— A Subaru EyeSight settlement has been finally approved by a judge after more than four years in court.
The class action settlement covers these vehicles allegedly equipped with defective Pre-Collision Braking, Rear Automatic Braking and/or Lane Keep Assist systems.
Subaru Legacy from 2013-2022
Subaru Outback 2013-2022
Subaru Impreza from 2015-2023
Subaru Crosstrek 2015-2023
2014-2021 Subaru Forester
Subaru Ascent 2019-2022
Subaru WRX 2016-2021
2022-2024 Subaru BRZ
The above features combine to form the EyeSight system, which is said to cause safety concerns for the vehicle’s occupants. The class action says Subaru failed to warn customers about problems with its EyeSight systems so the automaker could make money.
Subaru agreed to settle the class action lawsuit, but denies all allegations and insists there is nothing wrong with the vehicles.
And the owners who sued settled for much less than they wanted.
Subaru EyeSight Warranty Extension
There are two things to consider when extending the warranty. The first is the age of some Subaru vehicles, and the second is how customers still pay a percentage of the repair costs.
The Subaru EyeSight Warranty Extension covers 75% of the cost of a covered repair by a Subaru dealer for a period of 48 months or 48,000 miles from the vehicle’s in-service date. On some older vehicles, the “extended” warranty expired eight years ago.
Any vehicle that exceeds the 48 month/48,000 mile period will receive a four-month warranty extension after the class action settlement notice date, which has already passed.
According to the EyeSight settlement:
“The warranty extension does not cover damage to or malfunction of any aspect of Pre-Collision Braking, Rear Automatic Braking or Lane Keep Assist resulting from accident or crash, misuse, abuse, modification, movement, movement of and/or damage to the system components, weather and/or environmental conditions and/or from any external source or factor.”
Subaru EyeSight Cost Reimbursement
The EyeSight settlement provides reimbursement for certain out-of-pocket expenses if not already reimbursed. Reimbursement applies to a covered repair, but only within 48 months or 48,000 kilometers from the date the vehicle is put into service. However, the reimbursement is only 75% of the paid invoice amount.
“A ‘covered repair’ means repair or replacement (parts and labor) of a diagnosed and confirmed failure or failure of the Pre-Collision Braking, Rear Automatic Braking and/or Lane Keep Assist function of the EyeSight system of a Settlement Class vehicle resulting from a defect or defect in the EyeSight camera and/or rear sonar sensors.”
The nine clients who filed the EyeSight class action lawsuit will each receive $5,000, and the attorneys representing clients will receive $2,428,118.67.
The Subaru EyeSight lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey: Sampson, et al., v. Subaru of America, Inc., et al.
The plaintiffs are represented by Berger Montague PC, Capstone Law APC and Barrack, Rodos & Bacine.
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