They will seek no more than $40 million in fees. Law firms spent more than $30 million to press the case, Selbin said. The proposed settlement excludes individuals that sued Navistar and won or lost in court, he said. ![]() In addition to the payouts and rebates, owners who paid for repairs because of the engines can seek up to $15,000 if they have proper documentation, said Jonathan Selbin of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein. Navistar said it expects the settlement will “accelerate our efforts” to move past the MaxxForce debacle. Navistar lost almost half its market share as costs soared and losses climbed. The MaxxForce engines tarnished the manufacturer’s reputation. That was on top of the $700 million development cost of the engines. It wrote off almost $500 million to cover used trucks it repurchased from angry customers and resold at a loss. Not including the latest settlement, Navistar has paid more than $1 billion in warranty costs to cover reliability and fuel-economy problems with the trucks. ![]() Other truck makers used a system known as selective catalytic reduction to control emissions. The technology failed to meet federal emissions standards. The settlement resulted from Navistar’s use of exhaust gas recirculation, or EGR, to control nitrous oxide emissions from its International brand of heavy-duty trucks equipped with 11- and 13-liter engines.
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