John Deere $99M Right-to-Repair Settlement

Who Is Eligible?

You may be eligible to file a claim if you:

• Any person or entity — not only farmers — that purchased Repair Services for Deere Large Agricultural Equipment from John Deere or one of its authorised Dealers in the United States.
• The repairs fall between 10 January 2018 and 18 May 2026.
• Repairs you paid for directly qualify. So do repairs completed under an extended warranty that you purchased — but you have to give the details of that warranty purchase on the claim form.
• Repairs done under Deere's factory warranty do not qualify. You paid nothing for those, so they earn nothing here.
• Most class members are already in Deere's own service data. If you are, a notice arrives by post or email carrying a Notice ID and Confirmation Code that opens your repair history in the claim portal.
• No notice, or records you think are incomplete? You can still claim, but you must supply your own documentation of the Repair Services.

How Much Can You Get?

There is no per-person figure, and the mechanism is unusual enough to be worth understanding before you file.

The $99 million cash fund — plus interest running since 15 January 2026 — is divided pro rata by labour hours, not by what anybody spent. The administrator's own worked example: if Deere's dealers put 1% of all the labour hours in validly submitted claims into your equipment, you receive 1% of the net fund.

That design ties each payment to how much dealer service the equipment actually needed, so a large operation running several machines through years of dealer maintenance will land far above a smallholder with one tractor and a couple of visits.

The bigger number is not the cash. The settlement also requires Deere to make repair tools and capabilities available to owners and independent repair providers. Plaintiffs' expert puts that relief at $293.9 million to $648 million, and the total value of the settlement at $392.9 million to $747 million. You get the repair access whether or not you file — only the money needs a claim form.

One thing to keep separate: the Federal Trade Commission and five state attorneys general reached their own settlement with Deere covering much the same repair access. That one pays class members nothing, and it comes with its own notice. Receiving it does not replace filing here.

How to File Your Claim

File with the administrator:

• Look for the notice. If Deere's service data covers your equipment, you were sent a Notice ID and Confirmation Code by post or email. That is the short route — it opens your recorded repair history so you do not have to reconstruct it.
• No notice? You can still file. Gather invoices, dealer records or statements covering Repair Services between 10 January 2018 and 18 May 2026, and be ready to send them.
• Include extended-warranty repairs, with the warranty purchase details the form asks for. Leave out anything done under Deere's factory warranty.
• File at deererepairsettlement.com. Claims must be submitted or received by 31 December 2026.
• If the administrator later asks for records to back part of your claim, send them. Repair Services you cannot support when asked are deducted from your recovery.
• Two earlier dates matter only if you want out: excluding yourself or objecting both close on 4 December 2026. The approval hearing is 19 January 2027 at 10:00 a.m. Central.
• Questions go to the administrator on 1-844-644-4294 or info@DeereRepairSettlement.com.

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