Manuk Vardanyan v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Manuk Vardanyan sues Defendant Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and Does 1–10 to recover damages for a defective vehicle. ECF 1-2. Plaintiff leased a “brand-new 2023 Mercedes Benz S500 . . . which was manufactured, distributed, or sold by Defendant.” Id. ¶ 4. The vehicle qualifies as a new motor vehicle under California Civil Code § 1793.22(e)(2), and the lease included an express written warranty. Id. ¶¶ 4–5. Plaintiff alleges that the lease also included the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. Id. ¶¶ 4–16 (citing Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1791.1, 1792, 1794). Plaintiff further alleges that, during the warranty period, the vehicle exhibited “various defects.” Id. ¶ 6. Based on the foregoing, Plaintiff brings multiple

1 Specifically, Plaintiff alleges: “During the warranty period, the vehicle contained or developed various defects, including but not limited to, defects which causes the vehicle’s check engine light to display, defects which causes the vehicle’s sensors and its systems to malfunction, defects which causes the vehicle’s blind spot monitors to fail or malfunction, defects which causes the vehicle’s emergency stop…