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Lawsuits Nov 9, 2016

Volkswagen’s Audi Facing Fresh Emissions Cheating Lawsuit

Embattled Volkswagen is facing a new lawsuit in US courts over devices used to cheat emissions standards, this one against luxury brand Audi, according to court documents. The new case filed Tuesday in Illinois court, cites a media report Audi installed the cheating devices on gasoline-powered cars to hide the true emissions of climate-warming gas carbon dioxide, court papers say. The latest suit follows last month’s USD 14.7 billion class action settlement in Volkswagen’s diesel emissions cheating scandal, which has rocked …

News Oct 20, 2016

Canada’s VW Owners in the Dark as U.S. Settlement Talks Advance

As the months-old US$14.7-billion settlement reached between Volkswagen and nearly half a million Americans who purchased their emissions-cheating cars nears court approval, Canadian VW drivers remain entirely in the dark about their own deal. More than 100,000 Canadians own diesel-powered VW cars purchased on the belief they were environmentally friendly, producing less emissions than …

News Aug 20, 2016

Death of Woman Whose Wheelchair Lunged Into MAX Train Spurs $50,000 Lawsuit Against TriMet

The family of a 66-year-old disabled woman who was run over by a MAX train — after the wheelchair she was in careened in between two moving train cars — has filed a $50,000 wrongful death lawsuit against TriMet. Media reports shortly after the incident stated that it appeared Bertha Kelly’s son had jumped onto his mother’s lap and accidentally hit the toggle controller of her motorized …

News Aug 20, 2016

Motorists Decry Canada’s “Powerless” Response to Volkswagen Scandal as US Nears Settlement

Canadian Volkswagen owners are fed up with their government’s sluggish response to the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal. VW is facing the prospect of a $15-billion settlement in U.S. federal court for selling cars that were designed to cheat on emissions tests spewing out up to 40-times more toxic emissions than advertised. But motorists say they haven’t seen any signs of life from the …

Lawsuits Jul 22, 2016

Motor Mouth: How VW’s Diesel Settlement Will Impact You

Well, now that we have our hands on the details of Volkswagen’s class-action settlement, we at least know why it took so long to work out. Due to be confirmed early next week — the 26th, to be exact — it’s a complicated affair that has to take into account no less than six years of production, 45 models and countless options. We also know enough to say that it is an agreement that owners of …

News Jul 11, 2016

What Do VW Dealers Get From the Diesel-Emission Settlement?

Volkswagen diesel owners aren’t the only ones affected by the VW’s ongoing emissions cheating scandal. The company’s dealers have acutely felt the impact of the scandal, in the form of deflating sales figures. The proposed settlement announced last month offers cash payments to owners of 2.0-liter TDI models, who can either …

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News Jul 1, 2016

Unhappy Ford Customers Asked to Sign Confidentiality Agreements Before Trading in Their Cars

Ford is being accused of misleading and deceptive conduct in a class-action lawsuit. Picture: AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz TRADING in your car usually doesn’t involve signing a confidentiality agreement, but that’s what Ford has asked some of its customers to do before agreeing to purchase their allegedly dodgy second-hand cars. A class action involving thousands of disgruntled Ford customers …

Settlements Jul 1, 2016

How to Get Your $10,000 From Volkswagen

Volkswagen has reached an agreement in one of the largest class-action settlements the United States has ever seen. The hefty $14.7 billion sum is the result of the manufacturer settling with customers affected by its diesel emissions cheating scandal — which proved Volkswagen deliberately equipped roughly 475,000 diesel cars with software that bluffed emissions regulations for years, and …

Settlements Jul 1, 2016

Q & A: The Ins and Outs of the VW Settlement

Volkswagen owners can finally dump their cheatin’ cars, if they want to. The German automaker has agreed to an unprecedented U.S. settlement to make things right after admitting that it programmed about half a million of its diesel cars to cheat on emissions tests. When driven on the road, the vehicles put out levels of nitrogen oxide well above U.S. pollution standards.