PACCAR Engine Failure Canadian Class Action

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CONSUMER LAW GROUP is investigating a Canada-wide class action lawsuit against PACCAR, Kenworth, and Peterbilt on behalf of individuals who have purchased and/or leased a Peterbilt and/or Kenworth truck and/or heavy-duty vehicle powered by a PACCAR MX-13 diesel engine.

The class action alleges that the defendants failed to disclose, despite longstanding knowledge, that the engines and the exhaust after-treatment system in the vehicles are defective and predisposed to constant failure even after repeated warranty repairs, including, but not limited to engine derating, shutdown, after-treatment regeneration devices plugging, failing and/or clogging, as well as other failures that prevented the engines from properly functioning. Additionally, the defects cause the vehicles to lose power and stop, forcing the driver of the Vehicle to pull to the side of the road and be towed to a PACCAR-authorized repair shop. This creates a serious safety concern to the drivers of the Vehicles, the occupants of other vehicles, and the public.

For customers with vehicles within the standard warranty period of 24 months or 400,000 kilometres or with an extended warranty, the defendants have done no more than to temporarily repair the vehicle or replace a defective component with another equally defective and inherently failure-prone component and/or system, which has not remedied the defect. The defendants have refused to take any action to correct the concealed defects when vehicles continue to experience the same failures over and over again, outside of the warranty period.

The exhaust aftertreatment system includes two primary elements: 1) a diesel particulate filter (DPF) and 2) a selective catalyst reduction system (SCR).

If you or someone you know is or was an owner or lessee of a Peterbilt and/or Kenworth heavy-duty vehicle powered by a PACCAR MX-13 diesel engine (model years 2010 and onward) anywhere in Canada and you wish more information on potential compensation or to be kept advised of the status of this class action litigation or any resulting compensation from this lawsuit in Canada, please provide your contact information to our law firm using the form below.

IF YOU WISH TO JOIN THE CLASS ACTION OR TO SIMPLY GET MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORM BELOW. Please note that providing your information creates no financial obligation for you. You are not charged any fee or cost for joining this class action. Our law firm is paid a contingency fee from the compensation recovered, only if the class action is successful. All information contained in this transmission is confidential and Consumer Law Group agrees to protect this information against unauthorized use, publication or disclosure.