General Motors printed false safety ratings on Chevy Blazer EVs, new class action lawsuit alleges

On July 20, 2026, Californian Keir Milan filed a class action lawsuit against General Motors Co. in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

The lawsuit alleges the window sticker on the 2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV SUV displayed a five-star federal safety rating the government never assigned.

The allegations


Milan says he bought a new Chevy Blazer EV from Community Chevrolet Co. in Burbank in or around June 2025, according to the proposed class action. He claims safety was one of his major considerations and that he reviewed the vehicle's Monroney label before agreeing to a price. A Monroney label is a federally required window sticker listing pricing, features, fuel economy and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration safety ratings.

The complaint alleges the label showed a five-star safety rating in three areas: overall vehicle score, frontal crash and side crash. However, Milan claims the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration did not assign the advertised overall score, Milan alleges.

General Motors controlled the design, content and printing of the label, according to the lawsuit. The company either placed the labels itself or directed dealers to do it and knew or should have known the rating was false, the class action claims.

In or around November 2025, several months after Milan's purchase, General Motors sent letters to Chevy Blzer EV owners stating its labels "inadvertently included an overall vehicle score" from the NHTSA and should have stated it was not rated, the lawsuit alleges.

The sticker reportedly appeared on Blazer EVs in California from late 2024 until November 2025. Insurers use NHTSA scores to price risk, and unrated vehicles can draw higher premiums, the proposed class action claims. Milan says he would not have bought the vehicle, or would have paid less, had he known the five-star overall vehicle score was incorrect.

The legal claims

Milan brings nine claims against General Motors:

  • Unjust enrichment, which alleges the company kept revenue from sales made on a rating the SUVs never held
  • Fraud, which claims General Motors made false statements about the rating or withheld what it knew
  • Negligent misrepresentation, which requires no proof of intent, only a failure to check the label against NHTSA data
  • California Business and Professions Code sections 17200 and 17500, which bar unfair business practices and false advertising
  • California's Consumer Legal Remedies Act, which prohibits claiming a product has qualities it lacks
  • The Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, which is a California warranty law, covering both implied and express warranty claims
  • California Commercial Code section 2313, which is a further express warranty claim resting on the printed promise

What the lawsuit means for owners

The proposed class covers everyone who bought a 2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV SUV front-wheel drive in California before General Motors updated the label, a group the complaint estimates to be in the the hundreds or thousands, with combined claims exceeding $5 million. Milan seeks damages, disgorgement of profits, restitution and an order barring future misstatements on window stickers plus attorney fees.

There is no current settlement or claims process.