Automotive Steel Tubes
This class action alleges that the defendants unlawfully conspired to rig bids for and artificially inflate the prices of automotive steel tubes incorporated into new vehicles and sold to dealers and consumers across Canada from December 1, 2003 to July 9, 2011.
Automotive Steel Tubes are tubes used in fuel distribution, braking and other automotive systems, Automotive Steel Tubes are sometimes divided into two categories; chassis tubes and engine parts tubes. Chassis tubes include, to the extent included in the relevant requests for quotation, brake and fuel tubes, located in the body of an automotive vehicle,. Engine parts tubes included to the extent included in the relevant requests for quotation, fuel inject rails, oil level tubes and oil strainer tubes.
Updates
- May 3, 2019 – the action was discontinued against JTEKT
Orders and Decisions
Order of Justice Belobaba dated May 3, 2019 re: discontinuance against JTEKT
Notices to the Class