Paccar defective engine lawsuit.

I will ask the Attorney when I talk to him (he told me about it). I was curious too. They didn't actually stop production because they filed an injunction, They can still produce them until a judge tells them to stop. I looked through their 3rd quarter 8-K and it didn't say anything about it so they must not be too worried. The EPA website is useless.

 

Yeah, Pacar STILL to this day claims to be the most reliable and fuel efficient. This part of the lawsuit is the most damaging to their reputation (or will be if a judge agrees with it). The part that says they KNEW from 2010 that their product was junk and actively worked to CONCEAL it from the public.

"Defendants, as the manufacturer and retailers of the Vehicles, knew and
concealed at the time that they unilaterally imposed the terms of their express warranty (including the warranty’s durational and damage limits), that their Engines were defective and would fail repeatedly, initially during and then subsequently beyond the warranty repair period. Defendants also knew and concealed, at the time that they unilaterally imposed the limits on their express warranty, that they were not able to properly perform the warranty service that they had contracted to offer, thereby leaving the Vehicles defective, both within and outside the warranty durational limits unilaterally imposed by Defendants. Defendants also concealed and failed to disclose this knowledge to any Class members and took affirmative steps to conceal this knowledge by continuing to tout the supposed superior attributes and qualities of the Engine and their repairs/alterations thereof. "

 

The most common engine failures are of course turbos and bearing failure as a result of carbon buildup in oil. Paccar claims 40K between oil changes because thats what other manufacturers are saying, they want to be competitive. We are gathering oil samples from as many complainants as possible to prove that those engines are not capable of going past 20K between oil changes. We'll be doing side by side comparisons of oil samples at defined milage, 10K miles Paccar Vs Cummins or Paccar Vs Volvo... 15K... 20K... 25K etc... To prove that the ATS is not keeping carbon levels lower in the oil as Paccar claims.
There are other engine related failures that can be blamed on the ATS, crank failures (probably related to bearing failures) etc...
The most important issue though is electronic failures. Paccar has never released any information on electronic failures, of the 300 people involved (about 2500 trucks) in this suit, almost every one of them have electronic failures (Re-gen fails to complete, re-gen temps too low, CAN-BUS failures). So that is the main issue that is going to be addressed is the De-rate due to electronic issues. They can fix the oil problems (by reducing the recommended miles between oil changes) they may be able to deal with doser issues by adopting someone else's technology (they have not been willing to do that yet because they would have to pay someone else for the use of that technology) they can address turbo problems with a different turbo manufacturer or different style of turbo etc... But Paccar has NO CLUE what to do about all of their electronic issues so they just lie to the public about it. THAT is why they are being sued, its always the lie that gets 'em.