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VOLKSWAGEN/AUDI TIMING CHAIN CLASS ACTION [2021]

MERCHANT LAW GROUP LLP is pursuing Canada-wide class action litigation against VOLKSWAGEN and AUDI Canada, on behalf of individuals in Canada who purchased or leased one or more of the following vehicles AND experienced a timing chain defect:

  • certain 2012-2014 VW Beetle;
  • 2015-2018 VW Beetle;
  • certain 2013-2014 VW Beetle Convertible;
  • 2015-2017 VW Beetle Convertible;
  • certain 2012 VW CC;
  • 2013-2017 VW CC;
  • 2012 VW Eos;
  • 2013-2016 VW Eos;
  • certain 2012 VW GTI;
  • 2013-2018 VW GTI;
  • 2015-2018 VW Jetta Sedan;
  • certain 2012-2014 VW Jetta GLI;
  • 2015-2018 VW Jetta GLI;
  • 2014-2019 VW Passat Sedan;
  • certain 2012-2013 VW Tiguan;
  • 2014-2018 VW Tiguan;
  • 2015-2018 VW Golf;
  • certain 2012 Audi A3;
  • 2013-2018 Audi A3;
  • certain 2012-2013 Audi A4;
  • 2014-2018 Audi A4;
  • certain 2012-2013 Audi A5;
  • 2014-2018 Audi A5;
  • certain 2012 Audi A6;
  • 2013-2018 Audi A6;
  • certain 2012 Audi TT;
  • 2013-2018 Audi TT;
  • certain 2012 Audi Q5;
  • 2013-2018 Audi Q5; or,
  • 2015-2018 Audi Q3

This class action litigation is in respect of the defect for the Timing Chain Tensioning System only.

This class action seeks financial compensation or benefits for affected Canadians who own or lease one or more of the above vehicles in question.

Merchant Law Group LLP has twelve offices across Canada, with lawyers practising law in six provinces. Merchant Law Group LLP and Tony Merchant, Q.C. are well known for pursuing class action lawsuits in Canada. Tony Merchant, Q.C. is known to be one of Canada’s most active litigators with more than 600 reported cases in leading Caselaw Journals, having argued thousands of cases before the Canadian and American Courts, in Trial and Administrative Courts, and the Courts of Appeal of various American and Canadian jurisdictions, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Tony Merchant, Q.C., has a long history in pursuing public policy cases and is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.)

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