General Engines faces a class action lawsuit because of the painting on Chevy and GMCof full-size trucks and SUVs from model years 2015 to 2019.

The plaintiffs claim that the varnish and paint were defective at the factory.

The lawsuit involves the 2015-2019 Chevrolet Tahoe, Suburban and Silverado as well as the GMC Yukon, Yukon XL and Sierra of the same model years, reports CarComplaints.com. The clear coat of these vehicles would delaminate, bubble, flake, erode and blister, resulting in recall requests.

“GM must properly repair all vehicles in the group, immediately, offer cancellation of the group by repurchasing their vehicles from the group for their full cost, reimburse the lessees of the vehicles in the group the sums they paid for their leases, remind all defective vehicles that are equipped with the defective paintwork, and cease and desist from marketing, advertising, selling and leasing the class vehicles,” the plaintiffs write in the lawsuit.

The class action involves customers in Florida and Tennessee who are reporting paint problems. The owners claim that the varnish was chemically incapable of bonding with the paint and that GM should have known about it and stopped selling the vehicles.

“The knockout, which broke the camel’s back, was when the topcoat on the hood and top of Tahoe started to fade/gray and crack on the black undercoat,” said said the owner of a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe, cited in the lawsuit. , wrote on CarComplaints.com. “To fix the topcoat, the dealer wanted $2,300, of which they were going to get 10% back after I filed for warranty. The Tahoe is 3 years old. The paint should last up to a decade, and I kept the car washed weekly and detailed every six months.

The plaintiffs allege that even if their vehicles are repainted free of charge, as would likely occur during a recall, the value of their vehicles will still be affected by peeling paint. This is because, according to them, it will have been applied by a human rather than a factory robot, and therefore could not be perfectly equal.

The lawsuit is filed in the U.S. District Court for the Intermediate District of Florida.

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