Own A Ford Or Lincoln? You Could Get $400

福特的微软MyFord Touch系统em was not the automaker's finest hour. It was an ill-conceived, unstable, and unreliable system that did Ford no favors in the early 2010s. It was greeted with moans, groans, and complaints from customers and was a heavy contributor to Ford and Lincoln's crash in J.D. Power's Initial Quality Survey at the time.Ford executives even despised the system. But how bad could MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch actually have been?

Well, if you want a financial figure on top of the bad publicity at the time, class action settlement has been reached for $17 million.Top Class Actionsis reporting both the number and the terms of the settlement.

Under the terms settled upon,Top Class Actionsreports that: "If you purchased or leased aFordorLincolnvehicle in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia or Washington that was equipped with MyFord Touch or MyLincoln Touch from a Ford or Lincoln dealer prior to August 9, 2013, you could get up to $400 from this settlement."

The terms of the settlement dictate that customers with MyFord Touch or MyLincoln Touch systems that were repaired once can file a claim for $100. Class Members that had the system fixed twice will receive $250, and those who had it repaired three times or more can get $400.