NISSAN ALTIMA HEADLIGHT SETTLEMENT WEBSITE

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This settlement website pertains to the example Rafael Suarez, et al. v. Nissan Due north America, Inc., Case No.3:21-cv-00393-WLC-AN, pending in the U.s. District Courtroom for the Heart District of Tennessee, Nashville Partition.

This class action lawsuit alleges that 2022-2018 Nissan Altima's manufactured with halogen headlamps ("Class Vehicles") have a defect that causes an interior reflecting surface of the headlamp to deteriorate, resulting in dimming of the depression beam headlights.

Nissan Northward America, Inc. ("Nissan") denies all allegations of wrongdoing and liability, just has agreed to a form action Settlement. Beginning in December 2022, all genuine Nissan replacement parts were manufactured with a new design.

This page is just a summary. Click the tabs to a higher place for boosted information. The Settlement provides for the post-obit types of relief to all current and former owners and lessees of Course Vehicles:

(1) Reimbursement for Headlamp Replacements Prior To October 25, 2022: If you paid to replace your headlamps due to dimming prior to Oct 25, 2022, yous can submit a merits for reimbursement. The borderline to submit a reimbursement claim is April 25, 2022. Come across the FAQs for additional information about reimbursement.

Click here to submit a claim for reimbursement.

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(2) iii-Year Extension of the Warranty Covering Headlamp Dimming Due to Delamination: Beginning on the Effective appointment of the Settlement, which is predictable to be on or afterwards January 20, 2022, Nissan volition provide a 3-yr extension of the manufacturer'due south warranty covering headlamp dimming due to delamination, for a total of six years of coverage. This warranty is transferable and subject to the same terms as the standard warranty. To receive replacement headlamps within the extended warranty flow, bring your Class Vehicle to an Authorized Nissan Dealer.

(3) Pick to Obtain Immediate Replacement from an Authorized Nissan Dealer With Reimbursement: If y'all are currently within the 6-year extended warranty menstruation and y'all do non want to expect until the Effective Appointment of the settlement to acquire replacement headlamps, yous tin can pay out-of-pocket for replacement headlamps from an Authorized Nissan Dealer and submit a claim for reimbursement. Reimbursement claims must exist submitted by Apr 25, 2022.

Click here to submit a claim for reimbursement.

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(4) Erstwhile Replacement for Class Vehicles That Are or Volition Be Exterior of the Extended Warranty as of the Effective Date: If your Class Vehicle will be outside the extended warranty when the Settlement becomes "Effective" (January twenty, 2022), y'all will have an opportunity to receive a 1-time replacement gear up of headlamps later on the Settlement becomes Effective.

When the Settlement becomes Effective, the claims administrator will mail service a special postcard notice to grade members who are outside the half-dozen-yr extended warranty. This observe will inform those class members that yous have 65 days to submit a grade stating that you want free replacements. Then y'all will accept a vi-month window to obtain free replacement headlamps from an authorized Nissan dealer. This is time-sensitive, and so keep an eye out for that postcard notice sometime afterwards Jan twenty, 2022.

Click here to submit a claim for out-of-warranty replacement.

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The Constructive Date of the Settlement is January 20, 2022.

IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES:

Reimbursement Claims:

April 25, 2022

All Claims Reimbursement Must Exist Postmarked or Filed Online by April 25, 2022
In-Warranty Repairs - Within 6 Years of New Buy or Lease: Begins on Effective Date (January 20, 2022)
Erstwhile Out-of-Warranty Replacement: (1) File Out-of-Warranty Claim by March 26, 2022, and (two) Obtain replacements from an authorized Nissan dealer between March 27, 2022 - September 23, 2022.
Exclusion Deadline: Postmarked by November 22, 2022
Objection Deadline: Received by November 22, 2022
Final Approval Hearing: December 20, 2022 at ten:thirty a.g. fundamental

Course DEFINITION:

You are a Form Member and function of the Settlement if you lot are a resident of the United States or its territories, including Puerto Rico, and you purchased or leased a 2022-2018 Nissan Altima manufactured with halogen headlamps. Visit the FAQs for more detailed information well-nigh which Altima trims and packages are included.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND CHOICES UNDER THE SETTLEMENT

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Yous are included in the Course and, if the Settlement is approved, yous volition automatically receive a iii-year extension of the warranty on the headlamps of your Class Vehicle, which covers headlamp delamination.

SUBMIT A Claim FOR One-TIME OUT-OF-WARRANTY REPLACEMENT

Yous practice non have to do annihilation to exist included in the Settlement Course, but to exist eligible for the i-time free replacement of your headlamps if your extended vehicle warranty has expired and your headlamps have dimmed due to delamination, you must submit the appropriate Merits Form past the deadline, and bring your Class Vehicle to an Authorized Nissan Dealer inside six months thereafter.

Submit Out-of-Warranty Claim Form inside 65 days of Effective Date of the Settlement.

SUBMIT A Merits FOR REIMBURSMENT

You do not have to do anything to be included in the Settlement Form, only to be eligible for the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expense for previous headlamp replacement, subject to sure claim requirements, you must submit the appropriate Claim Form by April 25, 2022.

EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM THE SETTLEMENT

Ask to go out of the Settlement. Yous get no Settlement benefits, merely you keep your right to file your own lawsuit against Nissan at your own expense.

Mail service your Opt-Out Request Postmarked past: November 22, 2022.

OBJECT

Remain a Class Fellow member and tell the Court what you do not similar about the Settlement. You will still be bound by the Settlement if the Court approves information technology. If y'all want your own attorney to represent you lot, you must pay that attorney yourself. Your attorney must file a Notice of Appearance.

Objections and/or Notice of Intention to Appear at the fairness Hearing Must Be Received by: November 22, 2022.

No Settlement benefits will be available or distributed unless the Court approves the Settlement and it becomes final.

If you lot have whatsoever questions, y'all should read the FAQs and other data on this website beginning. If you yet have questions virtually the Settlement, you can contact the Settlement Administrator at 1-855-786-0996 or admin@AltimaHeadlightSettlement.com. Y'all can contact the lawyers for the Plaintiffs at NissanHeadlight@Chimicles.com .