JEEP WRANGLER 4XE
-AND-
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4XE
(plug-in hybrid electric vehicle – PHEV)
QUEBEC CLASS ACTION AUTHORIZED
Notice to Class Members
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO PAY
By Judgments dated September 5 and November 17, 2025, the Superior Court of Quebec authorized the bringing of a class action against FCA Canada Inc. and FCA US LLC (hereinafter collectively “FCA” or “Defendants”) on behalf of the following Class:
All persons in Quebec who own, owned, lease, leased and/or used one or more of the Subject Vehicles, namely:
– 2021-2025 Jeep Wrangler plug-in hybrid electric vehicles;
– 2022-2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee plug-in hybrid electric vehicles;
or any other Group(s) or Sub-Group(s) to be determined by the Court
(hereinafter the “Class ”or the “Class Members”)
Plaintiffs were ascribed the status of representatives to act on behalf of the Class Members. They allege in their action that the Plug-in Hybrid Electric (PHEV) Subject Vehicles suffer from common latent design and/or manufacturing defects related to their high-voltage batteries. FCA denies any liability and is contesting the class action.
If the class action is successful, all persons in Quebec corresponding to the Class mentioned above may be eligible to receive compensation, including without limitation a full or partial reimbursement of the purchase or lease price for the Subject Vehicle and/or proper recall and repairs to their vehicle, other compensatory and/or moral damages, and punitive damages.
The authorization judgment is a preliminary step which allows the class action to begin. This judgment does not decide the liability of FCA. The allegations raised in this class action have not yet been proven. FCA denies any liability and will have the opportunity to present its defenses at trial. It is following this trial, which will be held in the district of Montreal, that the Superior Court will decide whether FCA has violated the law as alleged and whether FCA must be ordered to properly recall and repair the Subject Vehicles (failing which to annul the sale or lease contracts) and/or pay anything to the Class Members and, if so, in what amounts.
As a Class Member, you do not have to pay for the attorney fees which will be paid from the damages that may be awarded through the class action, if applicable. The Court will be asked to decide the reasonableness of Class Counsel legal fees. In case of success, Plaintiffs also ask the Court to condemn FCA to pay their Class Counsel’s legal fees and expenses, in addition to the amount claimed for the Class Members. The Court may, however, also decide that such fees and costs will be deducted from the amounts owed to the Class, if any.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
FCA may have recently sent you an email offering you a $150 MasterCard gift card. Be advised that you can still continue to be a part of this authorized class action even if you already accepted and/or used that gift card. You will not be asked to reimburse or return that gift card and you can still participate in this class action. Therefore, you do NOT have to opt out of this class action if you already accepted and/or used that gift card. Indeed, the Court has confirmed that anyone who accepts and/or uses these gift cards remains entitled to participate in the Class Action.
Relevant information concerning the progress of the class action:
- This class action will be brought in the District of Montreal.
- The Court will have to resolve the following principal issues / questions of fact and law:
a) Do the Subject Vehicles suffer from common latent design and/or manufacturing defects?
b) Did Defendants know of this issue and fail to warn Class Members of the defect and if they knew, when they knew or should have known?
c) Did Defendants fail to disclose material information to Class Members?
d) Are Defendants’ omission of material facts misleading and/or reasonably likely to deceive a Class Member?
e) Are Defendants legally obligated to make the recall available and properly repair the Subject Vehicles with new non-defective replacement parts?
f) Do the Subject Vehicles perform or not in accordance with the standard of fitness for the purposes for which the Subject Vehicles are normally used?
g) Do the Subject Vehicles perform or not in accordance with the standard of durability for normal use for a reasonable length of time, having regard to the price, terms of the contract and conditions of use for the Subject Vehicles?
h) Did Defendants default in providing and having available non-defective replacement parts for the Subject Vehicles within reasonable and/or legal delays?
i) Should the sale or lease contracts signed by the Class Members for the Subject Vehicles be annulled or resiliated, and should all amounts paid by the Class Members be reimbursed in full or in part?
j) Are Defendants liable to pay compensatory and/or moral damages to the Class Members, and if so, in what amount, including without limitation for the reimbursement of the purchase or lease price (or a portion thereof), any repair costs disbursed, rental car fees, transportation costs, parking costs, parking tickets, parking permit costs, snow removal costs, storage costs, gas costs, other disbursements incurred, loss of time, fear, stress, anxiety, loss of use of the Subject Vehicle, embarrassment and inconvenience?
k) Are Defendants liable to pay exemplary and/or punitive damages to the Class Members, and if so, in what amount?
- The Court, after having resolved the above questions, will decide if it should:
GRANT the class action of the Representative Plaintiffs and each of the Class Members;
ORDER Defendants to properly conduct a recall of the Subject Vehicles and to repair them free of charge FAILING WHICH: ANNUL the sale or lease contract signed by Plaintiffs and the Class Members for the Subject Vehicles and ORDER AND CONDEMN Defendants to reimburse the total amounts paid by Plaintiffs and the Class Members for their Subject Vehicle and ORDER Defendants to then retake possession and ownership of the said vehicles, at Defendants’ costs;
CONDEMN the Defendants to pay to Plaintiffs and each of the Class Members a sum to be determined in compensatory damages, including without limitation for the reimbursement of the purchase or lease price (or portion thereof), loss of value of the Subject Vehicle, any repair costs disbursed, rental costs paid, transportation costs, parking costs, parking permit costs, parking tickets, gas charges, snow removal charges, other disbursements incurred, loss of time, inconvenience, loss of use of the Subject Vehicle, and ORDER collective recovery of these sums;
CONDEMN the Defendants to pay to Plaintiffs and each of the Class Members a sum to be determined in moral damages, including without limitation for embarrassment, stress, fear, and anxiety and ORDER collective recovery of these sums;
CONDEMN the Defendants to pay to the Plaintiffs and to each of the Class Members a sum to be determined in punitive and/or exemplary damages, and ORDER collective recovery of these sums;
CONDEMN the Defendants to pay interest and additional indemnity on the above sums according to the Law from the date of service of the Application for Authorization to Institute a Class Action;
ORDER the Defendants to deposit in the office of this Court the totality of the sums which forms part of the collective recovery, with interest, additional indemnity, and costs;
ORDER that the claims of individual Class Members be the object of collective liquidation if the proof permits and alternately, by individual liquidation;
CONDEMN the Defendants to bear the costs of the present action, including experts’ fees and all notice fees;
RENDER any other order that this Honorable Court shall determine and that is in the interest of the Class Members;
THE WHOLE with interest and additional indemnity provided for in the Civil Code of Quebec and with full costs and expenses, including expert’s fee and publication fees to advise the Class Members
- If you wish to exclude yourself from the class action, you have to notify the clerk of the Superior Court of Quebec, District of Montreal no later than July 6, 2026 by mail to the following address:
Superior Court of Québec
Azoulay et al. FCA Canada Inc. et al. (500-06-001342-241)
1 Notre-Dame street East, Montreal,
Québec, Canada, H2Y 1B6
with a copy to the class counsel (by email if possible):
Lex Group Inc.
4101 Sherbrooke Street West
Westmount, Quebec, H3Z 1A7
Email: [email protected]
You must clearly state that you wish to exclude yourself from the class action Azoulay et al. FCA Canada Inc. et al. (500-06-001342-241).
A Class Member can no longer request exclusion from the class after July 6, 2026, unless specifically authorized by the Court.
As provided by the law, a Class Member who has not requested exclusion is bound by any judgment that may be rendered in this class action.
If you wish to be included in the class action, you have nothing to do and nothing to pay.
As a Class Member, you have the right to intervene in the present class action, in the manner provided for by law.
For more information on the class action:
Please visit the webpage dedicated to this class action on the Class Counsel’s website: https://www.lexgroup.ca/Jeep4xebatteries/ or contact the class counsel confidentially at the following coordinates (your information and communications with Class Counsel will remain confidential):
Lex Group Inc.
4101 Sherbrooke Street West
Westmount, QC, H3Z 1A7
Telephone: (514) 451-5500 (ext. 101)
Fax: (514) 940-1605
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.lexgroup.ca
You can also consult the central Registry of class actions, where all class actions proceedings must be published at: https://www.registredesactionscollectives.quebec/en/.
THIS NOTICE TO CLASS MEMBERS HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SUPERIOR COURT OF QUÉBEC.
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LEX GROUP Inc. has launched a Quebec class action lawsuit against FCA CANADA INC. and FCA US LLC (hereinafter collectively “FCA”), on behalf of all persons in Canada who own, owned, lease, leased and/or used a:
- 2021-2025 Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV); or
- 2022-2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV);
(hereinafter collectively the “Subject Vehicles”).
The proposed class action alleges that FCA marketed, promoted, distributed, leased and sold the Subject Vehicles to Class Members, which were defectively designed and manufactured, namely with defective High-Voltage Batteries and related parts which are prone to stall and/or in certain circumstances catch fire. FCA has recalled the Subject Vehicles but is to date unable to remedy the admitted Defects and has instructed users to cease charging the High-Voltage Batteries (and therefore to only use the gas engine) and to cease parking the Subject Vehicles indoors or next to buildings (due to the risk of the vehicle catching fire).
Accordingly, if you reside in Quebec and have purchased and/or leased and/or own and/or used a 2020-2024 Jeep Wrangler plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) or a 2022-2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), then you may be part of the proposed Class defined by the class action initiated by our office. Should you be defined as a member of the class, you may be entitled to compensation should the Court authorize and ultimately grant the class action on the merits, or should a settlement be reached (and approved by the Court).
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Please be advised that the group definition of the people to be included in this class action may be changed or modified in the future by Court decision or by way of amendment filed by our firm. We will not inform you or other members of the public if and when the group definition is changed. It is therefore your sole responsibility to ensure that your own personal rights and recourses are being protected at all times during the course of these proceedings. You may therefore wish to seek independent legal counsel in order to determine whether it would be in your best interest to pursue independent litigation in this matter (or any other matter), and to determine if you can potentially be included in this case if a final judgment is rendered or if a settlement is reached and approved by the Court.
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