Auto Sales Abuses

Consumers trying to buy a car are vulnerable to a host of predatory sales practices including high-pressure sales tactics, overpriced and often worthless add-ons, and deception through the use of electronic contracting. Dealers may misrepresent a car’s mileage, condition, prior use, and features, or purport to sell a consumer a car at a certain price with certain financing, only to revoke the deal a few days later and demand different terms (yo-yo sales). NCLC works to bring transparency and fairness to auto sales.

Comments to the FTC Addressing Auto Sale Add-ons, Price and Financing Disclosures, Yo-Yo sales, and More

September 12, 2022

Access to a safe, affordable vehicle is increasingly limited for many consumers by sharply rising prices, burdensome accompanying debt obligations, and problematic dealer practices.

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Automobile Fraud

NCLC’s treatise on odometer tampering, lemon laundering, and concealment of salvage or other adverse history. Winning investigation and litigation techniques for obtaining punitive damages, rescission, treble damages, or $10,000 statutory damages, and attorney fees.

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