Toronto, Ontario — Owners of General Motors SUVs have filed a class-action lawsuit against the automaker, alleging a defective manufacturing process has led to paint peeling problems with its vehicles.
Specifically, the class-action lawsuit—brought to the United States district court for the central district of California by an Alabama-based legal firm representing four people—states that the paint on affected vehicles is prone to defects. The suit further alleges that GM knew about the problem, but continued with a faulty painting process.
Vehicles listed in the lawsuit include the Chevrolet Tahoe, the Chevrolet Suburban and the GMC Yukon XL, among others. Complaints related to these vehicles include peeling, cracking and delaminating paint as well as clouding paint.
Additionally, the suit stresses that “although the defect manifested over time (the) Defendant knew or should have known of those issues prior to (the) sale of the Class Vehicles; yet (the) Defendant continued to put the latently defective Class Vehicles on the market.”
Repair costs in the suit are also suggested as being upwards of five figures.
The law firm representing the plaintiffs is currently seeking to represent anyone who leased or purchased an impacted SUV in the state of California.
