I quickly read through the PDF and didn't see anything about payment to owners.

B. The Consent Decree And The California Partial Consent Decree The Consent Decree requires Daimler to: (1) fix its vehicles at no cost to consumers; (2) offer an extended warranty on all parts expected to be impacted by the fix; (3) conduct future testing of the affected vehicles to demonstrate compliance with emissions standards for their full useful life; (4) perform projects to fully mitigate damage caused to the Nation’s air; (5) implement new corporate compliance measures to discourage future cheating; and (6) pay a civil penalty of $875 million, plus retroactive stipulated penalties of about $70.3 million. Gov’t’s Mot., ECF No. 7 at 11. The settlement’s total value will reach $1.5 billion, according to the government. Id.

In Appendix A I found what I'd been looking for for a while - the terms of the extended warranty.

are folks going to wait a few months to avoid being the gineau pig for the new fix?

I'll be sitting and doing nothing and let someone else be the guinea pig. Too many unknowns and things to go wrong.

If you go first and the emissions start to fail repeatedly then you have a good case for buyback... especially since the lawfirm will be very interested in early failures

Depends what you mean by emissions fail repeatedly. In my case here in TX, there is no emissions testing done. And I am not certain I am interested in a buyback, I have already gone through the VW Buyback and looking back, I regret turning my VW in during their buyback. I am hung up on owning a diesel vehicle, so turning in the Merc on a buyback is just not something I am interested in, even though others here would disagree.

I had a 2010 VW Jetta TDI Sportwagen (I bought used with around 70,000 miles) and went through two separate major failures before the buyback. Both failures were caused by the emission control system problems:

Design flaw 1.
Bent connecting rod & cracked piston due to hydro-locking caused by condensate building up in the inter-cooler and entering one cylinder during highway driving. VW paid 75% I paid 25%.

Design flaw 2.
Cracked & Fubar DPF, had to be replaced at my cost.

Total dealer invoice of the above repairs was somewhere between $6,500 - $7,000 and my share was roughly $3,500 or so.

Nice little car despite these major issues, but I was glad to sell it back to VW .

They bought it back for about $13,500 including Bosch check. The car had 133,500 miles at the time of buyback.

No regrets selling it back!

No issues whatsoever so far with my W211, which I bought used 3.5 years ago with around 120,000 miles (170,000+ miles now)

Got an email from the law firm, March 23, 2021 is when the website will be updated and be live.

I don't see the value of waiting. There are multiple different fixes depending on the model and year (~dozen different fixes). It will basically be a science experiment every time. Also, any one dealer won't do it enough to get better at it. I also don't expect them to learn from each other or modify the approach.

Why wait? Take your money and warranty and move on.

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are you sure there’s money involved?

Interesting. If the money disappeared then that changes the equation completely.

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Yes, the money is sent by Hans the people handling the class action. You must register with them to join the claim. Same firm as VW. hbsslaw.com

If anyone else can go to the MB site and enter their VIN to see. I get this message and signed up for email notifications. Thank you for your inquiry about your 2012 GL350 BLUETEC 4MATIC. At this time, the Emission Modification for your vehicle is not yet approved. We do not anticipate approval before quarter 03/2021. Once your Emission Modification has been approved, we will follow-up with an email to the address you provided as well as a notification by mail to the address we have identified for the current owner or lessee. We ask for your patience while we prepare for your Emission Modification.

Mercedes-Benz USA values you as a customer and if you have any questions regarding the status of your Emission Modification, please call us at 1-833-841-9362. You can always check on the status of your Emission Modification at bluetecupdate.mbusa.com.

If you have any questions regarding your eligibility for compensation relating to your vehicle under the terms of the class action settlement in the Mercedes-Benz Emissions Litigation, Civil Action No. 16-881 (DNJ), please visit mbbluetecsettlement.com for more information or 1-877-313-0170.

Thank you for your patience.
Mercedes-Benz USA


Tbh I have a fully clogged DPF car cant make boost. Not sure If ill be able to wait. I spoke to a dealer who said he's had instructions to start modifications at the end of this month. Anyone else wana poke around. Contact your dealer, ask MBUSA and post?

For the money, you have to accept the class action, so that you give up your right to sue MB further.

For modification, MB must do it even if you reject the class action.

I might reject the class action if other law firm want to pursue the case. In that way, any bad thing caused by the modification will still be liable to MB.

Thats adding years onto the years that this has dragged on. Im cutting my loss.

This is a big gamble to find another law firm to pursue the case. Originally there were many law firms that had jumped on this, but all have dropped out, because unlike the VW case where VW blatantly lied, MB did not. And therefore the legal grounds to soak them for money is very slim.They are not even being sued for lying about their emissions, they are being sued for making false advertising claims. If you read the lawsuit and settlement, you will see it was never proven they blatantly hid so called "Defeat Devices".

The worst case is to lose the 3000 dollar settlement fee. Which is highly unlikely, MB at least counter offer the 3000 to avoid spending more legal fees.
For everyone who modify the car, it is a 4 year deal with MB. If you accept the class action, MB has a lot of power to refuse to fix your car if something goes wrong. Which easily double or triple 3000 dollar....

Copied from one of the law firms that decided it was not worth there effort to continue the Class Action:

The Mercedes-Benz company marketed its BlueTEC diesel vehicles as environmentally “friendly” and charged a premium for that “green” technology. The company is accused of defrauding consumers with false claims that the automobiles are “clean” vehicles, producing 30% fewer greenhouse gases without informing consumers that the engines become “dirty diesels” when operated in moderate and low temperatures, under 50 degrees. Testing has shown that BlueTEC diesel Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emissions may be 19 to over 65 times the legal limit established by the U.S. Environmental Testing Agency.

No, you will get a 4yr/48k warranty extension starting at the time/mileage of your modification.

Thanks! That makes more sense.

Has anyone dealt with Stern Law? They're calling, emailing me, and texting me everyday regarding this after I inquired about it. It's making me think about how much resource they are putting into getting me to sign up.

extended "emission" warranty...


The person from the lawfirm calling you is likely a minimum wage nobody with nothing else to do

I just received an email from MBUSA that stated the modification for my 2014 ML is approved and ready to be installed. Instructions are to call Dealer and schedule it. I will,do this next week. The way I read the warranty that will be in affect for 4 years or 48,000 miles whichever comes first from date of modification includes the intake manifold and so the swirl,flaps should be covered if they break or clog up. ‘Tis ML has been a great vehicles and I am moving forward assuming MB knows what it is doing. Will report back on performance changes if any when complete, also how long it takes to,do it and what was actually replaced.

Will the warranty cover preexisting issues? For example if timing chain needs to be replaced should be replaced prior to modification or it will be replaced during modification free of charge?

Had you contacted any lawyer or joined any lawsuit prior?

Wondering what the correct procedure is to get the $. Ie dont go to dealer until you've filled in details on the website (which isn't live yet)?