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FCA Faulty Valve Train Systems Class Action Lawsuit Overview:
- Who: Shawn Petro, Mike Fairchild and David Kinchen filed a class action lawsuit against FCA US LLC.
- Why: Petro, Fairchild and Kinchen claim FCA fails to disclose that it manufactures, distributes and sells certain vehicles built with defective engine valve train systems.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Delaware federal court.
FCA US LLC manufactured, distributed and sold vehicles containing defective engine valve train systems, a fact it failed to disclose to consumers, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiffs Shawn Petro, Mike Fairchild and David Kinchen claim the FCA-manufactured engine valve train systems in question were defective in “design, workmanship and/or materials.”
“This is a consumer class action concerning a failure to disclose—or omission of— material facts and a safety concern to consumers,” the FCA class action states.
The class vehicles include all model year 2014 to present Dodge, RAM, Jeep and Chrysler vehicles containing a Gen III 5.7-liter HEMI or 6.4-liter HEMI 392 engine, according to the FCA class action.
Petro, Fairchild and Kinchen claim valve train components in the engine valve train systems prematurely fail due to defects in design, material and workmanship, among other things.
“The Defect ultimately causes premature internal wear to the engine and requires premature replacement of valve train components, including the camshafts,” the FCA class action states.
Alleged Defect In FCA Vehicles ‘Substantially Decreases’ Value, According to Class Action
Petro, Fairchild and Kinchen argue the alleged defect “substantially decreases” the value of the class vehicles and forces owners and lessees to either spend “significant money” for repairs or simply “hope FCA will cover the cost.”
Further, the plaintiffs argue repairing the vehicle doesn’t ultimately solve the issue since “the customer would simply be given another defective part or engine in its place.”
“As a result, the Valve Train Defect will manifest again, often outside the warranty period, and Class Members must then personally bear the cost of replacing lifters, rocker arms, valve springs and other damaged components,” the FCA class action states.
Petro, Fairchild and Kinchen claim FCA has not only been unable to remedy the defect, but that it has been both aware of and concealing it since as far back as 2013.
“Despite access to aggregate internal data, FCA has actively concealed the existence of the Valve Train Defect by claiming that consumers are responsible for the failures, even when consumers follow FCA’s published maintenance schedules,” the FCA class action states.
Petro, Fairchild and Kinchen claim FCA is guilty of fraudulent concealment, unjust enrichment and breach of express warranty and in violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and several state consumer protection acts.
They want to represent a nationwide class and Illinois, Oklahoma and Louisiana subclasses of all persons or entities who purchased a vehicle containing a defective engine valve train system.
Plaintiffs are demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory relief along with punitive, exemplary and compensatory damages for themselves and all class members.
Consumers filed a similar class action lawsuit against FCA earlier this year claiming the company sold certain vehicles built with defective 3.6L Pentastar V6 Engines.
Have you owned or leased a vehicle manufactured by FCA containing a defective engine valve train system? Let us know in the comments!
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64 thoughts onFCA Class Action Claims Company Sold Vehicles With Faulty Engine Valve Train Systems
My 2014 ram had a valve failure even .I had to buy a remanufactured engine and take a loan out to get it completed it cost me almost 8000 dollars to fix it and I’m still paying on the loan..big regrets buying this truck
I bought my 2014 Ram 2500 in April 2023 and it has the ticking sound I’ve tried everything except pulling the motor out and rebuilding it. I bought this truck to pull my fifth wheel which is my home and it doesn’t perform like it should. It also lost power because of it luckily my husband was pull In the driver way when it happened.Its ridiculous at how many owners are paying to have this fixed when the company knew that they were selling faulty motors. As much as it cost to buy a car now the least they could do is make it reliable.
How do we find out the status of the active law suit ??? about the engines .
The engine in my 2016 Jeep Wrangler started ticking. I changed the oil religiously. Then all of a sudden it catastrophically failed. I was told it would be $5000 for a remanufactured engine. Towed it to another mechanic who said the same thing. Even though the warranty expired, FCA should be sued since they knew about the defective parts and refuse to make repairs. So my $37,000 Jeep with only 25,000 miles is just sitting. FCA should replace the defective Pentastar 3.6 engines with a new engine. That means there are thousands of these engines on the road. FCA should apologize and just fix them instead of having their reputation ruined. If there is an attorney that can help me, please contact me.
My 2019 Hellcat Redeye dropped a valve into cylinder on 9/28/23 at dealer now. Please share info how I can join suit as Mopar is fighting warranty replacement
Our 2016 Dodge Ram 2500 is in the shop as we speak undergoing a motor replacement at the tune of almost $12k . Had we been told up front of the issues related to this brand and engine prior to purchasing we would have reconsidered. Funny how you take a vehicle to the dealership for all routine maintenance as required and still incur this type of situation. At the end of the day I believe RAM/DODGE is responsible for the cost of the engine replacement; as we only have 170k miles on the original one.
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Had issues since I got it. Service shifter light on took it in n they said it was a recall but it had been fixed already. On Valentine’s day I was parked at the gas pumps. Left my car on put it in park n got out n locked it ran to pay for gas came out n my jeep has slipped outta gear n went across the highway n hit a guardrail
My 2014 Dodge Journey is in the shop for this issue, which is going to cost me $5000. If this is a know problem why is nothing happening?
My 2013 Jeep SRT8 blew lifters & cam in June 2020. I had 80k miles. I had to pay out of pocket for $5000. It was 2 years out of warranty.
My 2020 Ram 1500 had to have the engine replaced with 42,000 miles on it. I started it up one evening and it sounded like a sewing machine. And the engine light came on reporting a misfire. It took 8 weeks to get the dealer to replace the engine