Ford F-150 Hit with a $1.2 Billion Federal Lawsuit over Allegedly Misrepresented MPG Numbers

A $1.2 Billion Federal Lawsuit against Ford? Ouch!
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Ford is being investigated by the Justice Department and was slammed with a $1.2-Billion lawsuit.

The $1.2 Billion Federal Lawsuit alleges that Ford installed a device that indicate optimistic MPG to the driver of current Ford F-150 trucks. The lawsuit, filed Monday (July 22nd), was submitted by the Seattle law firm Hagens Berman 

Hagens Berman state on their Twitter page that, “Over the lifetime of the vehicle, #F150 owners may pay more than $2k more for fuel.” They go on to say, “If you own or lease a 2019 Ford Ranger, or a 2018 or 2019 Ford F-150, find out your rights.”

Not the first allegation

The Ford Ranger which was involved in a similar investigation. Ford responded to the Ranger by hiring their own investigation team. From our own story about the Ford Ranger, “Ford states that there are no emission “defeat devices” involved. The issue appears to be with computer modeling and physical testing of several driving cycles as they relate to fuel economy estimates. The driving cycles in question are: road load and coastdown testing.” Here’s the kicker – “The new Ford Ranger and possibly other vehicles will be investigated.”

You can read about that (here).

What happens now?

There will be an investigation by the Justice Department, and most likely, various consumer groups that file other class-action lawsuits in the near future. Ford is usually proactive about these types of allegations and may hire a third-party investigative group to head off other investigations.

There has been no official announcement from Ford regarding this lawsuit at the time of this writing.

Nathan Adlen
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