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Ford Diesel Engine Class Action Settlement
By Mike Holter
UPDATE 9/25/13: All appeals have been resolved and the settlement is now final and effective. See how to file a claim for the Ford Diesel Engine Class Action Lawsuit Settlement.
UPDATE 8/19/13: The Court approved the Ford diesel engine class action settlement on July 2, but two appeals have been filed. The settlement cannot become effective until these appeals are resolved. Class Members are advised to check the status of these appeals on September 20, 2013. Sign up for our free weekly e-newsletter below to receive settlement updates.
UPDATE 6/6/13: The Court did not make a decision to approve the Ford Diesel Engine Class Action Lawsuit Settlement at the May 22, 2013 Fairness Hearing. A decision is expected in mid-July.
Class Notices have been mailed to U.S. consumers who purchased or leased a model year 2003-2007 Ford vehicle equipped with a 6.0-liter PowerStroke diesel engine notifying them of a proposed class action lawsuit settlement. The settlement will resolve allegations the engines are defective and plagued with problems.
If approved, the Ford diesel settlement will resolve dozens of class action lawsuits, consolidated as In re: Navistar 6.0L Diesel Engine Products Liability Litigation, that claim the PowerStroke diesel engines installed primarily in heavy-duty Ford trucks and vans contains defects that result in poor performance and expensive repair bills.
A federal judge has conditionally certified a class of all U.S. citizens who currently own or lease (or who in the past owned or leased) a 2003-2007 non-ambulance Ford vehicle sold or leased in the U.S. and equipped with a 6.0-liter PowerStroke diesel engine that received one or more of the following repairs covered by Ford’s New Vehicle Limited Warranty during the vehicle’s last five years in service or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first:
- Fuel injector
- Exhaust gas recirculation valve (“EGR”)
- EGR cooler
- Oil cooler
- Turbocharger
Class Members that submit a valid Claim Form will receive one of the following benefits if the class action lawsuit settlement is approved:
Reimbursement for Post-Warranty Repairs to Certain Engine Components. If the Class Vehicle required repair to the EGR cooler, oil cooler, EGR valve, turbocharger, or a fuel injector after the original five-year/100,000-mile warranty expired — but before six years or 135,000 miles (whichever comes first) — Ford will reimburse the Settlement Class Member repair expenses up to the limits specified below, provided the Class Vehicle previously received a repair to that same component that was covered by Ford’s original warranty.
Reimbursement of Deductibles. If a Settlement Class Member paid a $100 deductible more than once for repairs under the five-year/100,000-mile engine warranty, Ford will reimburse $50 each for the second through fifth deductible paid, up to a limit of $200 for four deductible payments.
Claim Forms will not be available until after the settlement is approved and becomes effective.
Keep checking Top Class Actions for claims filing updates by signing up for our free weekly e-newsletter below. You can also monitor the progress of the Ford PowerStroke Diesel Engine Class Action Settlement at www.DieselSettlement.com.
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241 thoughts onFord Diesel Engine Class Action Settlement
Hello, my name is Heather. I am curious to know how to go about all this as well… Where you able to find out anything? My husband works as a technician but certainly not for ford… I wish…I would just ask them.. Get answers…then results… If you wouldn’t mind… Could you email me … We just want to know who..where… Thank you. fnly_hthr@yahoo.com 636-688-9747 Heather/Doyle. We had no issues at all, until the check trailer light kept coming on ( beeping ) but their wasn’t a trailor… We didn’t have a bumper on… So he thought he had dirt in the connection… He was driving on highway few days later… Within 3-5 miles later… Truck shut shut all the way down… And we are told… It’s your story… Oil pump…..he said before it/ as it died … It threw a code that could have been a cam to a tight gas cap… DIESELS!!!!!!!!!!! As soon as we fix it!!!!! We are selling it!!!!!
This lawsuit left out the WORST ENGINE! The 2008 6.4 is garbage with most of the same problems itemized in this blog. Zero responsibility on FORDs part, of course, and my $60K+ truck (F450 Super Duty, King Ranch. I have spent over $10,000 on worthless repairs from WORTHLESS DEALERS! There is not enough air time for FORDs advertising budget to spend for ads to make up for the BAD advertising I am doing! Further, Progressive just had a opportunity to remove some of the pain as it is my business truck and the FIRE in the ENGINE at my business had some insurance reach! Nothing there either! Ford and Progressive are PAST memories. They will never see another $ of my money.
I bought a 2006 6.0 I had for a month when the injector 1,2,7,8 gave out had them repaired next went the oil cooler replaced it 2 week later oil cooler went out they weren’t cheap injectors just kept going out every month then the egr gave out the the high oil pressure pump month later transmission went out I spent over 15,000 how stupid could be went and and bought a 2005 6.0 same thing high pressure pump injectors egr oil cool I 8,000 but this time I didn’t brother much could even start for the first months it wasn’t drivable till the day I called the bank and told them the can pick their truck up I was wasting more money on the truck then what it was worth
Had my EGR system go out on my, service writer suggested an EGR Delete installed, spent $3000 he said because Turbo and Intake clogged up with carbon, after repair truck ran better, then had to replace the fuel regulator spring (upgrade) ran a little better but not like new, it only had 162,000 miles on it, just breaking in engine at that point. How can I recover this or most of the money I spent?
I purchased (3) brand new 2006 Ford LCF trucks. The first one was towed to the dealership (8) different times for engine and transmission problems. Left my crew stranded on the road each time. It was in the shop for a month on one occasion. I couldn’t get help from the dealer or Ford. I ended up selling it with only 38000 miles. POS. The other two have had cooling and turbo problems. Paid 3000.00 for repairs to the cooling system on one and it seems to be working okay right now. I pray for it everyday. The other LCF has been sitting in my yard for 7 months apparently with cooling issues. Very Hard to start and when it does start and runs for 20 minutes, it will not start back up after its shut off. It needs to sit for several hours to get it to run again. Im told the repair will be 3000.00-10,000 to repair it!! That’s why it’s still sitting. IM JUST FINDING OUT ABOUT THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND THE CUT OFF WAS DECEMBER 2013. I was never notified!! I would like to get in on it if at all possible as I need the financial help to fix it. What really hurts is the sales department at SANDERSON FORD IN GLENDALE ARIZONA new all about the problems with Ford LCF at the time they sold my company these trucks. I purchased many other trucks from this dealer but will not do business with them again. THE SANDERSON FORD SALES DEPARTMENT CANNOT BE TRUSTED!!
Who is the bastards representing us? As a f250 owner i was expecting something in the mail. I guess that was part of fords negotiations. Go figure.
I bought my 2006 in March of 2013. I was not aware of the problems with the 6.0 diesel and nobody ever informed me of the lawsuit. Well, after the same U-JOINT went bad TWICE in a month, I had my EGR go bad and believe it or not the Ford service guy recommended a DELETE. I couldn’t believe that the EGR Delete was actually recommended by Ford Service at the dealer — it proves how BAD this actually is. SO…. Then my Transmission died (After only 75k miles, never towing a thing). I spent 5500 replacing it and having an EGR delete done at the transmission shop based on the recommendation. Well…. I went to trade my vehicle in and was told that because I had messed with the EGR, I could no longer trade it in. I was stuck with it…. I drove the truck another 2 months and now my HEAD GASKET just went. I am so screwed. It affected the heat and the injectors, and there is a whistling noise from the engine (that I had asked 2 different Ford dealers on 3 different visits to check and they said it was nothing). They want $7800 to fix everything now. That would bring my repairs up to $15000 on a $18000 truck. This is ABSURD. I am so beside myself with how bad this vehicle is… and now I am stuck with it and I can’t even afford to fix it.
Is there anything I can do?!
We’ve had almost all that done. Cost about $4000.00 + parts so far and still doing what it was originally taken to service for. Will die and not crank back. No power building after getting it to crank back. Something gets repaired- last time ran for about 200 miles then starting doing the same thing.
Also, to add to above statement. 2004 Ford 6.0 F250 but the VIN doesn’t fall with the Class Action category. NEVER buy a ford. Trade or sell them for whatever someone is stupid enough to give you for it. We’re at the point of just junking the vehicle. It will cost another several thousand just to get $9000.00 trade in on it. So we lose either way.
I have read. You must have filed a claim by Dec 2013 . is this true? If so can another lawsuit be started for those of us who now are having the same problems?
I had all this done 4mo ago… now back in shop having similar issues. I don’t know what to do…