fotajoye said:
I must comment. Let me say that the winners in Class-Action suits are the Lawyers. Based on recent settlements by the courts, you, as a member, stand to win coupons toward the purchase of a new Nissan while the lawyers gain riches only one can hope for, by collecting their gross fees. If you think you are going to get an updated battery out of this deal, forgetaboutit!
While I agree with your general statement, I have found that there are actually law firms who specialize is consumer rights. In general, the court will not require Nissan to "do" anything, like offer a redesigned battery or TMS. But, they will tell Nissan to STOP doing something, like selling the car in Phoenix.
What if a claim included a battery CAPACITY warrantee? Would you like that? What if were spelled out in normal earth years by average consumers, instead of secret Nissan-LEAF-Years(TM)?
They've already shown (with sister company Renault) that they will GUARANTEE 75% on battery leases, and GM must offer an 80% capacity warrantee to comply with EPA emissions. What if either of those capacities were warranteed?
Naturally, we would need third party monitoring, and I would suggest the same folks who do emission testing in California to be licensed to test the batteries. Otherwise, I fear Honda-esque software changes whereby the battery is on an ever changing trip of Nissan-LEAF-Capacity(TM). We've already gotten a taste of that with TickTock's car going from 10 capacity bars to 12, and then falling to 11, all with the exact same battery and capacity. It's just magic, the Nissan way!!!
What else would WE want from a class action? How about no further grandiose claims of high range autonomy mileage? How about disclosures of REAL LIFE (average 12,500 mile/year consumer) range and capacity, adjusted for climates, over the life of the vehicle?
Why don't we add concrete, positive things THAT A COURT MAY ACTUALLY REQUIRE, instead of the generic sky-is-falling, nothing-can-be-done, lawyers-are-all-rich, etc?