#USED CAR DEALER COMPLAINT SETTLED IN PENNSYLVANIA

Latest News Dealer Settles Consumer Complaints A Pennsylvania used-car dealer has settled with the states attorney general on a number of consumer complaints. Nicholas B. Dizes, owner of Olympic Motors Inc. in Folsom, entered into an assurance of voluntary compliance, filed by the Bureau of Consumer Protection. The AVC resolves concerns that Olympic Motors failed to: sell vehicles as they were advertised; honor advertised prices of vehicles; sell vehicles that were roadworthy; inform consumers of defects in their vehicles that made them unroadworthy; deliver titles and registration to consumers in a timely manner; sell vehicles with the features that were advertised; honor warranties; make repairs to consumers' vehicles as guaranteed at the time of sale; and respond to consumers' telephone calls, complaints and refund requests. In the AVC, Olympic Motors Inc. agrees to comply with the Consumer Protection Law and the Auto Regulations, pay restitution to all consumers who have suffered losses as a result of its conduct, and pay civil penalties of $1,000 for each violation of the Consumer Protection Law and Auto Regulations and $3,000 for consumers age 60 or more.