Toyota coolant bypass valves class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Geri Barrientos and Michael Foerst filed a class action lawsuit against Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A Inc., Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor North America Inc.
- Why: Barrientos and Foerst claim Toyota failed to disclose a coolant bypass valve defect affecting its model year 2019-2023 RAV4 and Corolla vehicles.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.
Toyota failed to disclose that its model year 2019-2023 RAV4 and Corolla vehicles contain defective coolant bypass valves that fail prematurely, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiffs Geri Barrientos and Michael Foerst’s class action lawsuit claims Toyota “actively concealed material facts about the defect from consumers, including, among other things, that the vehicles were prone to the defect and require costly fixes to repair.
“At all relevant times, Defendants knew, or through the exercise of reasonable care had reason to know, that the coolant bypass valves in the Class Vehicles were defective and that the existence of this Defect would materially affect Plaintiffs and the Class’s … decision to purchase the Class Vehicles,” the Toyota class action says.
Barrientos and Foerst want to represent a nationwide class and Florida and California subclasses of consumers who bought or leased a model year 2019-2023 Toyota RAV4 or Corolla vehicle.
Toyota coolant bypass valves can’t be repaired by automaker, class action claims
Barrientos and Foerst argue Toyota is unable or unwilling to “adequately repair” the Corolla and RAV4 vehicles when the alleged coolant bypass valve defect manifests, despite allegedly being obligated to by warranty.
“Despite the existence of the Warranties, Toyota failed to inform Plaintiffs and Class Members of the Defect and failed to adequately repair the Defect,” the Toyota class action says.
Barrientos and Foerst claim Toyota is guilty of breach of express warranty and breach of implied warranty of merchantability, fraudulent concealment and unjust enrichment, and of violating the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, and California’s Unfair Competition Law, Consumers Legal Remedies Act and Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act.
The plaintiffs demand a jury trial and request declaratory and injunctive relief and an award of punitive damages for themselves and all class members.
A consumer filed a separate class action lawsuit against Toyota earlier this year over claims the automaker falsely advertises the value of its prepaid ToyotaCare Plus maintenance plan.
Have you purchased or leased a model year 2019-2023 Toyota RAV4 or Corolla vehicle? Let us know in the comments.
The plaintiffs are represented by Alison M. Bernal of Nye, Stirling, Hale, Miller & Sweet, LLP and Matthew D. Schelkopf and Joseph B. Kenney of Sauder Schelkopf.
The Toyota coolant bypass valves class action lawsuit is Barrientos, et al. v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., et al., Case No. 4:21-cv-06770, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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Add to the list I have a 2023 RAV 4
I have a 2022 Rav4, with no issues concerning this current situation. I did have to have the radio dash display replaced for failing. It was covered, but car had approximately 22K miles and I was disappointed to read through various sites, that it was common to happen. Just over 2 weeks with no radio or GPS and no urgency by the dealership I went to.
I have a 2022 Corolla hatchback bought from a horrible Joe Myers dealership in Houston.
Just took my 2020 Corolla with 41,000 miles to dealership and had this coolant valve replaced for 740.00 not right that I had to pay this much.
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I have a 2022 Corolla.
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Great! NOT! I just purchased a 23 Rav4. Only at 11000 miles. Greedy profit hungry bastards!
I have a 2021 Corolla Apex. No issues yet as I’m at only 15,000 miles. Thank you for making us aware.
2019 Toyota Rav4 62k miles. This problem occurred this past weekend. I could not clear the message, which blocked the digital speedometer. OBD reader at auto shop could not pull a code. Took to dealer this AM and, YEP, engine coolant bypass valve needs replacement. $723. This is a problem that Toyota needs to resolve. I’ll save my receipt.
Car at 73000 and bypass and roof rack failed also a horrible GAS smell,
I have a 2021 Toyota Corolla Hatchback. I have an engine maintenance required message at approximately 72,000 miles. I have not yet had this repaired but have seen that 95% of forums said it was the coolant bypass valve.