Continental Tire Class Action Settlement Notice

If You Purchased Or Leased a Chrysler or Dodge Vehicle With Certain Factory Installed Continental Tires or Purchased Proper Replacement Continental Tires Since 2003, a Proposed Settlement of a Class Action Lawsuit May Affect Your Rights:

A class action settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit filed against Continental Tire North America, Inc. (“Continental Tire”) in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (styled William W. McGee v. Continental Tire North America, Case No. 2:06-CV-06234
(GEB) (CCC)) alleging that Continental breached certain warranties and violated a consumer fraud statute relating to the performance of certain of its tires that were installed on some Chrysler, Dodge and other manufacturers’ automobiles between 2003 and 2008.

A related lawsuit in in Pennsylvania, Robert Reibstein v. Continental Tire North America, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:07-cv-302-LP (E.D. Pa.) (“Reibstein”) is also being settled as part of the settlement.

The Continental Tire class action lawsuit complaint reportedly also alleges that Continental Tire failed to disclose at the time it marketed, warranted, sold or delivered the ContiSeal tires to consumers that the tires would incur abnormal and premature treadwear, often requiring replacement within the first 20,000 miles of use.

The Continental Tire settlement class reportedly encompasses all persons or entities that purchased or received Eligible Tires as part of an automobile purchase or lease transaction and/or purchased or received Eligible Tires to replace other tires, including, but not limited to, Eligible Tires, between January 1, 2003 and July 14, 2008, unless otherwise excluded.

“Eligible Tires” reportedly include the following Continental tires, purchased or otherwise obtained as new tires by Class Members, between January 1, 2003 and July 14, 2008:

P215/65R17 98T ContiTouringContact with Conti*Seal
P225/60R18 99H ContiTouringContact with Conti*Seal
P225/60R18 99H ContiTouringContact without Conti*Seal

Eligible Tires were reportedly installed as original equipment on the following Chrysler (formerly DaimlerChrysler) and Dodge vehicle models from model year 2003 up to and including model year 2008:

• Chrysler 300
• Dodge Magnum SXT
• Chrysler 300 Touring
• Dodge Magnum R/T
• Chrysler 300 Limited
• Dodge Charger SE
• Chrysler 300C
• Dodge Charger SXT
• Dodge Magnum SE
• Dodge Charger R/T

Eligible Tires may have been installed on makes and models of other vehicles during this same time period as proper replacements.

The Continental Tire settlement provides that Continental will pay no less than $5 million and no more than $8 million to resolve all timely and valid Claims submitted through a claim process.

For more information on the Continental Tire class action settlement and/or for updates on the settlement, visit the settlement website at www.tiresettlement.com or

-Read The Continental Tire Class Action Settlement Notice-

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