In Re Toyota Rav4 Hybrid Fuel Tank Litigation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN RE TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID FUEL Case No. 20-cv-00337-EMC
TANK LITIGATION.
AMENDED ORDER GRANTING IN
PART AND DENYING IN PART
DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS
FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT Docket No. 110
12 13 This putative consumer class action is brought by thirty-nine plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs”) from twenty-nine states on behalf of a nationwide class of “of purchasers and lessees of 2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid vehicles, 2020 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid vehicles, 2021 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid vehicles, and 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime vehicles” (the “Vehicles”). See Docket No. 103 (“First Amended Complaint” or “FAC”) at 1–2. Plaintiffs allege that Defendant Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (“Toyota” or “TMS”) falsely represented in marketing and ownership materials that the Vehicles’ fuel tank capacity is 14.5 gallons when it is actually 8–11 gallons, thus significantly reducing the Vehicles’ mileage range on a single tank of…