Federal Trade Commission

FTC Petitioned to Halt Enterprise’s Deadly Practice of Renting Defective Vehicles

Immediate Release: August 9, 2010

     Two auto safety advocacy groups, joined by the mother of two girls killed in the crash of a defective vehicle knowingly rented to them by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, today petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to take action to stop Enterprise and its owner company from renting out recalled but unrepaired vehicles to customers.

August 9, 2010
FTC and Budget Rent-A-Car Consent Decree

113 F.T.C. 1109, 1990 WL 10012589 (F.T.C.)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (F.T.C.)

In the Matter of
 BUDGET
 RENT A CAR CORPORATION

CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO ALLEGED VIOLATION OF SEC. 5 OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT
Docket C–3316

Complaint, December 27, 1990

Decision, December 27, 1990

June 24, 2010
CAS Seeks FTC Action Against Mercedes on Requiring Consumers to Buy $3,600 Computer to Get Replacement Keys: Investigation of Other Auto Makers Sought on Smart Key Monopoly

 

May 17, 2006
THE MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY ACT: AN OVERVIEW

THE MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY ACT– AN OVERVIEW

In 1975 Congress adopted a piece of landmark legislation, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. The Act was designed to prevent manufacturers from drafting grossly unfair consumer warranties and to make it economically viable for consumers to bring warranty suits by providing for the award of attorney’s fees. States built on the themes of the Magnuson-Moss Act by later passing their own lemon laws.

January 21, 2003