Ram, Jeep, Dodge & Chrysler 3.6L Valve Train Warranty Settlement

Automotive Warranty · Claims Open

Current Status

Claims are open. A claim for reimbursement must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. PT on October 12, 2026, or mailed so that it is postmarked by that date. The same date is also the deadline to opt out and the deadline to object.

The court has not yet approved the settlement. The final approval hearing is scheduled for October 28, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. PT in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and the notice warns the hearing could be rescheduled without notice. No reimbursements will be issued until after final approval and after any appeals are resolved.

Two things are worth knowing before you go further. First, the warranty extension and the reimbursement are separate benefits: the extension is automatic and the reimbursement is not. Second, the online claim portal opens on a login screen requiring the Class Member ID from your mailed notice, and it treats that ID as a required field.

What Is This Settlement About?

California requires manufacturers to give longer warranty coverage to certain emissions-related parts. Under the state's emissions warranty regulations, components above a cost threshold — "high-priced" warranted parts — carry an extended obligation, and ten other states have adopted California's standards under Section 177 of the Clean Air Act, which is why those states appear in this class alongside California.

The lawsuit alleges that FCA US LLC did not treat certain valve train components in its 3.6L engine as high-priced warranted parts and therefore did not provide the warranty coverage those rules require. The three parts at issue are the valve rocker arm, the valve stem oil seal and the valve tappet.

FCA US has not admitted wrongdoing, and the court has not decided who should win. The court-authorized notice is explicit on the point: it has not determined whether the plaintiff's claims or FCA US's defenses have merit, and it will not do so if the settlement is approved. The notice states that the settlement does not mean FCA US did anything wrong, and equally that it does not mean the plaintiff would have lost at trial.

The case is Regueiro v. FCA US LLC, No. 2:22-cv-05521, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The agreement before the court is a second renewed settlement agreement, meaning earlier versions did not survive review — a detail worth noting for anyone weighing how firm the October 28 hearing date is.

Who Qualifies?

The class covers people who, as confirmed by FCA US's records, bought or leased one of the following vehicles equipped with the 3.6L engine. The engine is the gate — the same model with a different engine is not a class vehicle.

• Ram 1500 — model years 2015–2020

• Ram ProMaster — 2015–2020

• Jeep Wrangler — 2015–2020

• Jeep Grand Cherokee — 2015–2020

• Dodge Journey — 2015–2019

• Dodge Challenger — 2015–2020

• Dodge Charger — 2015–2020

• Dodge Durango — 2015–2020

• Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country — 2015–2020

• Chrysler 300 — 2015–2020

• Chrysler 200 — 2015–2017

The purchase or lease must have been in one of eleven jurisdictions. California members form the California Class; members in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington form the Reg. 177 Class. The two groups release slightly different claims, described further below.

Excluded are FCA US and its affiliates, parents, subsidiaries and any entity in which it holds a controlling interest; its officers, directors and employees; its successors and assigns; the assigned judge and their spouse; anyone who validly opts out; and — a specific exclusion worth checking — consumers or businesses whose class vehicle was previously deemed a total loss, meaning a salvage or junkyard vehicle, which the notice says is subject to verification through Carfax or other means.