Honda class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: A group of Honda and Acura vehicle owners filed a class action lawsuit against American Honda Motor Co. Inc.
- Why: The plaintiffs allege Honda sold vehicles with a paint defect that causes the paint to peel, bubble and flake.
- Where: The Honda class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.
A new class action lawsuit alleges certain Honda and Acura vehicles suffer from a paint defect that causes the paint to peel, bubble and flake.
Plaintiff Quinn Attika and more than a dozen others filed the class action lawsuit against Honda on May 22 in California federal court, alleging violations of state and federal consumer laws.
The class action lawsuit claims the paint defect affects white-painted vehicles of all model years from 2013 to the present, including the Acura MDX, Honda Civic, Honda CR-V, Honda Fit, Honda HR-V, Honda Odyssey and Honda Pilot.
The plaintiffs allege the paint defect resulted from defects in the paint itself, its application to the vehicles’ exterior or Honda’s manufacturing process, including the complexities of using three-stage white paint to create the vehicles’ pearlescent or metallic finish.
Class action: Honda failed to disclose paint defect
The plaintiffs claim Honda knew about the paint defect based on internal testing, technical service bulletins addressing similar paint problems, consumer complaints and a similar class action lawsuit filed in Canada, which Honda’s affiliate settled in 2022 for approximately $27 million in available relief.
Despite this knowledge, Honda and its authorized dealers failed to disclose the paint defect and made incomplete representations about the vehicles’ paint and available paint colors, the plaintiffs claim.
The class action lawsuit alleges Honda marketed the vehicles as luxurious, stylish, durable, high-value and value-retaining despite its knowledge about the paint defect.
The plaintiffs argue they relied on Honda’s misrepresentations and materials omissions and purchased and leased vehicles they would not have purchased or leased, or would have paid far less for, had they known of the paint defect.
They allege Honda’s failure to disclose the paint defect caused them to overpay for their vehicles, left them with premature and unsightly paint failures that significantly reduced their vehicles’ value, and forced them to spend substantial sums on inadequate repainting.
The plaintiffs assert claims for violations of California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin consumer laws and unjust enrichment.
They are seeking certification of the Honda class action, damages, restitution and other relief.
In other cover-up allegations, vehicle owners allege Honda sold Civic, Odyssey, Civic, HR-V, Clarity and Pilot vehicles without disclosing a front camera defect and failed to issue a recall despite numerous reports of safety system failures.
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The plaintiffs are represented by Daniel L. Keller of Keller, Fishback & Jackson LLP and Stephen J. Fearon Jr. and Paul V. Sweeny of Squitieri & Fearon LLP.
The Honda class action lawsuit is Attika, et al. v. American Honda Motor Company Inc., Case No. 2:26-cv-05532, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
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