OnStar Smart Driver and Smart Driver+
Allegations: Failing to disclose that data regarding consumers’ driving behavior collected by OnStar is shared with third parties
Advertised MPGs of GM Vehicles
In August 2016, another class-action lawsuit was filed against General Motors (GM) for allegedly misrepresenting the EPA-fuel economy ratings and gas mileage estimates of certain vehicles, including the Chevrolet Traverses, Buick Enclaves, GMC Acadias, and Saturn Outlooks. According to the complaint, the company advertised the vehicles as traveling 17 miles per gallon (mpg) in the city, 24 mpg on the highway, and having a combined rating of 19 mpg when, in reality, the vehicles travel 15 mpg in the city, 22 mpg on the highway, and have a combined rating of 17 mpg. (Shannon et al v. General Motors, LLC, Case No. 16-cv-4932, D. NJ.)
For more information about other class-action lawsuits regarding the advertising of mpg of vehicles and TINA.org’s coverage of the issue, click here.
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Chevrolet Bolt Electric Vehicles
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles
Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain Vehicles
Allegations: Falsely marketing vehicles as safe, durable, and reliable
Chevrolet Cruze
Allegations: Deceptively marketing vehicles as “Clean Diesel”
ACDelco Automatic Transmission Fluid Filters
Allegations: Falsely marketing filters as Made in USA
Chevy 2022 Bolt EV and EUV Vehicles
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing vehicles as safe and functional when there is a risk the batteries will catch on fire
Towing Capabilities of the GMC Sierra and Chevy Silverado
Allegations: Overstating the weight that vehicles can safely pull
General Motors Cadillac User Experience System
Silverado and Sierra HD Vehicles with Duramax Engines
Bosch’s CP4 Fuel Injection Pump
General Motors Diesel Automobiles
The “Side Blind Spot Alert System” in Cheverolet Cruze Vehicles
Corvette Z06
Cadillac Safety Ratings
The MPG of GM Vehicles
GM’s Chevrolet Cruze Vehicles
MPGs of Chevy Sonics
Towing Capacity of 2014 GMC Sierra and Chevy Silverado 1500
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