ZF-TRW Airbag Control Units Settlement
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Where this case stands
Claims closed
Payments follow final court approval and the end of any appeals, typically twelve to twenty-four months after the claim deadline.
Pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (No. 19-ml-2905).
- August 8, 2019Case filed
What happened
Consumer plaintiffs allege that defective Airbag Control Units manufactured by ZF-TRW and installed in approximately 12.3 million vehicles may cause airbags to fail to inflate in the event of a crash. The defendants have agreed to settle the litigation, with separate settlements reached with Toyota, Mitsubishi, and preliminary approval granted for Hyundai and Kia settlements totaling over $62 million.
Do you qualify?
Consumers who purchased or own vehicles equipped with defective ZF-TRW Airbag Control Units, including those manufactured by Toyota, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, and Kia. Specific eligibility details are available on the individual settlement websites for each manufacturer.
How to file
Visit the settlement websites for specific vehicle manufacturers (Mitsubishi at acusettlement.com/mitsubishi, Hyundai/Kia at acusettlement.com/hyundaikia, or Toyota at airbagcontrolunitsettlement.com) for detailed claim filing instructions, deadlines, and required documentation.
Common questions
- How much does the ZF-TRW Airbag Control Units Settlement pay?
- The settlement fund is $62M.Why settlement checks are smaller than the headline number →
- What is the status of the ZF-TRW Airbag Control Units Settlement?
- Claims closed. Payments follow final court approval and the end of any appeals, typically twelve to twenty-four months after the claim deadline.
- Is the ZF-TRW Airbag Control Units Settlement notice real, or a scam?
- Claims are filed only at kellerrohrback.com. Filing is always free, and no administrator asks for payment or a full Social Security number by email or text.How to tell a real settlement notice from a scam →
- Who are the attorneys in the ZF-TRW Airbag Control Units Settlement?
- For the plaintiffs: David Stellings (Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP); Roland Tellis (Baron & Budd, P.C.); Lesley Weaver (Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, LLP); Tina Wolfson (Ahdoot & Wolfson, P.C.). From the public court docket.
Who's involved
Counsel for plaintiffs
- David StellingsLieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP4 tracked cases · $361.5M in disclosed settlements
- Roland TellisBaron & Budd, P.C.4 tracked cases
- Lesley WeaverBleichmar Fonti & Auld, LLP3 tracked cases · $62M in disclosed settlements
- Tina WolfsonAhdoot & Wolfson, P.C.40 tracked cases · $126M in disclosed settlements
- Stephen ZackBoies Schiller Flexner LLP3 tracked cases · $2.8B in disclosed settlements
- Jonathan LevinePritzker Levine LLP4 tracked cases · $154M in disclosed settlements
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From the public court docket, contact details as filed; not an endorsement.
In the news
- TRW Airbag Recall List: NHTSA Investigates 12 Million More Cars, Is Yours One?Newsweek · April 23, 2019
- US expands probe into ZF-TRW airbag failure-to-deploy to 12.3 million vehiclesAutoblog · April 23, 2019
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