> Honda sold about 200,000 of the hybrids over a six-year period, and because of resales, as many as 500,000 people are eligible to file claims against Honda.

How could a second-hand buyer claim to have suffered an unexpected loss? Could not Honda (assuming they would bother responding to the small claims action) easily show that the fault was well known and second-hand buyers should have known they were getting a 30-mpg hybrid? Or was this something that only appeared after a number of years?