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According to foreign media reports, Ford Motor Company is suspected of illegally raising the mileage rating of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the 2018-19 Fmur150 pickup truck, so Ford will face a class action lawsuit in federal court, which accuses Ford of falsifying the fuel economy data of the Fmur150 pickup truck.

Recently, a law firm in Chicago has filed a lawsuit against Ford on behalf of the plaintiff in the District Court of Detroit. The Ford Ranger truck has been sued twice in the past few months for similar problems.

The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, claims that owners of FMI150 cars in 2018 and 2019 may spend an extra $2000 on fuel because of their truck's low mileage. Seattle-based law firm Hagensberman (Hagens Berman) filed a lawsuit on behalf of the pickup owner seeking $1.2 billion in compensation.

At the same time, the law firm that sued Ford issued a statement saying that Ford had "deliberately miscalculated and misrepresented the various elements of the vehicle certification test" and that there had been "mileage fraud equipment" in the certification process. "Scientific tests have found that the fuel efficiency of these cars is different from that promised by Ford, does not meet the reasonable expectations of consumers, and is not in line with Ford's propaganda," the complaint said. "

"Don't confuse claims with advantages," a Ford spokesman said. But the plaintiff's lawyer is not the only one trying to find out the truth. Federal regulators are also reported to be keeping a close eye on Ford's internal investigation.

This is only the latest example of Ford's mileage figures in doubt. The US Department of Justice is currently conducting a criminal investigation into the procedures used by Ford to calculate the mileage of the 2019 Ford Ranger, and the company's analysis and taxiing procedures are also being closely watched.

In fact, Ford has been controversial because of its fuel economy. As early as 2013, Ford launched the C-Max hybrid model, which was questioned by consumers that the actual mileage did not match its claimed fuel economy. By 2014, Ford downgraded the fuel economy rating of six models and offered compensation to customers.

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