wondering if they’d be willing to give us the specs on the ‘fix’ so that we can do whatever it is we need to do to end this problem! They know what they told the dealerships to do, so why not let the owners know now what to do as a remedy?
You simply have to re-ring the Pistons. Not uniquely complicated but very labor-intensive. Should be covered through 2024s the VCM is a flawed design and they keep rolling it out.