turboclasssettlement.com
TurboClassSettlement.com is the official information site for the Volkswagen and Audi turbocharger class settlement in Kimball v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., and the most important point today is that new claims are closed while previously filed claims are being processed.
What is TurboClassSettlement.com about?
The Turbocharger Class Settlement website covers a lawsuit alleging that turbochargers in certain Volkswagen and Audi vehicles could fail too early because of problems involving the wastegate mechanism.
Volkswagen Group of America denied that the turbochargers were defective and denied violating warranties or laws, so the settlement does not mean that Volkswagen admitted wrongdoing.
The federal case is Kimball v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Case No. 2:22-cv-04163-MAH, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
The settlement received final approval after the December 4, 2025 fairness hearing, with the final approval order listed on the site as dated December 8, 2025.
Which Volkswagen and Audi vehicles are included?
The settlement covers specific VINs rather than every vehicle from an included model year, which makes the VIN Lookup Portal more important than simply checking your car's model.
Covered Volkswagen models can include certain GTI, Golf R, Beetle, Jetta, Eos, Passat, CC, Tiguan, Golf, Golf Sportwagen, Alltrack, Arteon, Atlas, and Atlas Cross Sport vehicles from selected model years.
Covered Audi vehicles can include certain A3, A4, A5, A6, Q3, Q5, and TT models, depending on the vehicle's model year, engine generation, and VIN.
This means seeing your model on an online list does not prove that your vehicle qualifies.
What benefits does the settlement provide?
Current owners or lessees of qualifying Generation 3 vehicles can receive an extended warranty covering 50% of qualifying turbocharger repair or replacement costs when the wastegate failure is caused by fork-head or link-pin corrosion.
For most qualifying Generation 3 vehicles, the extension reaches 8.5 years or 85,000 miles from the vehicle's in-service date, whichever comes first, although special timing rules applied to vehicles already older than the stated period in September 2025.
People who previously paid for a qualifying turbocharger repair could also have claimed 50% reimbursement when their documents clearly showed the specific covered cause of the failure.
Claims without repair documents identifying the specific covered cause could qualify for 40% reimbursement, but extra evidence about required oil maintenance was needed.
Does the settlement really pay up to $3,850?
The often-mentioned $3,850 figure needs careful reading because it is not simply a promised $3,850 cash payment.
For a qualifying repair performed outside an authorized Volkswagen or Audi dealer, the settlement says the invoice amount used to calculate reimbursement cannot exceed $3,850.
For example, applying the normal 50% reimbursement rate to a capped $3,850 non-dealer invoice produces $1,925 before any other settlement reductions.
A 40% reimbursement based on that same $3,850 cap would equal $1,540, so headlines describing the case as simply offering a “$3,850 payout” can give readers the wrong impression.
Authorized-dealer repairs are treated differently because the settlement's $3,850 invoice cap specifically applies to covered repairs performed outside authorized Volkswagen or Audi dealers.
Can you still file a claim now?
No, because the official claim deadline was November 29, 2025, and the settlement FAQ now clearly says that the deadline has passed.
The deadlines to object to the settlement or exclude yourself were October 15, 2025, and those deadlines have also passed.
Someone who qualified for reimbursement but did not submit the required claim and documents before the deadline generally cannot receive that reimbursement through the normal settlement claim process.
The warranty extension is different from a past-expense reimbursement claim, so owners of Generation 3 vehicles should still check whether their VIN and current time-and-mileage limits give them remaining warranty benefits.
What is happening with claims in 2026?
The biggest current update is that the settlement administrator says claim determination notices were mailed to all claimants on June 11, 2026.
A determination notice tells a claimant how the administrator handled the claim, so it should not automatically be confused with the actual reimbursement check.
The official FAQ says an approved reimbursement is to be mailed within 150 days of the later of the administrator receiving a complete claim or the settlement becoming effective.
The site does not currently announce that every approved claimant has already received payment, so anyone still waiting should rely on their determination notice and contact the administrator rather than assuming a payment was lost.
Is TurboClassSettlement.com legitimate?
The available evidence strongly supports the site being the genuine settlement website because it identifies the federal case number, publishes the settlement agreement and court orders, provides the court-approved notices, and identifies JND Legal Administration as the settlement administrator.
The safest approach is to enter the address yourself as TurboClassSettlement.com, use the contact information published there, and avoid giving personal or financial information to unrelated sites or people claiming they can speed up your payment.
For a claimant in August 2026, the most useful next step is to review the June 11 determination notice and call the official Settlement Claim Administrator at 1-855-779-6685 if the notice is missing, unclear, or shows a problem with the claim.