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Lawsuit Claims GM Diesels Used Emission Defeat Devices
A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit seeks class-action status on behalf of some 705,000 owners who claims their diesel-powered General Motors Co. trucks are rigged to evade U.S. emission standards.
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A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit seeks class-action status on behalf of some 705,000 owners who claims their diesel-powered General Motors Co. trucks are rigged to evade U.S. emission standards.
The lawsuit names fuel system supplier Robert Bosch GmbH as a co-defendant. Bosch was similarly implicated in Volkswagen AG’s diesel cheating scandal.
The filing contains dozens of references to VW’s illegal diesels, which have resulted in U.S. fines and compensation payments totaling more than $24 billion.
The new lawsuit asserts that GM installed multiple defeat devices in Duramax diesels in 2011-2016 model heavy-duty Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks. The complaint says the devices allowed the affected trucks to emit as much as five times the amount of pollution allowed by federal regulations.
GM dismisses the charges as “baseless,” says the trucks comply with all U.S. and California emission rules and vows to vigorously defend itself.
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