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FTC Settles with GM and Two Dealer Groups over Failure to Disclose Unrepaired Safety Recalls

January 29, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

General Motors (GM), Jim Koons Management and Lithia Motors Inc. have agreed to settle separate Federal Trade Commission administrative complaint allegations that each touted how rigorously they inspect their cars, yet failed to disclose that some of the used cars they were selling were subject to unrepaired safety recalls. Jim Koons Management, which has 15 dealerships in the Mid-Atlantic region, and Oregon-based Lithia Motors Inc., which has more than 100 stores in the West and Midwest, are two of the nation’s largest used car dealers.

“Safety is one of the biggest considerations for consumers shopping for a car,” said Jessica

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