USA: Goodman Global, the US air conditioning manufacturer recently acquired by Daikin, faces a class action lawsuit in the USA for allegedly selling defective air conditioning units.
The civil action was filed on Friday in Kentucky state court on behalf of all consumers in Kentucky, and in the United States, that purchased a central air conditioning unit bearing the trade names Goodman and Amana from 2008 to the present.

The lawsuit alleges that Goodman and Amana central air conditioning units sold during this time frame contained defective evaporator coils that improperly and prematurely rupture and leak refrigerant, which in turn causes the air conditioners to stop functioning properly. The lawsuit also alleges that Goodman has known about the defective evaporator coils since at least 2008, but that the company has failed to inform consumers about the problem or issue a recall.

The lead plaintiff is said to have acquired her Goodman air conditioner when her family moved into their new house in November 2009.  It is alleged that after only one summer of use, the air conditioner stopped working. According to the lawsuit, refrigerant was added to it, which allowed it to function over the next summer but in summer 2012 it again stopped working. It is alleged that the evaporator coil was found to have ruptured. Goodman allegedly refused to repair her unit or provide any credit toward the cost of repairs.