The Federal Trade Commission issued a new rule designed to protect auto buyers from scams in the sale including advertising and financing scams together with ad on product sales. The new rule is to go into effect this summer. Requirements under the new CARS Rule...
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Dealers violate Truth-In-Lending in tight market
Dealers try to get some of the consumers to finance by quoting higher prices for cash sales and even outright refusing to sell if the dealer was not allowed to arrange the financing.
Odometer Law Violation Minimum Penalties Increased
Recent Amendment to Federal odometer Law Extends Protections to Older Cars. We wrote several years ago about the Federal Odometer Act Minimum Damages Increased to $10,000. Prior to that, the statute had specified minimum damages as $1500 Act Provisions Now Apply to...
Watch for Flooded Cars
Here at Georgia Consumer Lawyer we are familiar with flood damaged cars being sold without disclosure after Katrina, Sandy and others. Now, we urge you to watch for Florence Flooding cars being sold from the North Carolina without disclosure. It’s been about two...
Emissions Fraud – Consumer Victory
A client recently contacted us about her purchase of a 2007 Chevrolet Impala in Fulton County. This vehicle would not pass emissions prior to and after the initial sale. The client was never told this information prior to her purchase of the vehicle. The dealer knew...
Emissions Fraud Victory in Georgia
Georgia Auto Fraud Victory – Emissions A client from Jonesboro, GA contacted our office in regards to her purchase of a 2004 Kia Spectra. The dealer had told our client that nothing was wrong with the vehicle, representing the vehicle as a good running, clean vehicle....
Lemon Car Laundering-An Atlanta Story
Consumer advocates call it “lemon laundering.” It is the resale without proper disclosure of cars with a history of chronic problems which required the manufacturer to buy it back under the lemon law. This occurs all too frequently in Georgia. We have had success in...
Failure to Deliver Title or Tag
We are seeing more and more dealers fail yo deliver the tag and title paperwork they have agreed to deliver as part of the sale. Often the dealer has charged a fee for this service. The reasons dealers fail to deliver are several) they do not have the title because...
Dealer Doesn’t Deliver Title
Time and time again, used car dealers across the state of Georgia do detrimental things to consumers. Can a dealership sell a car without a title? I had a client come in who had just bought a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pick up truck. My client began to make...
Judge Finds Emissions Violation Awards Damages
One of the easiest ways for used car dealers to make profit is to purchase cheap used vehicles that have not and can not pass emissions and sell them to people as normal “clean” cars without a valid passing emissions certificate. Recently, one of our clients bought a...