A number of stories have emerged regarding car and truck makers being accused of using illegal defeat devices and/or cheat software to hide their diesel vehicles’ true emissions. While Volkswagen made the most news due to the sheer extent of its diesel cheating scandal, other manufacturers have been accused of the…
California owners of certain diesel BMW vehicles now must take a closer look at their legal rights in the wake of a class action filing against the manufacturer for the alleged use of ‘defeat devices’ that result in excessive emissions, damaging their vehicles, reducing their value on resale and placing…
Source: Michael Karkafiris – Carscoops Ford is being sued by nearly 7,000 Fiesta and Focus owners over defective PowerShift dual-clutch transmissions. The issue is known to Ford for years, with the suit claiming that 2012-16 Focus and 2011-16 Fiesta sedans come with faulty PowerShift transmissions prone to “shuddering, slipping, bucking,…
Source: Justin King – Left Lane News Plaintiffs claim Ford’s PowerShift transmission experiences shuddering, slipping, bucking, jerking, hesitation, premature wear and sudden or delayed acceleration. Ford has been hit with a lawsuit over an alleged transmission defect in the Focus and Fiesta. The litigation focuses on the dual-clutch PowerShift transmission…
