Overview
- Mercedes must pay $120 million immediately, with $29.6 million suspended and reduced by $750 for each affected vehicle that is repaired, removed from the road, or bought back.
- Eligible owners who obtain the required emissions fix will receive $2,000 per vehicle alongside an extended warranty, with approved software modifications provided at no cost.
- The consumer program targets an estimated 39,565 vehicles that remained unrepaired or not permanently removed as of Aug. 1, 2023.
- State filings allege more than 211,000 diesel cars and vans sold from 2008 to 2016 used defeat-device software that could yield pollution up to 30 to 40 times legal limits in normal driving.
- Mercedes must implement reporting and compliance reforms that bar deceptive emissions marketing, while reports differ on the coalition size, with some citing 48 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico and others describing all 50 states.