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HondaJet Class Action Lawsuit
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HondaJet Class Action Lawsuit Overview: 

  • Who:  HondaJet owners have launched a class action lawsuit against Honda Aircraft Company, Inc and Honda Aircraft Company, LLC. 
  • Why: The plaintiffs allege Honda Aircraft Company did not warn HondaJet owners about the need to run the engine for at least 15 minutes every 90 days. 
  • Where: The lawsuit is being heard in a United States District Court in Texas.

Honda Aircraft Company failed to alert customers who bought its HondaJet aircrafts about the need to run the plane’s engine for at least 15 minutes every 90 days — or face repairs costing as much as $700,000, a new class action lawsuit alleges.

The complaint was filed on Aug 12 in Texas federal court by HondaJet owners DW Volbleu, LLC and Silverleaf V, LLC. They allege the aviation company knowingly failed to disclose the need to run the engine and falsely represented this cost to them and other jet owners. 

HondaJet Engine Maintenance Requirements Undisclosed by Honda Aircraft 

The HondaJet engines were marketed as being able to run for 5,000 hours before needing to be overhauled, say the plaintiffs. The company allegedly disclosed to some owners and operators in April of 2020 that they would need to run the jet’s engines for at least 15 minutes at least every 90 days if the plane had been grounded, the class action lawsuit alleges.

The plaintiffs claim they did not learn this information until around June of 2021, at which time they also claim to have learned Honda Aircraft Company was requiring any owners or operators who had failed to run their engines to go through an inspection and overhaul process that would often cost an estimated $700,000 per engine pair.

Silverleaf V says it attempted to mitigate its losses by removing and delivering the engines from its 2016-registered HondaJet to the aviation company, but Honda charged Silverleaf V charged more than $350,000 for the overhaul work anyway. 

The plaintiffs claim that Honda Aircraft had advertised they would dispatch certified technicians to the location of any of their HondaJets in need of repair. Despite these claims, the companies say the engines in their HondaJet had to be sent to an approved overhaul facility at one of the defendants regional certified service centers. 

There is no mention of the recommendation to run the engine or the consequences of not doing so on Honda Aircraft Company’s website, according to the HondaJet class action lawsuit. 

The plaintiffs also allege that nowhere in a service letter from April 2020 is there any mention of the need to run the engine or any disclosure that not doing so would impair the safety of the aircraft or cause it to need a complete overhaul. 

The plaintiffs want Honda to pay them back for maintenance and repair costs and the diminished value of the aircrafts under North Carolina consumer protection law. Plaintiffs also believe they are entitled to punitive damages with the amount determined by a jury. 

While most consumers may not own a HondaJet, they may face other aviation issues, including cancelled Spirit Airlines flights or an alleged parasitic draining defect in their Honda-CRV.

Do you believe HondaJet owners are entitled to compensation? Let us know in the comments! 

The plaintiffs are represented by Kenneth B. Chaiken and Robert L. Chaiken of Chaiken & Chaiken, P.C. 

The HondaJet Class Action Lawsuit is DM Volbleu, LLC et al v. Honda Aircraft Company, Inc. et al, Case No. 4:21-cv-00637-SDJ, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Sherman Division.


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One thought on HondaJet Owners Face $700K in Unexpected Maintenance, Class Action Lawsuit Alleges

  1. jody ezell says:

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