Nolan v. Ford Motor Company CA4/2
Husband Jerry Nolan and wife Shawn Nolan bought a new Ford Excursion from a Ford dealership. They chose to buy it with a 6.0-liter diesel engine (6.0L engine), because Ford and the dealership both represented that engine as higher-quality and longer-lasting. In fact, the truck — and especially the engine — required repair after repair. Several times, it lost power. Once, it broke down and left the Nolans and their children stranded halfway to Lake Havasu. By the time it had 120,000 miles on it, it had massive oil leaks and was mostly inoperable.
The Nolans’ expert testified that the 6.0L engine had a defective air management system. Stuck or mistimed fuel injectors caused incomplete combustion. Unburned hydrocarbons built up on and eventually clogged up the turbocharger and the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve. This resulted in loss of power, oil leaks, and early part failures, among other things.
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