Canadian Auto Parts Price-Fixing Class Action Lawsuit Settlement

• Deadline: October 30, 2023
• Payout: $25 per class action, NOT per vehicle
• Proof: You are only required to enter the make, model and year of the vehicle. Emails or letters with a user ID and password can be used to pre-populate your claim are being sent out between June 28, 2023 and July 12, 2023. Note: customer information provided by the Automakers will likely be used to confirm proof of purchase.
• Make a claim

Payments will be sent by e-transfer or cheque (with a $2 fee) up to one year after the claims deadline.

Why?

For the alleged conspiracy by a number of auto parts manufacturers to fix the price of a total of around 45 automotive parts, which allegedly caused consumers to pay too much for auto parts and new vehicles. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants entered into illegal backroom agreements to rig bids for and artificially inflate the prices of auto parts from around 1999 to 2012.

Who is eligible?

Individuals in Canada who purchased and/or leased a new passenger car, sport utility vehicle, van, and/or light truck (up to 10,000 lbs) from the applicable car manufacturers between July 1, 1998 and September 30, 2016. You are still eligible if you no longer own the vehicle.

Here are the eligible vehicles and time periods:

Defendants

This lawsuit is not against the Automakers who sold the new vehicles. It is against the following automotive parts manufacturers who who allegedly price‐fixed the parts. According to the car manufacturers, they were unaware of alleged price‐fixing of the parts they purchased and installed in their vehicles.

Alternators

• Hitachi $950,000
• Mitsubishi Electric $2,200,000
• DENSO $5,120,000

Automatic Transmission Fluid Warmers and Oil Coolers

• T. Rad $113,476.33
• DENSO $302,000
• Calsonic $64,867.52

Automotive Brake Hoses

• Hitachi Metals $175,000
• Toyoda Gosei $97,419.03

Automotive Hoses

• Sumitomo Riko $66,250
• Toyoda Gosei $807,883.04

Body Sealing Parts

• Nishikawa $5,750,000
• Toyoda Gosei $4,411,627.59
• Green Tokai $102,336

Ceramic Substrates

• NGK Insulators $2,128,160
• DENSO $150,000
• Corning $3,959,010

EPS Assemblies

• Mitsubishi Electric $150,000
• Mitsuba $150,000
• JTEKT $560,548
• NSK $431,887.95
• Showa $696,627
• Yamada $1,334.77

Electronic Throttle Bodies

• Hitachi $1,000,000
• Aisan $546,480
• Mitsubishi Electric $50,000
• Mitsuba $150,000
• DENSO $150,000
• Hitachi Astemo $62,630

Fuel Injection Systems

• Hitachi $1,267,084
• Aisan $49,680
• Mitsubishi Electric $400,000
• Robert Bosch $375,000
• Mitsuba $179,105.24
• DENSO $2,792,000
• Maruyasu $50,900.12
• Mikuni $395,976

Heater Control Panels

• Sumitomo $150,000
• DENSO $150,000
• Tokai Rika $212,500
• Alps $425,000
• Calsonic $50,000

HID Ballasts

• Mitsubishi Electric $150,000
• DENSO $678,000
• Koito $234,000
• Panasonic $927,000
• Stanley Electric $433,440
• Total $2,422,440.00

Inverters

• Hitachi $150,000
• Mitsubishi Electric $150,000
• DENSO $150,000

Manual Steering Columns

• NSK $213,712.80
• Yamada $391,734.97
• Total $605,447.77

Motor Generators

• Hitachi $150,000
• DENSO $150,000
• Total $300,000

Occupant Safety Systems

• TRW $850,000
• Autoliv $4,172,800
• Mitsubishi Electric $150,000
• TK Holdings $36,421.07
• Tokai Rika $4,712,500
• Toyoda Gosei $942,124.23

Oxygen Sensors

• Robert Bosch $2,325,556.15
• DENSO $860,000
• NGK Spark $1,080,787.50

Plastic Interior Trim

• Toyoda Gosei $751,852.16
• INOAC $413,627.50
• Calsonic $50,000

Radiators

• T. Rad $1,053,975.67
• DENSO $2,360,000
• Calsonic $952,907.73

Spark Plugs

• Robert Bosch $2,325,556.15
• DENSO $399,000
• NGK Spark $1,080,787.50

Starters

• Hitachi $575,000
• Mitsubishi Electric $2,000,000
• Robert Bosch $250,000
• Mitsuba $1,228,599.32
• DENSO $1,428,000

Steering Angle Sensors

• Tokai Rika $550,000
• Panasonic $1,056,000

Switches

• Omron $500,409
• Tokai Rika $150,000
• Panasonic $891,000

Windshield Wiper Systems

• Robert Bosch $150,000
• Mitsuba $4,273,388.97
• DENSO $178,000

Auto parts price fixing class action history

The Canadian Auto Parts class action settlements have been broken up into more than one distribution:

2021 class action settlement

The first distribution totaled $25,590,780 and was for the following 7 car parts:

1. Automotive Wire Harness Systems
2. Air Flow Meters
3. Electronic Control Units
4. Fan Motors
5. Fuel Senders
6. Power Window Motors, and
7. Windshield Washer Systems

Payments were issued in March 2021.

2023 class action settlement

The second distribution totals $78,370,963.31 and is for the price fixing on the following 23 car parts:

1. Alternators
2. Automatic Transmission Fluid Warmer
3. Automotive Brake Hoses
4. Automotive Hoses
5. Body Sealing Parts
6. Ceramic Substrates
7. Electronic Throttle Bodies
8. EPS Assemblies
9. Fuel Injection Systems
10. Heater Control Panels
11. High Intensity Discharge Ballasts
12. Inverters
13. Manual Steering Columns
14. Motor Generators
15. Occupant Sensing System
16. Oxygen Sensors
17. Plastic Interior Trim
18. Radiators
19. Spark Plugs
20. Starters
21. Steering Angle Sensors
22. Switches
23. Windshield Wipers

Future: 15 additional car parts

The following parts are still the subject of the auto parts class action and will likely be the source of a future distribution:

1. Air Conditioning Systems
2. Anti-Vibration Rubber Parts
3. Autolights
4. Automotive Access Mechanisms
5. Automotive Exhaust Systems
6. Automotive Steel Tubes
7. Braking Systems
8. Constant Velocity Joint Boot
9. Door Latches
10. Ignition Coils
11. Instrument Panel Clusters (IPC)
12. Power Window Switches
13. Shock Absorbers
14. Valve Timing Control Devices
15. Bearings (view FAQ 7 for the status of this settlement)