Owners of certain Chevrolet and GMC trucks may be eligible for cash payments from a $35 million settlement reached with General Motors (GM) over claims regarding a faulty engine component.
The class action lawsuit centers around diesel-powered trucks fitted with the 6.6-liter Duramax engine, which came with a Bosch-supplied CP4 high-pressure fuel injection pump alleged to be “unreasonably fragile and prone to catastrophic failure.”
According to the 2019 complaint, these fuel pumps rely on the fuel itself for lubrication but are designed for European diesel, which contains less water and has better lubricity than American diesel. This mismatch can cause CP4 pumps to wear down, shedding metal fragments into the fuel and ultimately destroying the fuel injection system and engine….