Bryant Furnace Heat Exchanger Lawsuit

13 2007 i made mention in this space of a pending class action lawsuit against carrier corp the manufacturer of carrier bryant payne and day night brand 90 percent efficient furnaces.

Bryant furnace heat exchanger lawsuit. Bryant furnace class action lawsuit. The lawsuit claims that the polypropylene laminated steel ppl used in secondary heat exchangers in the furnace degrades and disintegrates due to the high temperatures in the furnace. Millions of homeowners across the u s. This class action provides labor on top of the parts warranty that is standard.

I have have heard that the settlement would pay for labor and materials to rplace a heat exchanger for furnaces under 20 years old. Fyi in 2008 carrier entered into a settlement over deffective heat exchangers for carrier bryant and some other branded furnaces installed after about 1989. The lawsuit is about whether secondary heat exchangers in high efficiency gas furnaces made by carrier were defective and failed too soon. Recently we replaced a seriously failed carrier furnace.

This was one of many carrier bryant and payne furnaces we have been seeing recently installed prior to 2010 with a problematic secondary heat exchanger. High energy efficiency furnaces sold by carrier bryant day night and payne were found to be defective in a class action lawsuit involving approximately 3 million customers in north america. The products cited in the class action suit include high efficiency condensing furnaces manufactured after january 1 1989 with carrier bryant payne or day night on the nameplate. It s my understanding that the carrier bryant class action law suit settlement covers all 90 furnaces that use the propylene coating in the secondary hx including current production units.

Action lawsuit brought against the carrier corporation for allegedly manufacturing defective furnaces. And canada may soon benefit from the settlement of a class action lawsuit brought against the carrier corporation for allegedly 1989 with carrier bryant payne or day night on the nameplate and two class action complaints filed in.