Siqueiros

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RAUL SIQUEIROS, et al., Case No. 16-cv-07244-EMC

Plaintiffs,

FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

v. ORDER

GENERAL MOTORS LLC, Defendant.

12 13 I. BACKGROUND The plaintiffs in this action are current owners of certain General Motors LLC (“GM”) trucks and SUVs that allegedly contain an excess oil consumption defect in their vehicles’ engines. Plaintiffs claim that the excessive oil consumption can harm and disrupt the proper functioning of the engine in multiple ways. Plaintiffs define the alleged engine defect as the “oil consumption defect” caused primarily by wear in the engines’ piston ring assembly. GM denies that there is any such “oil consumption defect,” and has also raised various affirmative defenses to plaintiffs’ claims. Not all plaintiffs will be proceeding to trial on September 13, 2022. Instead, the trial will be limited to the claims of class representatives Garet Tarvin, William Davis,…