found some owners could claim more than $7000 in damages from the auto manufacturer.
A current class action against Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited is claiming compensation for alleged defects in several of Toyota's top-selling vehicles including the Hilux, Fortuner and Prado vehicles. It specifically concerns cars with the 1GD-FTV or 2GD-FTV diesel engine, which contain an allegedly faulty diesel particulate filter – or DPF – that increases fuel consumption and general wear and tear.A full list of affected vehicles in the class actionToday Justice Michael Lee found that the DPF system involved was defective, with the estimated cost of damages for customers who bought an affected car calculated to be $7,474.59.
This figure was reached based on a number of reasons, primarily that the value of the vehicles was reduced by 17.5 per cent for having the DPF installed."In short, by reason of the Core Defect, the Relevant Vehicles were worth less at the time of supply than they would have been worth if they were not defective," Justice Lee wrote.Given the class action concerns 264,170 vehicles, if every impacted owner claimed the full damages of $7,474.
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