Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is facing a £5 billion class action claim over the alleged use of defeat devices in some of its diesel engines to breach UK and EU emissions rules.
Approximately half a million Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Jeep, Iveco and Suzuki diesel automobiles manufactured from 2008 onwards and sold in England in Wales could be affected, according to PGMBM – a partnership of British, Brazilian and American lawyers representing alleged “victims of wrongdoing by big corporations”.
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Owners of affected automobiles could be due around £10,000 each in compensation, depending on the result of the High Court claim PGMBM has launched against FCA, to which prospective claimants can now sign up on a no win, no fee basis.
Four of the five affected brands are part of FCA. Although the fifth – Suzuki – is not, some of its S-Cross, SX4 and Vitara models have been fitted with FCA-developed diesel engines. A full list of the models and engines PGMBM says could be affected can be found below:
Affected vehicles

Make/model1.3-litre1.6-litre2.0-litre3.0-litre3.0-litre (V6)
Fiat500500L500XDucato-
500C500XBravo
500LBravoDoblo
500XDobloDucato
DobloGrandeScudo
FiorinoPuntoTalento
PandaPunto Evo 
PuntoScudo 
Punto EvoTalento 
Grande PuntoTipo 
Qubo  
Tipo  
Alfa RomeoMiToGuilietta159–
MiToBrera
 Guilietta
 Spider
Jeep-CompassCherokee-Grand-Cherokee
RenegadeCompassCommander
 Renegade 
Suzuki-SX4—
Vitara
S-Cross
IvecoAll models    

The claim follows environmental action Germany claiming in 2016 that it done tests on a diesel Fiat 500X which showed that the car breached Euro 6 emissions limits by between 11 and 22 times. A report by the European Federation for transport and environment in September 2016 ranked Fiat’s Euro 6 diesel engines as the worst in Europe for NOx emissions.