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A federal judge has granted final approval to a massive class action lawsuit settlement between American Honda Motor Co. and more than 1.87 million consumers who owned or leased a Honda Accord, Odyssey, Pilot, or Crosstour. Many of these consumers will automatically receive a warranty extension while others will have to submit a claim by April 10, 2014, to receive reimbursement for money they paid to repair problems related to an oil defect in the vehicles.
The Honda class action settlement resolves allegations that Honda manufactured more than 1.5 million vehicles that excessively burned oil, causing the engine to misfire and forcing consumers to constantly monitor oil levels and incur bills for repairs of components damaged by the Honda engine oil defect.
Honda has denied any wrongdoing but agreed to settle the class action lawsuit, filed in 2012, late last year. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston granted preliminary approval to the Honda engine class action settlement on October 9, 2013. She granted final approval to the deal at a March 21, 2014, Final Fairness Hearing, calling it “fair, reasonable, and adequate.”
Class Members of the Honda engine class action settlement include all current and former owners or lessees of one or more of the following Honda vehicles equipped with a 6-cylinder engine with Variable Cylinder Management (“VCM-2”), purchased or leased in the United States:
- 2008-2012 Honda Accord
- 2008-2013 Honda Odyssey
- 2009-2013 Honda Pilot
- 2010-2011 Honda Accord Crosstour
- 2012 Honda Crosstour
Class Members do not have to take any action to receive the warranty extension offered under the Honda engine misfire settlement, which will cover repairs for the vehicles within eight years of the original purchase or lease date of the vehicle, with no mileage limitation.
To receive full compensation for vehicle repairs, however, Class Members must submit a valid Claim Form with a copy of an original repair invoice or receipt plus proof of payments for repairs or replacement of parts on a Settlement Class Vehicle by April 10, 2014.
Details on how to file a valid claim can be found in our Open Settlement section under Honda Engine Misfire Class Action Lawsuit Settlement.
The case is Alex Soto, et al. v. American Honda Motor Co. Inc., Case No. 3:12-cv-01377-SI, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
UPDATE: Reimbursements from the Honda Engine Misfire Class Action Settlement were mailed July 14, 2014. A second wave of checks will go out this Fall, according to the Settlement Administrator. If you get a check, let us know!
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121 thoughts onHonda Engine Misfire Class Action Settlement Gets Final OK
Is there ANY lawyer that will take on the cause of holding Honda accountable for these VCM issues?? I KNOW there is an attorney out there that’s willing to do this.
I have a 2015 pilot, 63000 miles. Cylinder 3 oil issues and spark plug oil. Repair is close to 6k. Fighting with Honda also as it’s same issue as with 2009-2013’s in first class action. I’m disabled and can’t afford repair. Jasmine at Honda NA has been no help.
Our 2016 Honda Odyssey also had the same misfire failure, months past the warranty and Honda is refusing. They used the same VCM as in the earlier models, that were covered under the previous class action lawsuit. Is anyone aware of a new case covering the newer models or would like to start one?
I haven’t heard of another class action lawsuit. But Inhave a 2019 Honda pilot that has the same issues. I have been working with the dealership and Honda Corporation on this for over a year! I started to experience rumbling/vibrations from what I believe is the VCM. Honda Corporation has sent out one of their Engineers out twice in the last two months and they stated that the symptoms are just a “characteristic of the car”. They are refusing to fix it under warranty! I am looking for lawyers to sue Honda Corporation.
I purchased my 2009 Honda Pilot from Sierra Cheverolet in 2019 and ever since then I have had problems with my Honda. Every code that was presented on my dash board in my car I tired to attack and get it repaired. However my car has been sitting up for 2 years due to this piston oil engine issue. I have replaced catalytic coverters, batteries and gallons and gallons of oil. multiple car oil changes and still no vehicle to drive. A diagnose test was ran and that is what it mention. Pistons, heavy consumption of oil in the engine, with heavy smoke coming out the back. I need my car back that I over paid on. Now I truly feel like it a lemon.
Will this settlement cover having to have your engine rebuilt due to vcm oil consumption along with misfires ?
I’m spending $10K at the Honda dealership because of these problems and I ain’t happy…!
2015 Honda Accord EX-L, sedan.
It all began last year (late summer/fall), after I took my car in to Honda for a tire replacement. I had recently replaced all four tires with them and the one back tire had a buldge defect in the wall, so I took it back and showed them. They replaced it under warranty. Then very soon after that, my car began having issues bouncing/vibrating when I held down the brake at stoplights and stop signs. It progressed to pulsating as I drove down the road. My husband said it noticed it driving rough before I did. No specific speed-it came and went. Had spark plugs changed by our trusted local mechanic. Same issue. They said it was a ECM 83-11 ECM malfunction. Instructed to take it to Honda. Took it to Crown Honda of SOUTHPOINT (the place we purchased the car new). Crown Honda said we needed new spark plugs- we just had those placed…but they insisted that it was the issue and the spark plugs may have been misthreaded.. Our local body shop stood by their work and fully reimbursed me. Honda put their plugs in- no resolve. Then Honda said it was misfiring due to bad fuel pump and all four injectors needed replacing. My husband and I spoke with the store manager at Crown Honda and voiced our concern in trusting them- especially since they said the issue was something we recently replaced and then we allowed them to replace them without resolution. We were unsure that they truly looked at our car. The manager assured us that he would personally ensure the work was done. Supposably replacement if the fuel pump and all four injectors were complete. The manager emailed us to tell us this. We called to pick it up- said they needed more time to do “one more thing.” Drove ok for a little longer but not completely smooth ever. Then same issue- started feeling like it was bouncing/stall out going down the road and with the brake pressed. Took it back to Honda – report said it needed new timing chain, 3 links off- another $3200 quote after the initial couple thousand we recently spent on it above. So now misfiring issues totally $5k-ish in less than a years time? We were doubting their work. Took it back to our local mechanic- they said they couldn’t figure it out, Honda needed to look at it. Full circle. Took it to another highly recommended mechanic who said it wouldn’t drive three links off if it was the chain. They ran the diagnostic several times with the same ECM code that the other local mechanic was receiving in the very beginning- They recommended taking it to a different Honda (Cary Auto Park Honda), in town they trusted. We told them the code that the 2nd local mechanic said to tell them and asked them to flash the computer. Cary Auto Park Honda said they ran every diagnostic and could not diagnose. They said that this one time they agreed with Crown Honda that it must be bad injectors (they said probably not the fuel pump but we could replace that if replacing the injectors didn’t resolve the issue). I told them flat out that they were wrong- he must have missed the part of the story that we actually had those replaced by Crown Honda. He (Cary Auto Park Honda) was surprised and said I needed to take it back to them and have them diagnose the problem. I informed him that I did before I took it to the second mechanic who found the ECM code, who instructed me to come to them (Cary Auto Park). I told him they said it was my chain, 3 links off. He was shocked and agreed with the 2nd local mechanic that it would drive much rougher if it were my chain.
So here we are. The Misfiring continues, months later, thousands of dollars later, with potentially thousands more to lose with Honda guessing at the problem.
My family has driven hondas all my life- we’ve never had these issues . It’s really disappointing. I don’t know where to go from here…. I’m going to call corporate but if anyone else has an helpful input?
I have a 2014 Honda accord sport sedan. I have taken care of my car so good. I change the oil and have regular maintenance done on it on time, only with Honda dealership. I have all the documentation of the services. Now it’s making a clicking sound and they said that it’s because your car is consuming oil. They don’t know why but they want to charge $8,000 to get the engine out and replace my pistons. It looks like Honda isn’t what it used to be and they are making horrible cars now.
I own a 2013 RDX (100K miles) owned since new and ONLY serviced by Acura Dealership.
I just had every dashboard warning light come on and the car drove poorly (misfires). Flat bedded it to the same dealership which has done all the servicing. Dealership is offering me a choice of 1) “short term fix” new plug but problem will come back soon or 2) Rebuild of top half of engine because of presumed damage to pistons/rings cylinders at a cost of $6.5K Plus.
Reading up Honda definitely knows this issue with the VCM affects many more engines than were admitted to in the prior Class Action suit agreement. Also the Acura Dealers of course know that replacing the VCM would be a permanent fix, but have never advised their clients.
My trust in Honda and their dealerships is perilously close to gone.
Good evening,
reaching out, just like many others on this page I also own a Honda vehicle! A 2011 pilot recently showing the same codes P301,P0302,P0303. The really sad part is Honda knows the VCM on the 3.5 V6 is designed to fail.
Our 2016 Odyssey with only 50,000 miles had the same problem. It’s 7-1/2 months out of warranty and American Honda refuses to cover the $3,500 repair. This judgement needs to be extended to cover these vehicles. Honda now says it’s “misaligned piston rings”, but it’s again due to the defective VCM system. It’s unheard of in the age of computer-aided design and manufacturing that an engine needs a ring job in less than 100,000 mikes.
We have the same issues 2016 honda odyssey
I also have a 2016 Honda Odyssey have the same problem
I also have a 2016 Odyssey, 103K mile and have the same VCM issue. Car at the dealership now. Same story, new plugs might buy time but resolution is replace piston. VCM known issue. Told by local mechanic to purchase after market VCMtuner to bypass VCM but might not help until fouled oil issue resolved. If tuner (referred to as a muzzler on some blogs) isn’t installed you will continue to have the piston problem. So sad Honda is not what it used to be. Class action suit should be extended. Honda service tech said that Honda re-engineered the engine in 2018 so they know this is an issue. I have always bought Hondas but no more for me.
I had a 2012 Honda Odyssey with the piston problem. The dealer “fixed it” under an approval by Honda America. It then had an oil leak. Didn’t want to mess with the uncertainty since this is my wife’s vehicle so we traded it for a new 2016. I now have a P0303 code and the dealer wants $5K to fix this. I can’t believe that I am having the same problem AGAIN. Obviously Honda didn’t fix the design issue that spawned the original Class Action. Please let me know if there is another Class Action Suit. Honda needs to make this right.
I totally agree!! Honda needs to OWN UP and PAY UP!!