GM Shakes Off False-Ad Suit Alleging Damage to Flex-Fuel Cars

General Motors LLC exited, for now, a proposed class suit alleging it misleads Flex Fuel car owners about how much ethanol-based fuel they can use.

Chevrolet Impala owner Michael Fleury, who says his car broke down when he started using only E85 (85% ethanol), didn’t show that the automaker’s statements about the vehicles’ capabilities were false or deceptive, the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said.

In 2019, Fleury bought a used 2016 Flex Fuel Impala. He said he was incentivized by what he thought was its ability to run on E85 ethanol, gasoline, or any combination ...