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A federal class action lawsuit has been filed against Honda claiming its 2003-2007 Accords and Civics have defective paint that delaminates, causing the vehicles to appear faded or to have peeling paint.
The Honda Civic/Accord paint class action lawsuit was filed by two Plaintiffs, including a New York resident who alleges portions of her 2003 Honda Accord began exhibiting “areas and splotches of deterioration and eventually grey or white areas where the vehicle’s original paint had delaminated. Over time, the paint delamination has increased in severity and extent, covering several of the vehicle’s body panels.” When the Plaintiff brought her car to a Honda dealership to repair the paint delamination, Honda denied her request because it was beyond the 3 year/36,000 mile warranty.
“In modern vehicles, automobile paint is routinely expected to last the lifetime of the vehicle, such that, absent an accident, a vehicles owner reasonably would not expect to have to spend thousands of dollars to have his or her vehicles stripped and repainted during ownership of the car,” the class action lawsuit says. “Honda, however, has manufactured vehicles with a defective paint or paint application, that leaves vehicle owners with a vehicle of unacceptable appearance. In addition, the delamination of the paint from the vehicle’s body panels, exposing the vehicle to enhanced erosion.”
The Honda paint class action lawsuit is brought on behalf of all California and New York owners of a model year 2003-2007 Honda vehicles. It is seeking actual damages and losses sustained by Class Members and other relief for breach of express warranty, breach of implied warranty of merchantability, and violation of California’s unfair competition law.
A copy of the Honda Defective Paint Class Action Lawsuit can be read here.
The case is Michele Lynn-Mezzie Nguyen, et al. v. American Honda Motor Company, Inc., Case No. 12-cv-6426 R (JEMx).
UPDATE: The Honda Defective Paint class action lawsuit was dismissed on October 31, 2012.
751 thoughts onHonda Defective Paint Class Action Lawsuit
I have a Honda Civic 2020. The paint peeled so bad I had 5 panels repainted at a body shop before I discovered there is a problem from the Manufacturer. Also, the factory installed window tint looks terrible. I did call Showcase Honda in Phoenix (where I bought the car) and left several messages with the service department, stating the problem. Never heard a word back from them. I have had several Honda’s but doubt I will buy another.
Fiji Blue 2007 Honda civic Si. Bought this car in 2020 with 75k miles and babied it because of my love for Hondas. 1 year after I bought it the paint started to fade very badly then started to chip. And now 4 years later it looks like a car out of a mad max movie.
So, what are they going to do about our car’s paint? It just says it was dismissed. Are we supposed to drive around like this? My 2006 only has 65,000 miles on it, but it looks like it’s 50 years old now. Grrrr
My 2008 is faded from the top years ago, would love to get it fix.
Have you gotten anything on that yet? My Honda civic 2019 paint is chipping