Jeep Class Action Over Combustible Batteries Will Stay in Court

FCA US LLC, the parent company of Jeep and a subsidiary of Stellantis NV, must face claims in federal court that the batteries in some of its hybrid-electric vehicles can spontaneously combust.

The company failed to move the claims to arbitration due to a lack of evidence that the Jeep Wrangler owners and lessees who brought the proposed class action were adequately notified of the arbitration offer in their vehicles’ warranty booklets, Judge Brandy R. McMillion of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan said in a Thursday order that also denied the company’s bid ...