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Defective LG Plasma/LCD TV Class Action Lawsuit
By Mike Holter
LG Electronics has been hit with yet another class action lawsuit over its plasma and LCD TVs, this time over allegations that the televisions’ circuit boards fail prematurely.
LG has faced numerous class action lawsuits over its allegedly defective televisions over the past few years, including one filed in New Jersey District Court, and an antitrust class action settlement reached earlier this year.
According to the latest LG TV class action lawsuit, LG plasma and LCD televisions are defective because they contain circuit boards that prematurely fail during normal operation due to voltage overload, ripple current and thermal fatigue.
The LG TV defect, which was present upon delivery and manifests itself over time, ultimately results in the failure of the TVs well before the end of their expected useful life, rendering the TVs unsuitable for their intended purpose, the LG plasma and LCD TV class action lawsuit says.
The lawsuit goes on to say that LG has known about the design defect in its Plasma and LCD TVs, in part because of the numerous online complaints made by consumers. However, LG has failed to recall the defective LG TVs to fix the problem, and refuses to honor its 12-month parts-and-labor warranty on the televisions if the defect finally manifests itself after one year.
“Despite the fact that the Defect was present in the Television at the time of delivery, well within these warranty limitation periods, LG has refused to pay for labor or diagnostic expenses for consumers with Televisions manifesting the Defect more than a year after a purchase, and LG has refused to pay any part of the cost of repairing the Televisions which manifest the Defect one year after purchase,” the LG TV class action lawsuit says.
The defective LG Plasma & LCD TV class action lawsuit is brought on behalf of anyone who purchased a defective LG TV in the State of Nevada, including, but not limited to, the following models:
32LC2D
37LC2D
42LC2D
42PC3D
42PC3DV
47LC7DF
50PC3D
It is seeking damages, restitution, disgorgement and other relief for the proposed Class.
A copy of the Defective LG Plasma/LCD TV Class Action Lawsuit can be read here.
The case is Kevin Drover v. LG Electronics USA, Inc., Case No. 12-cv-00510, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada.
Updated March 28th, 2012
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84 thoughts onDefective LG Plasma/LCD TV Class Action Lawsuit
Don’t waste your time and money fixing an LG TV. I have lost the last 9 months doing so. Bought an LG42LN5700 October 13 and 14 months later it quit. Good news was that I had also purchased an extended warranty from Amazon. Bad news is I have sent it in six times since March and only get a day or two until it quits again. This time the warranty company claimed that I damaged the HDMI port and they’re through with my 4 years warranty after two years. Talk about claiming the victim!
LG technicians replaced the board on my defective 47LM6200 TV last week. The intermittent power cycling issues started again within less than a week. Customer service told me today that they cant/wont do anything further for me. I spoke with supervisors Adrian, MaryAnn and Teresa at their Huntsville, Alabama Exec Services call center. I would suggest BBB complaints and small claims court. They know they are wrong but are just content to wear you down by attrition and hope that you will go away. Spread the word via social media about LG. They wont be around too long given the way they treat consumers! The number to call in Alabama is 877-543-8325.
I purchased a 50 inch plasma TV 3d LG I can’t find the receipt no more but I paid about almost $700 can you help doesn’t turn on it will turn on sometimes but then it turns off again I never did anything to it so I just left it there please help
I have a 42PC3D had the Y-board repaired then 1 yr. later no picture again. It was our secondary TV and usually only was used on Sundays. Really? Very Frustrating.
I have the LG5500 and since the tv cannot be updated with flash player or adobe product at all and they knew this from the moment I bought my tv for over $3500.00. They told me as long as the picture and tv worked that I couldn’t get a replacement even within the 1 yr time limit. The smart part is pointless, its only good for watching cable, everything else is a hassle. A very expensive tv without the availability of watching anything using FLASH above flash 8.
My 15 months old LG 55LA6205 UA started on and off itself. The problem is so annoying that this keeps happening and TV is siting our living room completely useless. How could I join in the lawsuit?
I have the same tv and the same age and mine has been doing it for a while. If you unplug it for a bit and it usually works ok after you replug. But last night mine was doing it again and went through the same routine and it was working ok when we went to bed. This morning I cant get it to turn on at all. Ive tried just using the power button on tv, the unplugging routine and still wont come on. I bought it with my Visa which is suppose to extend the manufacturers warranty. Called LG and they gave me the number of a repair guy so will see how it goes.
Just talked with the Visa and they didnt put that package on my card until after the date that I bought the TV so no help from them.
Anyone getting answers to this? I found this after paying to get my 50 inch fixed twice and looking into fixing a blank screen issue myself. TV is less than 2 years old. Would love to know more about this suit.
After 2 years and 2 months our 50 inch LG TV shuts off on its own after being on for 10 seconds. How do we get involved in this law suit? Thank you.
My 8 months LG Cinema 55 is turning on and off itself and is not connecting to the internet via wifi, always fails. How to joint to the law suit?
I purchase a Lg tv just 2 year to the date , it stop working . No help from Lg rep. Will never buy any products from Lg again. ………..