ToyotaCare Plus Maintenance Plans
Allegations: Falsely marketing that the plans costs less than paying for scheduled services individually
Pulkrabek et al. v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. et al.
20-cv-36, E.D. Tex.
(Feb. 2020)
2019, 2020, and 2021 RAV4 Hybrid vehicles
Misleadingly representing that hybrid vehicles travel farther on one tank of gas than gas-only vehicles when such claims are not true due to a defect that causes fuel gauges to misread the amount of fuel in tanks
Settled
(Motion for preliminary approval filed)
Allegations: Falsely marketing that the plans costs less than paying for scheduled services individually
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November 2016: This action was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled. as to the individual claims of the named plaintiffs and When a…
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