Steve Doyle v. Chrysler Group, LLC

MEMORANDUM

Stevé Doyle sued Chrysler Group alleging violations of the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 1750 , et seq., and the California Unfair Business Practices Act, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 , et seq., for its failure to disclose a purported defect in its window regulator replacements. In August 2009, Doyle purchased for $100 one such replacement regulator for the front driver’s side of his vehicle. The replacement regulator in Doyle’s vehicle has never failed, but he alleges that the same model of replacement regulator as well as other allegedly similar models of replacement regulators have failed in many other vehicles.

Doyle successfully sought class certification of “ ‘[a]ll persons and entities in the State [of California] ... who own(ed) or lease(d) a model year 2002 through 2007 Jeep Liberty Vehicle and who purchased a Replacement Regulator from, or otherwise had a Replacement Regulator installed by, Chrysler or its network of authorized dealers at any time on or after June 10, 2009’ but before December 9, 2010 (for MY 2006-2007) or January 11, 2011 (for MY 2002-2005).” Doyle v. Chrysler Grp. LLC, No. SACV 13-00620, 2014 WL 7690155 , at…