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Ford battery main contactor defect class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Benjamin Kegele, Thomas Dorobiala and Spenser Henry filed a class action lawsuit against Ford Motor Company.
- Why: Kegele, Dorobiala and Henry claim Ford sold model year 2020-2022 Mustang Mach-E vehicles containing defective battery main contactors.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.
Ford Motor Company manufactured model year 2020-2022 Mustang Mach-E vehicles with defective high voltage battery main contactors, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiffs Benjamin Kegele, Thomas Dorobiala and Spenser Henry claim the alleged defect causes the battery main contactor to overheat and subsequently make the vehicle lose power during operation.
“The contactors on these vehicles are prone to fail during ordinary and foreseeable driving situations,” the Ford class action states.
Ford has ‘actual knowledge’ of battery main contactor defect
Kegele, Dorobiala and Henry claim Ford has “actual knowledge” that the battery contactors in its 2020-2022 Mustang Mache-E vehicles are defective and can suddenly fail during normal operation.
The alleged defect, meanwhile, has diminished the value of the affected Mustang Mach-E vehicles, making it so they can not be operated safely and require a modification of the battery contactors, according to the Ford class action.
Kegele, Dorobiala and Henry claim Ford is in violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, California’s Unfair Competition Law, False Advertising Law and Consumers Legal Remedies Act, among other things.
They demand a jury trial and request declaratory and injunctive relief along with compensatory and punitive damages for themselves and all class members.
Kegele, Dorobiala and Henry want to represent a nationwide class and California subclass of current and former owners and lessees of Mustang Mach-E vehicles sold between May 2020 and May 2022 that Ford recalled.
Owners and lessees of Ford Expeditions and Lincoln Navigators filed a separate class action lawsuit against Ford last month over claims the vehicles are defective and prone to catching on fire while in operation.
If you own a vehicle that you believe has a safety defect and you are outside of the warranty period, you believe the defect should be covered by the warranty and it’s not or you or a family member have been injured by a safety related defect, you may qualify to join a defective vehicle safety recall class action lawsuit investigation.
The plaintiffs are represented by Aashish Y Desai and M. Adrienne De Castro of Desai Law Firm, P.C.
The Ford battery main contactor defect class action lawsuit is Kegele, et al. v. Ford Motor Company, et al., Case No. 2:22-at-00677, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.
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