Civil Litigation
Jan. 13, 2021
Class action accuses Tesla of failing to honor warranty claims for its defective car batteries
Attorney sues Tesla for refusing to honor warranties to replace defective lithium ion batteries that charge electric vehicles
A proposed class action filed Tuesday accuses Tesla Inc. of refusing to honor warranties to replace defective batteries that power its electric vehicles, and seeks $5 billion.
"[T]esla has a standard practice of using fraudulent and deceptive 'battery health checks' as a basis to deny warranty claims to replace defective batteries," the complaint stated. "Tesla has attempted to hide failing battery capacity to which necessarily occu...
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