New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman reached settlements with 104 franchised and independent dealerships, according to an announcement released on Friday.

Empire State officials said vehicles were sold to New Yorkers without disclosing that the units were under recall for “dangerous unrepaired safety issues” such as unintended acceleration, airbag problems, vehicle fires, steering and brake loss and more.

New York’s top law enforcement official indicated the settlement also requires the dealers to provide consumers with advance notice of any existing and unrepaired recall, among other measures.

An investigation by the AG’s office identified dealers that advertised vehicles with unrepaired safety recalls, and officials monitored vehicles covered by safety recalls

As part of the settlements, the participating dealers are required to adhere to a set of guidelines in order to alert consumers that their vehicles may have unrepaired recalls, including the following:  

• Dealers that advertise used vehicles online must include information that enables consumers to check the recall status of advertised vehicles; that information includes the SaferCar.gov website operated by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

• Dealers who advertise in print or other media must also disclose in the advertisement that the vehicle is subject to a safety recall.  

• Dealers must place a decal notice in the window of used cars that include information that allows consumers to check the recall status of the vehicles, including the SaferCar.gov website and mobile application operated by NHTSA.

• Two days prior to any sale, dealers must provide consumers with a copy of the NHTSA recall status report for a vehicle with an unrepaired safety recall, and obtain a written acknowledgment from the consumer.

• Dealers must send notices to customers who have purchased vehicles with unrepaired safety recalls that are still unrepaired, from January 2016 to present. Manufacturers’ franchise dealers must also cover up to five days of a loaner car for consumers if their vehicle requires repairs that will take longer than one day.

Each dealer will also pay a fine of $1,000 to New York State.

“The safety recalls we uncovered were serious — and potentially deadly,” Schneiderman said. “Consumers deserve to know of any unresolved safety issues before buying a car for themselves or their family. I am pleased that thanks to our investigation and today's settlement, more New Yorkers will finally receive the critical safety information they need to make an informed decision.

“I encourage all auto dealerships across the state to follow our guidelines to ensure that they too uphold the highest standards of consumer safety. This is an important first step towards making all cars on New York’s roads safer,” he added.

The list of 104 dealerships is as follows, broken down by the AG regional offices that reached the settlements.

BINGHAMTON REGIONAL OFFICE – 15

1. Butler Auto Sales, Sidney
2. Chambers & O’Hara Truck Center, Sidney
3. North Norwich Motors & Trailer Sales, North Norwich
4. SHB Associates LLC (Serafini Nissan Volvo), Vestal
5. VanDervort Service Center, Vestal
6. Ridge Road Imports, Lansing
7. Milller Motor Car Corp., Vestal
8. Royal Ford, Royal Chrysler, Owego
9. Gault Auto Mall, Endicott
10. Gene Balmer’s Auto Sales, Elmira
11. Jeff Kies Auto Sales, Apalachin

BROOKLYN REGIONAL OFFICE – 2

1. Compass Luxor
2. Hamilton Avenue Auto Sales

BUFFALO REGIONAL OFFICE – 12

1. Basil Ford
2. SCGA Holdings, LLC DBA Castilone Chrysler Dodge Jeep & Ram
3. CrazyCheapCars
4. Northtown Automotive Companies
5. Landmark Chevrolet
6. Olean Class Cars
7. Ontario Sales
8. Pellegrino Auto Sales
9. Riverfront Auto Sales
10. Shults Management Group
11. Superior Auto Sales
12. V&A Enterprises, DBA Buffalo Auto Group

HARLEM REGIONAL OFFICE – 4

1. Best Auto Group, Bronx
2. Boston Road Best Motors, Bronx
3. New York Motors Group Solutions, Bronx
4. Manhattan Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, New York

NASSAU REGIONAL OFFICE – 1

1. LA Auto Sales

POUGHKEEPSIE REGIONAL OFFICE – 5

1. Hudson Valley Auto Sales
2. Ruge’s Automotive
3. Autos by Joseph
4. Frank Siena Auto Sales

ROCHESTER REGIONAL OFFICE – 16

1. Auction Direct USA
2. Best Value Auto
3. Cavallaro Neubauer Chevrolet Buick
4. Doan Buick
5. Doan Chevrolet
6. Doan Kia
7. Good Buy Auto
8. J & J Auto
9. Pioneer Truck Sales
10. Pool Auto Sales
11. Ralph Honda
12. Santa Motors
13. Stone Road Auto
14. Tiffany Transportation Services
15. Websmart Auto
16. Websmart Imports

SYRACUSE REGIONAL OFFICE – 25

1. Bill Rapp (2 Dealerships)
2. Bridgeland Auto Brokers
3. Cortland Used Cars
4. Liverpool World Car
5. Par-K Enterprises
6. TDK Property Company of Oneida,
7. TDK Property Co.
8. TRK-2 Operating Company
9. Tecforce Automotive, LLC
10. Drivers Village (13 Dealerships)

WATERTOWN REGIONAL OFFICE – (15)

1. FX Caprara Dealerships (14 Dealerships)
2. Waite Motor Sales

WESTCHESTER REGIONAL OFFICE (8)

1. JC Lopez Auto Sales, Port Chester
2. Croton Auto Park, Croton-on-Hudson
3. New Rochelle Chevrolet, New Rochelle
4. The Rivera Auto Group, Inc. d/b/a Rivera Toyota, Mt. Kisco
5. Rockland Motors, West Nyack
6. Rye Subaru, Rye
7. Saw Mill Auto Sales, Yonkers
8. Westchester Auto Exchange, Cortlandt Manor