Option consommateurs c. Volkswagen
Description
On September 22, 2015, Mr. François Grondin filed an application for authorization to exercise a class action against Volkswagen and Audi following revelations concerning the anti-pollution system. On May 30, 2016, the Superior Court allowed Option consommateurs to act as plaintiff in this case.
Volkswagen and Audi are accused, among other things, of having marketed motor vehicles that contravene environmental standards for pollutant gas emissions, and of having equipped these vehicles with stealth software to thwart environmental test results. The vehicles are powered by 2.0 L or 3.0 L TDI diesel engines.
The defendants are also accused of overlooking an important fact when they failed to inform consumers that these vehicles did not comply with environmental regulations.
One of the aims of class action is to compensate group members for the loss in value of their vehicles as a result of this latent defect.
Option consommateurs and Mr. Grondin are represented by the firm Belleau Lapointe.
Members
The description of the group proposed in the application is as follows:
"Any person who has purchased or leased one of the following vehicles in Quebec:
2.0-litre, 4-cylinder diesel engines
- Volkswagen Jetta (model years 2009 - 2015)
- Volkswagen Jetta Wagon and Sportwagon (model years 2009 - 2014)
- Volkswagen Beetle and Beetle Convertible (model years 2012 - 2015)
- Volkswagen Golf (model years 2010 - 2015)
- Volkswagen Golf Wagon and Sportwagon (model years 2010 - 2015)
- Volkswagen Passat (model years 2012 - 2015)
- Audi A3 (model years 2010 - 2015)
3.0-litre, 6-cylinder diesel engines
- Volkswagen Touareg (model years 2009 - 2016)
- Audi A6 (model years 2014 - 2016)
- Audi A7 (model years 2014 - 2016)
- Audi A8 (model years 2014 - 2016)
- Audi A8L (model years 2014 - 2016)
- Audi Q5 (model years 2014 - 2016)
- Audi Q7 (model years 2009 - 2016)" (in French)
Where we are
Vehicles with 2.0 L TDI enginesOn April 21, 2017, the Superior Court approved an out-of-court settlement to compensate people who bought or leased a vehicle equipped with a 2.0 L TDI engine. This agreement covers the following vehicles:
To consult the summary opinion approved by the Court, click here. For more details or to make a claim, visit www.reglementVW.ca.
The deadline for making a claim on a 2.0 L TDI vehicle is September1, 2018. |
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Vehicles with 3.0 L TDI engineWe have reached an out-of-court agreement to compensate people who have bought or leased a vehicle equipped with a 3.0 L TDI engine. This agreement was approved by the Court on April 25, 2018. The agreement covers the following vehicles:
To consult the summary opinion approved by the Court, click here. For more details and to check what you could claim if this agreement is approved, visit www.reglementVW.ca The deadline for making a claim on a 3.0 L TDI vehicle is May 31, 2019. |
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If you are a member of the proposed class, but are not eligible for these out-of-court settlements, the legal proceedings continue on your behalf.
This is particularly the case if you bought or leased one of the vehicles covered byclass action but no longer owned or leased it on September 15, 2015 for 2.0 L vehicles or November 2, 2015 for 3.0 L vehicles.
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