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DexCool Law Suit



I didnt get any money, I bought my car when it was already 13 years old. But i did get money for the VC gasket problem, $250
 


The recommended service interval clearly states 100k miles OR 5 years, whichever comes first. The problem is most people decided to ignore (purposely, or out of ignorance) the latter, which is what most failures resulted from. Granted, GM definitely pushed the 100k mile claim FAR more than the 5 year one, it was still there.

Besides, it was a class-action lawsuit. The people in those hardly get anything. Most of it goes to the lawyers, and then the rest is split up amongst all those people that were part of the lawsuit.
 
RareGMFan said:
The recommended service interval clearly states 100k miles OR 5 years, whichever comes first. The problem is most people decided to ignore (purposely, or out of ignorance) the latter, which is what most failures resulted from. Granted, GM definitely pushed the 100k mile claim FAR more than the 5 year one, it was still there.

Besides, it was a class-action lawsuit. The people in those hardly get anything. Most of it goes to the lawyers, and then the rest is split up amongst all those people that were part of the lawsuit.
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^ this
i have been in "class action lawsuits" before and the payout is literally $3-$5. Its a joke.
 
While I agree most goes to lawyers I read about this that after lawyers were paid each person should have gotten $800. Just wondering if anyone on here got any of that.
 


$800 per person that owned a 3800? Think of how ridiculous that claim sounds. You're looking at billions of dollars. It's just not realistic.
 
Dex used to sludge when air was introduced. Most would never see it until long after the maintenance period was up. I've seen many Series I's that only ran green coolant with the exact same gasket bowing etc issue.

Sorry..but I don't believe the gasket issues were caused by Dex. Also.. almost all manufacturers that went to plastic frame gaskets had these same issues.
 
Explicit_Spade said:
$800 per person that owned a 3800? Think of how ridiculous that claim sounds. You're looking at billions of dollars. It's just not realistic.
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Well as ridiculous as it may sound that's what I read..

WASHINGTON -- General Motors Corp. has agreed to pay as much as $800 each to millions of customers to settle lawsuits that it sold about 35 million vehicles with faulty coolant and engine parts.
 
This lawsuit was for lazy people like all the other lazies who sue people because they are whiney little girls and don't get their way.

Welcome to America.

This country is lame anymore.
 
Note it ends in 2004 and includes vehicles with known LIM gasket issues. GM started using aluminum frame gaskets after that. Now the aluminum pits and/or the rubber compresses and leaks anyways.

Also note Ford in 2012 switched to Dexcool. Chrysler switched to Dexcool in 2013. Or something close to that. Point being, all American cars now come with Dexcool.

Enjoy new car ownership.
 


matt5112 said:
Note it ends in 2004 and includes vehicles with known LIM gasket issues. GM started using aluminum frame gaskets after that. Now the aluminum pits and/or the rubber compresses and leaks anyways.

Also note Ford in 2012 switched to Dexcool. Chrysler switched to Dexcool in 2013. Or something close to that. Point being, all American cars now come with Dexcool.

Enjoy new car ownership.
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So ford is not using g-05 anymore? Any idea why?


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Honestly don't know why.

I just know they all seem to have a few arbitrary measures for performance which they don't seem to desire to share with the public.

Hence the different schools of thought when it comes to coolant.

Things like this: http://www.motor.com/article.asp?article_ID=816

Seem to suggest G-05 to be the better solution. Instant corrosion protection.

I'd also like to know why Ford suggests 5W-50 in their Boss when the average driver is going to fart around town and still expect a 60 000 mile engine warranty. Short for a road car, but that's pretty long considering they're suggesting using a race weight all of the time and no one seems to be able to come up with a better argument other than "Ford says so". If you're actually tracking the car, I see no reason not to use it. But as a daily, it's just going to cause extra wear on the engine for protection that it will never need as the oil will never reach those temperatures.
 
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That is weird on fords part. I believe they want you tp use such a light weight oil is because they think everyone is going to race them.
 
I believe the $800 was only as reimbursement for repairs for failed engines, and those repairs had to have been done within a certain time frame. They couldn't be for future repairs. If you did need an engine replaced/rebuilt, $800 wouldn't have covered much.
 
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