FCA US Emissions Warranty Settlement: Claims Closed October 12. Kroll Has 60 Days to Tell Each Claimant What FCA Will Pay — but No Check Moves Until a Judge Who Twice Refused Preliminary Approval Signs Off After the October 28 Hearing and Any Appeals Are Over

The short answer to “What is the latest update on the Chrysler class action lawsuit?” — if the lawsuit you mean is the valve-train warranty case, Regueiro v. FCA US LLC: as of October 15, 2026 the FCA US emissions warranty settlement is still only proposed. The claim, opt-out and objection deadlines all fell on October 12, 2026, three days ago. The court-authorized notice set the final approval hearing for October 28, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. PT in Courtroom 5C of the federal courthouse at 350 W. 1st Street in Los Angeles, and warns that “the Court could reschedule the Final Approval Hearing to a different date or time without notice.”

The docket has been moving. The court’s electronic filing feed shows a notice filed on October 8 (entry 83), two filings titled “Response in Support of Motion” on October 13 (entries 84 and 85) and a third on October 15 (entry 86). We have not been able to read them, so we cannot say what they argue. The timing fits one rule in the settlement agreement: “At least two weeks before the hearing on final approval, the Settlement Administrator will provide an accounting of the reimbursement claims made.” Two weeks before October 28 is October 14. Whether that accounting is among these filings, and how many claims came in, is not public in anything we have read.

Nothing has been paid, and nothing can be paid yet. The notice says: “No reimbursements under the Settlement will be issued until after the Court gives its final approval to the Settlement and after any appeals are resolved.” And if approval is refused, “there will not be any Settlement benefits and the case will proceed as if no Settlement had been attempted.”

Filing a claim starts a fixed review clock in the settlement agreement. Kroll Settlement Administration has to answer every claim in writing: “Within 60 days of receiving a Claim, the Settlement Administrator shall provide written notice to the Claimant” stating (a) the amount, if any, FCA US will reimburse “if approved,” (b) the reason for any denial or partial payment, and (c) your right to cure the problem. For a claim that arrived on October 12, sixty days runs to December 11, 2026, by our count. The answer comes by email unless you asked on the claim form for regular mail.

If the letter offers less than you asked for, you can send the missing paperwork “within 20 days of receipt of the written notice,” and Kroll then has 35 days to send a final decision. If you do nothing, you are treated as accepting: acceptance “will be presumed if no cure attempt is received by the Settlement Administrator within 20 days.” The final decision is final for everyone: it “shall not be disputed by FCA US, Co-Lead Class Counsel, or the Claimant.” The fix is usually the invoice. The agreement requires documents that name the vehicle and its VIN, the owner, the component and the repair shop. A diagnosis that found a failed Valve Rocker Arm, Valve Stem Oil Seal or Valve Tappet counts “even if no repair was performed,” as long as it was done within the 7-year/70,000-mile window.

A decision letter is not payment. Checks are mailed “within 21 days of FCA US funding the Settlement Fund,” and “All checks will be valid for 90 days.” Funding cannot happen before the Effective Date, which the agreement defines as the date “the time for seeking appellate review of the judgment (by appeal or otherwise) will have expired,” or the end of any appeal. No court paper gives a payment date, and we will not guess one.

The reimbursement claim has closed. The extended coverage has not, and it never needed a claim. The notice’s rights table says: “You need not do anything to receive the benefits of the warranty extension. But you won’t be reimbursed for a past Valve Rocker Arm, Valve Stem Oil Seal, or Valve Tappet component diagnosis and/or repair you may have paid for.” If the settlement is approved, FCA US covers parts and labor on those three valve-train components “for the earlier of 7 years from the Class Vehicles in-service date or 70,000 miles driven.” Two details from the agreement that our first report did not cover: “The Warranty Extension follows the Class Vehicles, is not personal to any owner or lessee, and fully survives the sale of the vehicle to subsequent purchasers” — so a used-car buyer is covered too — and owners “will not be required to present any Settlement-related document to receive warranty service at an authorized FCA US dealership.”

The catch is the same as before. The class covers vehicles with the 3.6L engine from model years 2015 to 2020, bought or leased in California or ten “Reg. 177” states. Most have already passed seven years from their in-service date, which ends coverage whatever the mileage. Missing the deadline also does not free you from the settlement: class members who did not opt out are bound by its release. There is one exception the notice spells out: “Nothing in this Settlement will be construed as a waiver, release and/or compromise of any pending automobile lemon law claim.”

Many people searching for this settlement are asking about a different warranty. The 8-year/80,000-mile coverage is federal. EPA’s emissions warranty fact sheet (EPA-420-F-09-048) says: “There are three specified major emission control components, covered for the first 8 years or 80,000 miles of vehicle use (whichever first occurs) on 1995 and newer vehicles”: catalytic converters, “the electronic emissions control unit or computer (ECU)” and “the onboard emissions diagnostic device or computer (OBD).” Other emission control and emission-related parts are covered under federal law “for the first 2 years or 24,000 miles of vehicle use (whichever first occurs).” Rocker arms, valve stem seals and tappets are not on that federal 8/80 list. This lawsuit was about California’s separate “high-priced” parts rules. It alleges FCA US “did not provide the appropriate warranty coverage for certain valve train system components as ‘high-priced’ warranted parts under the California Emissions Warranty (13 CCR §§ 1950, et seq.).” The settlement does not change the federal 8/80 coverage either way.

“What is the FCA warranty?” The settlement sits on top of it and does not restate it: the extension is subject to “All terms and conditions of the Basic Limited Warranty.” For the exact terms on your vehicle, EPA points owners to the paperwork in the glovebox: “A more complete list can be found in your owner’s manual/warranty booklet.” “How much does a Chrysler extended warranty cost?” is a separate question. This settlement sells nothing, and for the three covered parts “FCA US will not impose any fees or charges related to the warranty service.” For the price of a paid extended service contract, ask an authorized dealer. No court document in this case covers it.

The only administrator is Kroll Settlement Administration, at the court-authorized site FCAwarrantysettlement.com, (833) 930-0207, and Regueiro v. FCA US LLC, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration, P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391. A genuine follow-up after October 12 is a written decision on a claim you actually filed, with an amount, a reason and a 20-day window to cure. It comes by email unless you asked for mail. It will not ask you to pay anything. FCA US bears “all Administration Expenses including Notice,” class counsel’s fees are paid by FCA US, and the settlement includes no processing fee. A message promising a payment date, or asking for a fee or bank login to “release” a reimbursement before the court has ruled, does not match how this settlement works. The notice also says: “PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT OR FCA US’S COUNSEL FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THIS SETTLEMENT.”

One inconsistency on the official notice itself: its “most important dates” table prints October 12, 2026 next to “Settlement Approval Hearing.” Question 15 of the same notice gives the hearing as October 28, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. October 12 was the deadline for claims, opt-outs and objections. The hearing is October 28.

This is the third version of the deal. According to the agreement’s recitals, the court “denied Plaintiffs Motion for Preliminary Approval” on September 8, 2025. The plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint on November 5, 2025, and the court denied the renewed motion on March 3, 2026. After a Third Amended Complaint on March 31, 2026, the parties signed the Second Renewed Class Action Settlement Agreement, dated April 24, 2026 and filed as Document 77-2. The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett. The settlement then cleared preliminary approval, and notice went out. On October 28 the court decides whether to grant final approval, whether to confirm the class and its counsel, and what fees to award.

Fees do not reduce anyone’s reimbursement. Class counsel asks for “up to, but not more than, $1,005,000 for fees, costs, and expenses,” and FCA US separately pays a $7,500 service award to the plaintiff. Both are paid “twenty days of the Effective Date”, the same trigger that governs class members’ checks. What to watch for next: a final approval order, any appeal, and decision letters for October 12 claims due by about December 11, 2026. We will update this when the court rules.