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Latest update
All claims have been reviewed, and final determinations have been made. We anticipate that cheques will be mailed to all eligible claimants on or around May 29. We appreciate your patience.
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On April 10, 2014 , the class action was commenced. On May 15, 2024 , the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Québec certified/authorized for settlement purposes the national class action and Quebec class action seeking compensation for economic loss claims by current and former owners or lessees of certain GM vehicles that were recalled in 2014. Claims deadline was June 6, 2025.
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The Ontario Superior Court of Justice (per its Order, see in PDF Ontario Amended Certification Order (gmignitionswitchsettlement.ca) of May 7, 2024) and the Superior Court of Québec (per its Order, see in PDF Quebec Amended Certification Order (gmignitionswitchsettlement.ca) of May 6, 2024) have certified for settlement purposes a Canada-wide class action seeking compensation for economic loss property claims by current and former owners or lessees of certain GM vehicles that were recalled in 2014. A proposed Canada-wide settlement (the “ Settlement ”) has been reached between the parties to the same class action lawsuits. [Please note, the same proposed class action Settlement will provide no compensation options for personal injuries.] The GM recalls involved the Delta ignition system key rotation, Camaro knee-key, and loss of electric power steering. A table of the eligible vehicles to the Settlement can be found on the FAQs page of the Claims Administrator’s Settlement Website ( gmignitionswitchsettlement.ca ), which also contains all other relevant information and documents [or view the table of the eligible vehicles here ]. Subject to “settlement approval” by the above Courts, the Settlement will establish a class action settlement fund of $12 million CAD to pay expenses and valid claims of eligible Settlement Class Members who submit a Claim Form online or by mail before the Claims Deadline (a deadline which has not yet been established). For more information and FAQs, please visit the GM Claims Administrator’s website at: Settlement Website . The Settlement Approval Hearings have been scheduled for July 30, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (virtual only) and for July 31, 2024 at 9.30 a.m. (Eastern Time) before the Superior Court of Québec ( virtual or in-person ). These hearings are public and can be viewed online. [The Teams/Zoom links for the Settlement Approval Hearings will be posted on our website and the Settlement Website once they are made available by the Courts.] Unless you wish to “oppose” approval the Settlement or wish to “opt-out” of the Settlement, there are no steps needed from class members, until the Claim Form Process begins in the Fall of 2024 (if the Settlement is approved) .
Source: Merchant Law Group
About This Case
Welcome to the GM Ignition Switch Economic Settlement Website
If You Are a Current or Former Owner or Lessee of a GM Vehicle that was Subject to Certain 2014 Recalls, You May Have Rights and Choices in a Court Approved Settlement.
Update: All claims have been reviewed, and final determinations have been made. We anticipate that cheques will be mailed to all eligible claimants on or around May 29. We appreciate your patience.
What is the Settlement about?
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Québec (the “ Courts ”) have approved a nationwide settlement of class actions seeking compensation for economic loss claims by current and former owners or lessees of certain GM vehicles that were recalled in 2014 (the “ Settlement ”). The recalls involved the Delta ignition system, key rotation, Camaro knee-key and electric power steering. Settlement Class Representatives claim that consumers overpaid when they bought or leased these vehicles. General Motors LLC (“ New GM ”) and General Motors of Canada Company (formerly General Motors of Canada Limited) (“ GM Canada ”) deny these allegations. Settlement Class Representatives, New GM and GM Canada have agreed to the Settlement to avoid the risk and cost of further litigation.
The Settlement does not apply to claims for personal injury (and related family/dependent claims), wrongful death or actual physical property damage relating to the 2014 recalls. These class claims have been discontinued from the class actions as such claims may be pursued individually (not in a class action) if permitted in your province, and any such individual claims have not been waived or released by the approval of the Settlement. As a result of the discontinuance in the class actions, the limitation periods (legal deadlines for commencing a lawsuit) are no longer suspended and began to run again. After the limitation period, your right to sue will be extinguished. Get advice from your own lawyer about legal deadlines for individual lawsuits.
Settlement Fund Amount
”) to pay claims to eligible Settlement Class Members who submit a claim online or by mail before June 6, 2025. That deadline has now passed.
Payment amounts to eligible Settlement Class Members will vary depending on which recalls apply to their vehicles, the amount of administrative expenses, the number and type of eligible vehicles for which claims are filed, and the number of eligible Settlement Class Members who file claims.
The Settlement Fund Amount allocated to National Class Members will be subject to the 10% levy of the Class Proceedings Fund which has supported the prosecution of this action.
Passed
Settlement Class Members were able to complete a claim form for payment online or by mail, submitted or postmarked on or before June 6, 2025.
The deadline to submit a claim has passed.
Procedures for the administration of claims and allocation of the Settlement Fund Amount to Settlement Class Members are described in the Settlement Agreement, which can be found on the Important Documents tab.
The Claim Form is available on the Important Documents tab.
Do Nothing
Settlement Class Members who did nothing, including not filing a claim when the claims process begins, will not receive Settlement benefits.
The Court set an opt-out deadline of July 19, 2024 for class members to opt out (exclude) themselves from the Settlement. Settlement Class Members who did not opt out of the Settlement prior to that date have given up their right to sue New GM, GM Canada and certain other released parties about the economic loss claims alleged in the Actions.
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A national class action was commenced on behalf of all Canadian owners, operators, lessors and passengers of GM vehicles that were the subject of recalls for ignition switch and power steering defects.
The claim was brought by the family of [name withheld], a Cornwall man who was just 22 years old when he lost control of his 2006 Saturn Ion, crossed the centre line and was involved in a head-on collision. The airbags did not deploy, and [name withheld] was killed in the crash.
On March 31, 2014, 18 months following his fatal accident, [name withheld]’s parents, [name withheld] and [name withheld], received a recall notice from GM. [name withheld]’s vehicle was subject to an ignition switch recall, linked to at least 13 deaths in North America.
The class action alleges that GM Canada and other defendants knew of the problem with the ignition switches since at least 2001 but failed to do anything about it until 2014. GM was subject to a U.S. Congressional probe for its handling of the recall.
Russel Molot of Delaney’s Law Firm in Ottawa, who represents the [name withheld] family, said that GM’s failure to implement a recall sooner, especially when replacing the ignition switch would have cost just 57 cents per vehicle, is inexcusable. “Given the timing of what should have been a much earlier recall, GM appears to have put their own interests ahead of their customers’ safety,” he said.
Another recall, issued on March 31, 2014, relates to dangerous power-steering defects which are also at issue. The claim alleges that the ignition switch and power-steering defects led to personal injury, wrongful death, psychological injury, property damage and economic loss. Punitive damages are also claimed.
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Update – May, 2024
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice (per its Order, see in PDF
Ontario Amended Certification Order (gmignitionswitchsettlement.ca) of May 7, 2024) and the Superior Court of Québec (per its Order, see in PDF Quebec Amended Certification Order (gmignitionswitchsettlement.ca) of May 6, 2024) have certified for settlement purposes a Canada-wide class action seeking compensation for economic loss property claims by current and former owners or lessees of certain GM vehicles that were recalled in 2014. A proposed Canada-wide settlement (the “ Settlement ”) has been reached between the parties to the same class action lawsuits. [Please note, the same proposed class action Settlement will provide no compensation options for personal injuries.] The GM recalls involved the Delta ignition system key rotation, Camaro knee-key, and loss of electric power steering. A table of the eligible vehicles to the Settlement can be found on the page of the Claims Administrator’s Settlement Website gmignitionswitchsettlement.ca), which also contains all other relevant information and documents [or view the table of the eligible vehicles here ].
Subject to “settlement approval” by the above Courts, the Settlement will establish a class action settlement fund of $12 million CAD to pay expenses and valid claims of eligible Settlement Class Members who submit a Claim Form online or by mail before the Claims Deadline (a deadline which has not yet been established). For more information and FAQs, please visit the GM Claims Administrator’s website at:
Settlement Website.
The Settlement Approval Hearings have been scheduled for July 30, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
(Eastern Time) before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (virtual only) and for July 31, 2024 at 9.30 a.m.
(Eastern Time) before the Superior Court of Québec virtual or in-person). These hearings are public and can be viewed online. [The Teams/Zoom links for the Settlement Approval Hearings will be posted on our website and the Settlement Website once they are made available by the Courts.] Unless you wish to “oppose” approval the Settlement or wish to “opt-out” of the Settlement, there are no steps needed from class members, until the Claim Form Process begins in the Fall of 2024 (if the Settlement is approved).
Please find links below to the Court-approved Public Notice documents:
GM Short-Form Notice of Certification and Settlement Approval Hearing – French
For vehicle eligibility questions, please review the Claims Administrator’s website at https://www.gmignitionswitchsettlement.ca/. To contact the Claims Administrator, please contact their office via:
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Who May Be Eligible
If You Are a Current or Former Owner or Lessee of a GM Vehicle that was Subject to Certain 2014 Recalls, You May Have Rights and Choices in a Court Approved Settlement.
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All Persons resident in Canada other than Excluded Persons who, at any time on or before the Recall Announcement Date of the Recall(s) applicable to their Subject Vehicle(s), owned, purchased, and/or leased a Subject Vehicle in any of the provinces/territories in Canada. The Settlement Class is comprised of the four Subclasses, as defined below. For Subject Vehicles subject to both the Delta Ignition Switch Recall and the Electric Power Steering Recall, the date for determining Settlement Class membership shall be the later of the Recall Announcement Date for the Delta Ignition Switch Recall or the Electric Power Steering Recall. “Subclasses” means each of the four subclasses as follows: those Settlement Class Members who own(ed), purchased, and/or lease(d) a Subject Vehicle covered by the Delta Ignition Switch Recall (the “Delta Ignition Switch Subclass”), those Settlement Class Members who own(ed), purchased, and/or lease(d) a Subject Vehicle covered by the Key Rotation Recall (the “Key Rotation Subclass”), those Settlement Class Members who own(ed), purchased, and/or lease(d) a Subject Vehicle covered by the Camaro Knee-Key Recall (the “Camaro Knee-Key Subclass”), and those Settlement Class Members who own(ed), purchased, and/or lease(d) a Subject Vehicle covered by the Electric Power Steering Recall (the “Electric Power Steering Subclass”). those Settlement Class Members with a Subject Vehicle covered by both the Delta Ignition Switch Recall and the Electric Power Steering Recall shall be members of both the Delta Ignition Switch Subclass and the Electric Power Steering Subclass and shall be eligible to receive settlement payments allocated to both Subclasses. Settlement Class Members with multiple Subject Vehicles shall be members of the Subclasses applicable to each of their respective Subject Vehicles. “Subject Vehicles” means the GM motor vehicles subject to the Recalls as specifically defined by the VINs provided by GM to the Settlement Administrator. A general list of the make, model and model years of GM vehicles that may be subject to each Recall is attached to this Settlement Agreement as Schedule “A”. Since not all vehicles of a certain make, model or model year may have been subject to a Recall, only the VINs provided by GM to the Settlement Administrator for each make, model and model year GM vehicle are Subject Vehicles.
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a Canada-wide class action seeking compensation for economic loss property claims by current and former owners or lessees of certain GM vehicles that were recalled in 2014.
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How to Register
Unless you wish to “oppose” approval the Settlement or wish to “opt-out” of the Settlement, there are no steps needed from class members, until the Claim Form Process begins in the Fall of 2024 (if the Settlement is approved) .
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. What are the Notices and why should I read them?
The Notices advise that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and Superior Court of Québec respectively have approved a nationwide settlement of class actions. It also provides information about the Settlement, which pertains to all economic loss claims relating to the 2014 recalls of certain GM vehicles alleged in fifteen (15) lawsuits brought on behalf of persons who owned or leased the recalled GM vehicles. These economic loss class claims are made by current and former owners and lessees of GM vehicles subject to recalls relating to Delta ignition switches, key rotation, Camaro knee-key, and/or electric power steering with the Transport Canada recall numbers listed in FAQ 3. One of the fifteen lawsuits is [name withheld]. v. General Motors LLC et. al. filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ("Ontario Court") bearing Court File No. CV-14-50203-CP ("Ontario Action"), and two of the lawsuits are filed in the Superior Court of Québec ("Québec Court", and together with the Ontario Court, the "Courts"), [name withheld] v. General Motors of Canada et. al., Court File No. 500-06-000687-141 and [name withheld] v. General Motors of Canada et. al., Court File No. 500-000729-158 ("Québec Actions") (collectively, "Actions"). The other twelve lawsuits being settled (the "Related Actions") are as follows: (i) [name withheld] v General Motors of Canada Limited, et. al., Court File No. QBG 1396/14, [name withheld] v. General Motors of Canada Limited et. al., Court File No. QBG 480/14, [name withheld] v. General Motors of Canada Limited et. al., Court File No. QBG 1273/15, and [name withheld] v. General Motors of Canada Limited et. al., Court File No. QBG 1181/15, each in Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench, (ii) [name withheld] v. General Motors of Canada Limited et. al., Court File No. 14-1262, British Columbia Supreme Court, (iii) [name withheld] v. General Motors of Canada Limited, Court File No. 1403-04964, Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, (iv) [name withheld] v. General Motors of Canada Limited et. al., Court File No. C114-88682, Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench (v) [name withheld] v. General Motors of Canada Ltd. et al., Court File No. MC-176-14, New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench, (vi) [name withheld] et. al. v. General Motors of Canada Limited et. al., Court File No. 427140 and [name withheld] v. General Motors of Canada Ltd., Court File No. 426204, both in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, (vii) [name withheld] v. General Motors of Canada Ltd., Court File No. 201401G2284CP, Newfoundland Supreme Court, and (viii) Academie Ste Cecile International School et. al. v. General Motors of Canada Limited, Court File No. CV-14-20629-CP, Ontario Superior Court. The Notices explain the terms of the Settlement and your legal rights.
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