FCA Defeats Attempt to Revive Destination Charge Deception Suit

Car manufacturer FCA US LLC, now doing business as Stellantis NV, convinced the Third Circuit that a lower court properly dismissed a proposed consumer class action alleging it overcharged destination costs to dealers.

The consumers didn’t allege such charges were deceptive or unfair, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said Friday, affirming the lower court’s dismissal. FCA is the maker of Fiat, Chrysler, and Dodge vehicles, among other brands.

The plaintiffs failed to allege “how those accurately-disclosed charges, published clearly on the vehicles’ window stickers, are in and of themselves, deceptive or unfair,” Judge Cindy K. ...