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Chrysler Pacifica Fire Recall Products Liability Litigation

  1. February 04, 2026

    FCA Loses Bid To Exclude Expert Witnesses In Minivan MDL

    A Michigan federal judge has refused to bar testimony from two expert witnesses offered by multidistrict litigation plaintiffs who claim certain Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivans are prone to burst into flames, with the case nearing a summary judgment hearing scheduled for April.

  2. December 01, 2025

    FCA Says Drivers Lack Standing In Exploding Minivan MDL

    Fiat Chrysler has urged a Michigan federal judge to toss the remaining claims in sprawling multidistrict litigation over allegations that certain plug-in hybrid minivans are at risk for spontaneous fires, arguing most of the plaintiffs haven't suffered from an actual defect or dealt with financial loss.

  3. January 22, 2025

    Judge Won't Toss Bulk Of Chrysler Minivan MDL Claims

    A Michigan federal judge has declined to significantly pare back multidistrict litigation over a risk of spontaneous explosion in certain Chrysler plug-in hybrid minivans, denying Chrysler's bid to toss fraud and other claims.

  4. July 11, 2024

    Fiat Chrysler Says Exploding Minivan MDL Still Lacks Detail

    A Stellantis unit has asked a federal judge in Michigan to significantly pare back multidistrict litigation over a risk of spontaneous explosion in certain Chrysler plug-in hybrid minivans, arguing that many drivers' state claims are stale or are otherwise legally flawed.

  5. July 05, 2024

    FCA Delaying Answers In Exploding Van MDL, Drivers Say

    Drivers alleging Chrysler hybrid minivans contain a defect that causes them to explode are urging a Michigan federal court to force the automaker to identify specific vehicles that caught fire after it purportedly fixed them in a recall, claiming the company has ignored its requests for information for more than five months.

  6. June 20, 2024

    Remote Depo Ruling 'Clearly' Wrong, MDL Judge Says

    A federal magistrate judge erred by allowing all plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation to take their depositions remotely in a case alleging automaker FCA sold vehicles that have an exploding defect, according to a Michigan district court judge who said the earlier decision relied on a discovery rule the drivers didn't raise and that doesn't apply to the situation.

  7. June 17, 2024

    Chrysler MDL Class Can Fix 'Puzzling' State Claim Skip

    A Michigan federal judge has said he will give a class of drivers alleging Chrysler minivans have a defect that causes their batteries to explode unexpectedly an opportunity to fix their "puzzling" choice not to plead state-by-state claims in the first master complaint of the sprawling multidistrict litigation.

  8. April 23, 2024

    FCA Says Virtual Order Spells End Of In-Person Depositions

    Automaker FCA is sounding the alarm that in-person depositions in the Eastern half of Michigan are in jeopardy if a federal magistrate judge's ruling allowing remote depositions in a class action isn't overturned, arguing the supposed "judicial efficiency" rationale is too easily satisfied.

  9. February 05, 2024

    Fiat Chrysler Can't Arbitrate MDL Over Exploding Minivans

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles can't arbitrate claims that its Pacifica plug-in hybrid vehicles have a defect that causes them to explode, after a Michigan federal judge said Monday that FCA "waited too long" and waived its right to arbitrate when it engaged in substantive litigation efforts, including filing a motion to dismiss.

  10. February 02, 2023

    Chrysler Buyers In Fire-Risk MDL Look To Add New Claims

    Drivers who are suing Fiat Chrysler over claims that its hybrid Pacifica minivans explode without warning due to an unknown problem in its propulsion system now claim the same cars spontaneously shut down while moving, and they are asking a Michigan federal court to expand claims in the ongoing multidistrict litigation.