Automotive Warranty Litigation

Our warranty litigation team is national in scope. With coverage in multiple states, including California, we respond quickly and comprehensively to all aspects of automotive warranty defense. We represent manufacturers in state and federal courts nationwide and serve as regional, local, national coordinating, and trial counsel in individual actions, coordinated portfolios, class actions, and mass torts. California represents a substantial portion of our warranty docket, giving our team deep experience with the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act and the state’s distinctive procedural and practical demands.

We offer clients a single, consistent approach to managing warranty portfolios across jurisdictions: standardized intake processes, early exposure analysis, coordinated discovery, practical settlement and trial planning, analytics, and technology-enabled litigation support. In California, that includes Song-Beverly strategy tailored to individual venues and judges, and workflows built around AB 1755's notice, disclosure, and mediation requirements.

Protecting Automotive Brands in Warranty Litigation 

We represent OEMs nationwide in disputes involving:

• Alleged vehicle defects;
• Warranty coverage;
• Repeat repair presentations;
• Days out of service;
• Restitution or replacement demands
• Civil penalties; and 
• Related consumer-protection theories. 

Our lawyers work effectively with vehicle engineering, diagnostics, repair, warranty, and customer-care data and use portfolio analytics to identify recurring allegations, counsel trends, venue patterns, and opportunities for early resolution or dispositive relief. We also understand that warranty litigation can affect more than the individual file; our strategies account for customer relations, recalls and service campaigns, dealer relationships, and brand reputation.

Our team delivers early, practical recommendations tailored to the merits of the claim, the governing federal and state law, the forum, and the client’s broader portfolio goals. We defend aggressively where the facts and law support doing so, while pursuing efficient resolution when it best protects the client’s business and litigation position.

Our experience covers:

• Warranty claims under the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and state warranty statutes nationwide
• Product liability and breach-of-warranty claims arising from alleged vehicle defects
• Lemon law cases under California's Song-Beverly Act and comparable statutes in other states
• California AB 1755 strategy and compliance, including pre-suit notice, early disclosures, expedited depositions, mandatory mediation, and related deadlines where applicable
• Consumer protection claims under California's Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), state Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices (UDAP) statutes, and false advertising laws
• Vehicle inspections, expert coordination, and defense of PMK, PMQ, and Rule 30(b)(6) depositions
• Dealer interface, tender, indemnity, and allocation issues arising in warranty actions
• Mediation, arbitration, dispositive motions, trial, and coordinated or batch-resolution strategies for warranty portfolios nationwide