John Deere Right-to-Repair Settlement: Claims Site Down

At a glance

Status

Open

Defendant

Deere & Company (John Deere)

Settlement fund

$99,000,000

Claim deadline

October 15, 2026

No-proof cash option

No

Estimated payout

Pro rata cash by dealer repair-labor hours paid; claim form and proof of repairs required.

Administrator

Angeion Group

Court

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Western Division

Case number

3:22-cv-50188 (MDL No. 3030)

Last verified July 16, 2026

Key dates

Milestone	Date	What it means
Claim deadline	October 15, 2026	Last day to file for a payment
Opt-out (exclusion) deadline	September 15, 2026	Last day to leave the settlement and keep the right to sue
Objection deadline	September 15, 2026	Last day to object to the terms
Final approval hearing	October 29, 2026	When the judge decides whether to approve the settlement
Expected payout	Not yet scheduled	Payments are not sent until after final approval and any appeals

What This Case Is About

Farmers and independent repair shops have argued for years that John Deere blocks access to the diagnostic software and repair tools needed to fix modern Deere tractors and combines, pushing owners back to authorized dealers. That dispute became a federal antitrust case, In re Deere & Company Repair Services Antitrust Litigation, consolidated as MDL No. 3030 before Judge Iain D. Johnston in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Western Division, lead case 3:22-cv-50188.

The proposed settlement combines two things: a $99 million cash fund for eligible purchasers, and a ten-year injunction requiring Deere to give equipment owners and independent repair providers access to the repair tools and software they need. The court granted preliminary approval on May 18, 2026, and the court-appointed administrator is Angeion Group.

Where This Stands Right Now: the Claims Site Is Down

This is the part a quick search will not tell you. As of late July 2026, the officially announced claims website, DeereRepairSettlement.com, does not resolve. There is currently no live claims portal for this settlement under any domain.

The notice program, meaning the mailed and emailed notices plus the claims site that lets class members actually file, was expected to launch around mid-July 2026. It appears to have slipped, or been taken down after a brief launch. Preliminary approval is real and the case is moving forward in court, but as of today there is nowhere for a class member to file a claim.

If you came here looking for a working claim form, there is not one yet. Check back and watch for the official notice once the site becomes reachable.

Who Is Covered

The class, as defined in the settlement, is every person or business that purchased repair services for Deere large agricultural equipment from John Deere or an authorized Deere dealer in the United States between January 10, 2018 and May 18, 2026. Repair services here means paying Deere or a dealer for work on large ag equipment, tractors, combines, and similar machinery, not simply owning a Deere product.

If you farm or run a repair operation and paid a Deere dealer's shop rate for repair labor during that window, you are likely part of the class. Buying parts alone, or doing your own repairs without paying dealer labor, is a separate question the notice should clarify.

How Much People May Realistically Get

There is no flat payout here. The settlement pays out of the $99 million common fund on a pro rata basis, calculated from the dealer repair-labor hours a class member actually paid for. Someone who paid for a handful of dealer repair hours over the class period will recover far less than an operation that paid for hundreds of hours across several machines.

The exact per-claimant amount cannot be known until the claims deadline passes and the court knows how many valid claims were filed and how much of the fund goes to fees and costs. Treat any specific dollar figure you see online right now as a guess, not a confirmed number.

What Proof You Will Need

Because payment is based on the repair-labor hours you paid for, expect the eventual claim form to ask for documentation: dealer invoices, work orders, or repair receipts showing what you paid for repair labor during the class period. Start gathering that paperwork now, since older invoices can be harder to track down from a dealer months later.

How Filing Is Expected to Work

Once the notice program is live, class members should expect a mailed or emailed notice directing them to the official site to submit a claim online or by mail, backed by documentation of their Deere repair purchases, and filing is expected to be free. Because the real site is not live yet, this page cannot walk through the actual claim steps; when the notice appears, follow only the instructions on the site run by Angeion Group under the case number listed below, not a third-party summary.

Reported Deadlines: Not Yet Confirmed

As of late July 2026, press coverage describes a claim deadline of October 15, 2026, an opt-out or objection deadline of September 15, 2026, and a final approval hearing, where the judge decides whether to approve the deal, on October 29, 2026. These dates come from news coverage, not a live official notice we could open ourselves, so treat them as reported and expected rather than confirmed; a slipped notice launch could also push back the claims deadline itself.

Opting out and objecting are not the same choice. Opting out means leaving the class and keeping your right to sue Deere separately, but giving up any payment from this fund. Objecting means staying in the class while telling the court in writing why you think the deal is unfair; both are reported for September 15, 2026.

A Separate Case: the FTC Settlement

Do not confuse this consumer settlement with a different matter, FTC et al. v. Deere & Company (case 3:25-cv-50017), in which the Federal Trade Commission and five states sued Deere over related right-to-repair conduct and reached their own settlement in July 2026. That government enforcement action addresses Deere's business practices going forward; it does not pay individual class members and is not the $99 million fund described on this page.

Watch for Fake Deere Settlement Sites

Because the real claims site is down while people are actively searching for a John Deere settlement, this is exactly the situation scammers watch for. Do not enter your name, dealer account information, repair records, or any payment details into a website claiming to be the John Deere repair settlement unless you have confirmed it independently: check that it is administered by Angeion Group, that it actually loads at the officially announced address, DeereRepairSettlement.com, and that its case details match MDL No. 3030, case 3:22-cv-50188.

You can independently confirm the settlement's status through the public court docket for that case number. Filing a claim is expected to be free; anyone asking for payment or your Social Security number by phone or text is not the real administrator.

Taxes on a Future Payment

Whether a payment from this settlement would be taxable depends on what it compensates you for, lost income, property damage, or something else, so there is no single blanket answer. See IRS Publication 4345 for the general rules on settlement taxability, and talk to a tax professional once you know your actual payment amount.

What to Do While You Wait

Pull together Deere dealer invoices and repair work orders covering January 2018 through May 2026 so you are ready when the claim form appears, and avoid any site or caller offering to file a claim for you right now, since no legitimate claims process exists yet.