July 2026

The parties are engaged in settlement negotiations

The applicant and Toyota are currently engaged in confidential settlement discussions to try to reach agreement about the amount of money payable to Group Members and will soon attend a mediation for this purpose.

Group Members are likely to receive money if the parties reach a settlement.

You must register by 26 August 2026 to receive money from any settlement

If you wish to receive money from any settlement, you must register by 4 pm on 26 August 2026.

To register, complete the form at this website: http://www.toyotaclassaction.deloitte.com.au/.

Please ensure that you upload all required supporting documents as part of your registration.

If you have previously registered your details, you do not need to register again. However, please ensure you have finalised and submitted your registration form (including all required supporting documents).

What happens if you do not register?

If you do not register, you will remain a Group Member but you may not receive any money if a settlement is reached.

The terms of the settlement may also prevent you from making any subsequent claim against Toyota in respect of the subject matter of this class action.

If settlement is not reached, trial will resume in October 2026

If the parties do not reach a settlement, the Taylor DPF Class Action will proceed to a 2-week hearing commencing on 19 October 2026.  At this hearing, the Court will:

• calculate the amount of money that eligible Group Members are entitled to receive in the Taylor DPF Class Action (taking into account the fact that, by the time of trial, an effective repair for the defect existed); and
• determine the consequences of Toyota’s DPF repair being applied to a Group Member’s Relevant Vehicle for the Group Member’s entitlement to receive money for reduction in value under section 272(1)(a) of the Australian Consumer Law.

In another class action, the Court has already found that:

• Toyota Hilux, Prado and Fortuner vehicles with a 1GD-FTV or 2GD-FTV diesel engine acquired between 1 October 2015 and 23 April 2020 (Relevant Vehicles) were not of acceptable quality at the time they were initially supplied because they were fitted with a defective diesel particulate filter (DPF) system;
• the value of the Relevant Vehicles at the time they were initially supplied was reduced because of their defective DPF systems;
• Group Members may be entitled to receive money to compensate them for this reduction in value (provided they still own their vehicle) and/or for any consequential losses they have suffered (even if they do not still own their vehicle); and
• any right to received money for reduction in value is tied to ownership of the vehicle.

This means that if you purchased a used Relevant Vehicle, by way of private sale, between 24 April 2020 and 31 July 2025, from a person who purchased the vehicle new between 1 October 2015 and 23 April 2020, and still own the vehicle, you may be entitled to receive money for the reduction in value of the vehicle resulting from its defective DPF system.

The Taylor DPF Class Action seeks to recover that money on behalf of the people described above.

Correspondence from Toyota regarding DPF repairs

You may have received a letter from Toyota inviting you to take your Relevant Vehicle to a Toyota Dealer to have the defective DPF system in the vehicle repaired.

You should be aware that if you take up Toyota’s invitation to have the DPF system in the vehicle repaired, Toyota will argue in this class action that you will lose any entitlement to be paid money for reduction in value under section 272(1)(a) of the Australian Consumer Law.

Substantive procedural orders

On 5 August 2025, the Federal Court made a number of procedural orders to progress the Taylor DPF Class Action.  By way of summary, these orders provided for:

• the Taylor DPF Class Action to be case managed and heard together with the Williams DPF Class Action (information about which can be found here);
• Toyota to file its defence and the applicant to file his reply;
• the parties to give discovery of documents relevant to the applicant’s acquisition and ownership of his vehicle to one another; and
• the parties to file evidence in relation to the applicant’s acquisition and ownership of his vehicle.

A copy of the orders made on 5 August 2025 can be accessed here.

Opt-out

On 5 September 2025, the Federal Court made further orders providing for an Opt-Out Notice to be issued to Group Members in the Taylor DPF Class Action.  A copy of this notice, which was issued on 31 October 2025, can be accessed here.

By way of explanation, the Taylor DPF Class Action is an “open class action” meaning it was brought by the applicant on his behalf and on behalf of other persons who also own the affected Toyota vehicles (known as “Group Members”).  The criteria for Group Members in the Taylor DPF Class Action can be found here.

In an open class action, any Group Members who do not wish to participate in the class action must “opt out” of the class action by sending a completed opt-out form to the Court.  Group Members who “opt out” will not be bound by the outcome of the Taylor DPF Class Action and will not receive any money from the class action if it is successful.

Group Members who do not “opt out” will remain part of the class action.

Register your interest in the Taylor DPF Class Action

Group Members can register their interest in the Taylor DPF Class Action at this link.

While it is not necessary to register to remain part of the class action, it is likely that Group Members will need to register at some point to receive any money to which you may become entitled in the class action.

We will provide a further update following the next case management hearing, which has been listed on 19 December 2025.  It is likely that at this case management hearing, the Taylor DPF Class Action will be listed for trial in 2026.