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Originally Posted by F87source
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Originally Posted by infinitekidM2C
Class actions can have a big impact on corporate behavior, just depends. Also remember although they are lucrative for attorneys, in federal court (where this would end up), the attorneys are essentially capped at 25% of the settlement (court needs to approve it). The rest goes to the class members. Also if you dont like your share, you can always "opt out" and do a small claims court. Anyways just giving a little real world info on this.
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I don't think a small court claim would go well against a corporate giant like bmw who probably have a crazy team of lawyers.
IDK imo I really don't think a class action law suit for broken charge pipes will go well, it could be pinned on so many other things. Plus look at subaru's EJ257 it has ring land issues with the piston causing alot of motors to go, but subaru is really good at replacing them to keep complaints down just like what bmw is doing with the charge pipe. Yet no one iirc has taken subaru to court because they probably know that they can pin the issue down to oil change, harsh driving etc. |
It also doesn't work unless the large group of people either suffer injury or financial loss. As long as BMW pays for it under warranty, and it failing doesn't result in injury, there is no basis for a class action suit.