Published
September 1, 2026
People in California and 10 other states who bought or leased a 2015–2020 Ram, Jeep, Dodge or Chrysler vehicle with the 3.6L engine receive an automatic warranty extension covering valve rocker arm, valve stem oil seal and valve tappet repairs to seven years or 70,000 miles, and can separately claim reimbursement for a qualifying repair they already paid for. The reimbursement claim closes October 12, 2026; the warranty extension needs no claim form, and the final approval hearing is set for October 28, 2026.
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.
Status
Claims Open
Claim Deadline
October 12, 2026
online by 11:59 p.m. PT or postmarked · the opt-out and objection deadlines fall on the same day
Estimated Payout
Warranty extension, plus repair reimbursement
coverage of parts and labor on three valve train components to the earlier of 7 years from in-service or 70,000 miles, applied automatically · reimbursement of what you already paid for a qualifying repair, which does require a claim · the notice states no cap and no fixed per-person amount
Proof Required
Yes
Class Member ID from the notice is a required field on the claim portal · a reimbursement claim also needs proof of payment and documentation identifying the vehicle by VIN
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.
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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.
How Much Can You Get?
There is no settlement fund here, and no pro rata share. FCA US pays the benefits directly, which means one class member's recovery does not shrink because others filed. The settlement provides two distinct things.The warranty extension — automatic. FCA US extends its warranty obligations to cover the full cost of parts and labor to replace a failed valve rocker arm, valve stem oil seal or valve tappet, running to the earlier of seven years from the vehicle's in-service date or 70,000 miles driven. Crucially, this is not a reimbursement scheme: as long as the diagnosis or repair is performed at an authorized FCA US dealership inside that window, the notice says the class member pays nothing up front and FCA US imposes no fees or charges related to it.
The reimbursement — requires a claim. A class member who already paid out of pocket to diagnose or repair one of those three components can claim that money back. The notice sets no cap and no fixed per-person figure; what governs is what you can document.
The arithmetic on the extension deserves a plain word, because the two halves are not equally valuable to everyone. The class vehicles are model years 2015 through 2020, and the extension stops at seven years or 70,000 miles, whichever comes first. A large share of these vehicles are already past one or both limits, and for those owners the extension is worth nothing going forward. For most of the class, in other words, the money is in the reimbursement half — the half that has a deadline.
Class counsel will ask the court to award up to $1,005,000 in fees, costs and expenses, and a service award of up to $7,500 for the class representative. Those are paid by FCA US and, per the notice, class members are not charged for class counsel's services. The court decides the amounts and may award less.
What Proof Is Required?
Proof is required, on two levels.The Class Member ID gates the portal. The online claim form opens on a login step asking for a Class Member ID, labelled a required field; submitting without it returns a validation error rather than advancing. The notice says that ID was provided on the notice you received. Because filing is gated on an administrator-issued identifier, this settlement is Proof Required even before any receipt is considered.
A reimbursement claim needs documentation. The notice specifies three things for a claim to be valid: a completed claim form; proof of payment, such as a paid invoice, a receipt, or a credit card statement showing the amount paid and the date of service; and documentation identifying the vehicle — including the VIN — the owner, the component that was diagnosed or repaired, and the name and contact information of the repair facility.
That last requirement is the one most likely to trip up an otherwise valid claim. A credit card line item showing a dealership charge does not, on its own, identify which component was worked on. Dig out the itemized repair order.
If the administrator denies a claim, the notice describes a dispute path: class counsel and FCA US's counsel meet and confer, and if they cannot agree within thirty days, class counsel may submit the dispute to a mutually agreed neutral third party for binding resolution.
What Is the Deadline?
Three deadlines fall on the same day, which is unusual and easy to misread as one.• October 12, 2026 — reimbursement claim deadline. Online submissions must be in by 11:59 p.m. PT; mailed claims must be postmarked by that date. The notice describes this as forty-five days after notice went out to the class.
• October 12, 2026 — opt-out deadline. An exclusion request must be sent by first-class mail, must be signed, and must include your full name and address, the model year and VIN of your vehicle, the approximate date of purchase or lease, and an unequivocal statement that you want to be excluded. Our guide explains what opting out of a class action means.
• October 12, 2026 — objection deadline. An objection must be filed with the court and copied to class counsel and FCA US's counsel, and the notice sets out eleven required elements, including the VIN, the grounds for the objection, and a list of every class settlement the objector or their counsel has objected to in the past five years.
• October 28, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. PT — final approval hearing.
One caution on that last date: the summary table near the front of the court-authorized notice lists the approval hearing as October 12, 2026, while the detailed question later in the same document and the official settlement website both give October 28. October 28 is the date to work from, and the notice separately warns the hearing can be rescheduled without notice.
How Do You File a Claim?
File through the official settlement website, FCA Warranty Settlement.com, which the administrator identifies as the only authorized website for this case. The notice says claims may be submitted online, by mail, or by email at the claimant's election, and the site's claims section carries the instructions for each route.Before you start, have the mailed notice in hand for the Class Member ID, and pull the itemized repair order for the work you are claiming. The online form walks through claimant information, communication preference, class vehicle information, repair facility information, proof of payment, and a closing attestation and signature.
If you are only interested in the warranty extension, there is nothing to file. Take the vehicle to an authorized FCA US dealership; if it is inside seven years from the in-service date and under 70,000 miles, the notice says the covered repair is done at no cost to you rather than reimbursed afterward.
What Are You Giving Up?
Class members who do not opt out release their claims against FCA US arising from a malfunction of the three covered components. For the California Class that includes claims under Section 17200 of California's Business and Professions Code, the Unfair Competition Law; for the Reg. 177 Class it includes breach of contract claims. The release reaches known and unknown claims tied to those facts.Three carve-outs matter. The released claims do not include claims for death, for personal injuries, or for damage to tangible property other than a class vehicle, and they do not include subrogation claims. Separately, the notice states that nothing in the settlement is to be construed as a waiver, release or compromise of any pending automobile lemon law claim. If you have a lemon law matter open on one of these vehicles, this settlement is not designed to extinguish it.
What Happens Next?
The final approval hearing on October 28, 2026 is the next milestone. The court will consider whether the settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate, hear from any class member who properly objected and asked to speak, and rule on the fee and service award requests. Attending is not required, and the notice says written objections are considered whether or not the objector appears.A hearing being held is not approval being granted. If the court approves, there may still be appeals, and the notice says it is possible the settlement could be disapproved on appeal. If the court does not approve it, there are no settlement benefits at all and the case proceeds as though no settlement had been attempted. No reimbursement will be issued until after final approval and after any appeals conclude, so payment is realistically well into 2027 at the earliest.
Sources and Verification
• Official settlement website — FCA Warranty Settlement.com (deadlines, FAQs, claim portal and settlement documents)• Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement (PDF) — class definition, benefits, release, deadlines and hearing
• Official claim portal — the Class Member ID login step and the claim form sections
• California Code of Regulations, title 13, sections 1950 et seq. — the California Emissions Warranty rules the case is built on
• Regueiro v. FCA US LLC, No. 2:22-cv-05521, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Questions
Do I have to file anything to get the extended warranty?
No. The warranty extension applies automatically to class vehicles if the settlement is approved — there is no claim form for that half, and the notice says class members need not do anything to receive it. The claim form is only for getting money back on a valve rocker arm, valve stem oil seal or valve tappet repair you already paid for out of pocket. Those are two separate things, and only the reimbursement half has an October 12, 2026 deadline.
My vehicle already has over 70,000 miles. Is the warranty extension worth anything to me?
Probably not going forward, and this is worth doing the arithmetic on. The extension runs to the earlier of seven years from the vehicle’s in-service date or 70,000 miles. The class vehicles are model years 2015 through 2020, so a large share of them are already past one or both limits, and for those owners the extension has no remaining value. That makes the reimbursement half the part with real money in it for most of the class — which is also the half that expires on October 12, 2026.
Does this cover the whole engine or just certain parts?
Three specific components: the valve rocker arm, the valve stem oil seal and the valve tappet. The settlement does not extend coverage to the engine generally, to other valve train parts, or to consequential damage. A repair invoice that shows one of those three parts, or the diagnosis of one, is what supports a reimbursement claim.
The notice shows two different dates for the approval hearing. Which one is right?
October 28, 2026. The summary table near the front of the court-authorized notice lists the settlement approval hearing as October 12, 2026, which is the same date as the claim, opt-out and objection deadlines. The detailed question later in the same notice, and the official settlement website, both give October 28, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. PT. Treat October 28 as the hearing date and October 12 as the deadline for everything a class member has to do. The notice also warns the hearing can be rescheduled without notice.
What happens if I opt out?
You keep your own right to sue FCA US over these claims, and you give up the reimbursement. The notice states that a class member who excludes themselves is not entitled to any other benefit under the settlement but may still receive the benefits of the warranty extension. The opt-out deadline is October 12, 2026 — the same day claims close — and an exclusion request must be mailed rather than submitted online, with the vehicle’s model year and VIN included.
Does this settlement affect a lemon law claim or an injury claim?
No. The release carves both out. The notice states that the released claims do not include claims for death, personal injuries, damage to tangible property other than a class vehicle, or subrogation, and that nothing in the settlement is to be construed as a waiver, release or compromise of any pending automobile lemon law claim. What class members do release are the California Unfair Competition Law and breach of contract claims tied to a malfunction of the three covered valve train components.
Official Settlement Notice
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Settlement Amount
No settlement fund — FCA US pays benefits directly
a warranty extension to the earlier of 7 years or 70,000 miles, plus uncapped reimbursement of a qualifying repair already paid for · no common fund means no pro rata reduction
Case Title
Regueiro v. FCA US LLC
Case Number
2:22-cv-05521
Court
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Covered Components
Valve rocker arm · valve stem oil seal · valve tappet
3.6L engine only
Final Approval Hearing
October 28, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. PT
Los Angeles · the notice warns it may be rescheduled without notice
Attorneys' Fees
Up to $1,005,000, plus a service award up to $7,500
paid by FCA US, subject to court approval
Administrator
Kroll Settlement Administration LLC
Official Website
FCA Warranty Settlement.com
