Order Modifications
Consumer Protection Mission
Consumer Protection Mission (Summary)
| Title | Number | Action Date | Type of Matter | Product/Service |
| General Motors Corporation | C2966 | 12/21/95 | Deceptive Disclosure/ Labeling | Automobile Engines |
Consumer Protection Mission (Detail)
General Motors Corporation
The Commission reopened and modified the portion of a 1979 consent order that prohibited General Motors (GM) from placing the name of a car division on an engine label unless the car division also manufactured the engine. Since the order was issued, GM has implemented a series of corporate restructurings that resulted in the removal of engine production from the nameplate divisions that existed in 1979. The 1979 order settled allegations that GM engaged in unfair and deceptive practices by selling cars with engines and other equipment manufactured by a different GM division without informing purchasers. The order prohibited GM from misrepresenting the availability of any standard or optional equipment and prohibited GM from displaying a division's name on an engine unless the engine was manufactured by that division. The Commission modified the order to allow GM to display brand nameplates on engines that are materially different from those displaying all other brand nameplates.