DPF class action - is it legit?

[sunnyb13]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 15 May 2024 at 16:14

[normalbloke]

sunnyb13 said:

I know about diesel gate etc, but now there appears to be a class action going against dpf's.

current one is for JLR products.

do we know if its legit or a scam?

No idea, but JLR deserve everything coming to them in regards to reliability.

[A.J.M]

What’s to gain from it?

Being sold a car that has a dpf fitted and then get compensation and a sad face in the daily mail article.

[Daytonagrey]

Have you been "wronged" by a JLR dpf?

[Lo-Fi]

sunnyb13 said:

hmmm thanks. just seeing if there is any downside to signing up. looks like the funders of the class action will bear legal costs

Yeah. Right up until/if there's a payout. Then it'll be mostly swallowed up by their 'legal costs'. It's ambulance chasing by another name. Having said that, nothing ventured nothing gained, right?

[Pica-Pica]

There is a BMW ‘DieselGate’ compo-chasers too. I ignored it. I wasn’t going through the rigmarole of putting my reg. no., email, etc. in.

[Master Bean]

I'm entitled to Com Pan Sation. I saw an advert in the Sun, (don't ask) mentioning VAG Volkswagen Audi Group. I shook my head. Amateurs.

[bobtail4x4]

show me on the dolly where they touched you.

[samoht]

There's a specific problem with certain JLR diesels. Given that an internal JLR document explains that some of their cars are "heavily affected ... by DPF blockage" due to bodging a DPF onto a vehicle architecture not designed for one then you have to ask, is the vehicle fit for purpose, and what legal remedy might be appropriate.



I have no idea if joining such a suit is a good idea or not, but I do feel that legislators impose unreasonable requirements on carmakers, carmakers push half-baked gadgets onto their customers, and it's the poor old motorist who ends up picking up the bill when it predictably and inevitably fails well within the car's expected lifespan.