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General Motors Fuel Management Lifter Class Action Lawsuit Overview:
- Who: Owners of certain GM vehicles are suing General Motors LLC.
- Why: The drivers say their cars were fitted with defective fuel management lifters, breaching federal warranty laws and putting them in danger.
- Where: The lawsuit was filed in Michigan federal court.
General Motors knowingly sold vehicles with engines containing a dangerous fault in the fuel management lifter, putting drivers in danger, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiffs Danny Harrison, Christopher McClave, Melissa Luster, Leon Jordan, Daniel Demarest, Mark Hayford, Ronald and Marilyn Jett, and Rebecca Prosser filed the class action lawsuit against General Motors LLC Dec. 15 in a Michigan federal court, alleging the auto giant omitted material facts about faults in its cars.
The plaintiffs are looking to represent anyone who purchased or leased any 2014 to 2021 Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC vehicle equipped with a 5.3L, 6.0L or 6.2L V8 engine.
GM made and sold these vehicles without disclosing that their Active Fuel Management lifters (AFM Lifters) were defective in design, the plaintiffs say.
“The Valve Train Defect can leave drivers and passengers in dangerous situations,” they say in the lawsuit. “For example, stalling, losing power while driving and hesitation, especially when trying to merge, increase the risk of a traffic collision.”
If the issue is unremedied for too long, the entire engine can be damaged, necessitating an expensive full engine replacement, the lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff Claims The Lifter For the No. 3 Cylinder in His GMC Sierra Collapsed
Plaintiff Harrison says he bought a new 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 on Feb. 9, 2021. However, five months later, he was driving his vehicle on a 20-mile-long bridge located 250 miles from his home when the vehicle began to sputter, spit, vibrate, misfire and lose power.
“Plaintiff Harrison was only narrowly able to get the vehicle off the bridge, where he called his local GM authorized dealership, Tameron Buick GMC, for assistance.The lifter for the No. 3 cylinder had collapsed,” the lawsuit says.
It says that when the Valve Train Defect manifests during the warranty period, GM authorizes its dealerships to merely replace the parts that have failed with the same defective versions.
“As a result, the Valve Train Defect manifests again, often outside the warranty period,” according to the lawsuit.
The plaintiffs are suing for breach of warranty and violation of state consumer laws. They’re seeking certification of the class action lawsuit, damages, fees, costs, interest and a jury trial.
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The plaintiffs are represented by E. Powell Miller, Sharon S. Almonrode and Dennis A. Lienhardt of The Miller Law Firm, P.C.
The General Motors Engine Class Action Lawsuit is Danny Harrison et al., v. General Motors LLC, Case No. 2:21-cv-12927-LJM-APP, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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515 thoughts onGM Class Action Alleges Company Knowingly Sold Vehicles With Dangerously Faulty Fuel Management Lifters
My 2016 Buick Verano stalls and hesitate and cuts off
I changed my fuel thing with ball a few times and the fuel pump and still keep a full tank so I won’t be stranded 2012 GMC Acadia Denali
The same thing happened to the 2018 Malibu that I purchased for my son. We had spent over a $1000 to get it fixed.
I have a 2015 Gmc Sierra 1500 Denali. On Christmas day I was driving over to a friends house driving approximately 25mph when out of the blue my engine started to hesitate and shutter causing a real loud Knocking noise and lose all oil pressure then the engine cut out. Only have 74,000 miles on it. Shouldn’t be having issues like this around this amount of miles.
Just spent $4700 for AFM lifter failure on my husbands 2016 Chevy Silverado. How do we become apart of this lawsuit? Or do we just start our own?
I had to replace lifters in my 2014 GMC Sierra. It was at 105,000 miles, just out of warranty. I’ve traded it in for a Dodge.
I had my 2015 Silverado with the 5.3 drop a lifter in 2020 got it fixed and traded it in for a 2020 trail boss lt with the 5.3 also. 6 months in to owning the truck I got it towed from home to dealer for a dropped lifter, then again I got it towed after barely getting off the highway in December for yet another dropped lifter. The first time with new truck it was in bank 2 now the most recent was bank 1 so 2 lifter failures in a year of owning the truck and 16k miles on it.
I had to get lifters, $7000 on my 2017 escalade and something was misfiring and then a transmission… endless problems.
I had 2014 doing the same thing. Finally l traded for 2021. But I also have 2016 with these problems.
I have a 2021 Chevy Silverado so now has just 7,000 miles on it the other day and started to misfire loss of power it sounded like the lifters were going to come out of the engine I nursed it home to the driveway and there it sits it is to be towed to the dealership on Monday morning and we will see what they say being that I was a mechanic when I was younger first thing I thought of was fuel management system then I could hear lifters rattling severely I’ve never heard an engine knock that loud I’ll be very surprised if the engine does not blow just wondering how will I know if they put more defective Parts in my truck when they say they repair it or can I trust them
Our 2021 Silverado motor blew at less than 8000 miles .
Loss of power
I have a 2021 Chevy Silverado so now has just 7,000 miles on it the other day and started to misfire loss of power it sounded like the lifters were going to come out of the engine I nursed it home to the driveway and there it sits it is to be towed to the dealership on Monday morning and we will see what they say being that I was a mechanic when I was younger first thing I thought of was fuel management system then I could hear lifters rattling severely I’ve never heard an engine knock that loud I’ll be very surprised if the engine does not blow just wondering how will I know if they put more defective Parts in my truck when they say they repair it or can I trust them
Our 2021 GMC Yukon XL Denali with 6.2 had its lifters go out at 15k miles on one half. Told them to replace all 8, but they only replaced the 4 on one side. I have to wait for the other side to go out. My car was in the shop for a month with out a loaner!!! So frustrating