The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration handed out a six-figure civil penalty against a Georgia Nissan dealer for selling 28 recalled vehicles that did not have the recall remedy completed at the time the new models were delivered to customers.

Regulators said they first opened an investigation on Oct. 25, 2012 against Gwinnett Place Nissan located in Duluth, Ga., after receiving information suggesting the franchised store sold and delivered at least one new vehicle to a customer without having had all required safety recall repairs performed on that vehicle.

NHTSA issued an information request to Gwinnett Place Nissan six days after beginning the investigation. Gwinnett Place Nissan responded to this request on Nov. 19. NHTSA then issued an information request to Nissan North America on March 11, 2013, and the automaker responded to this request on April 5, 2013.

The vehicles involved were Nissan Quest units from the 2011 and 2012 model years.

The agency’s investigation determined that Gwinnett Place Nissan sold and delivered 28 recalled vehicles that did not have the recall remedy completed at the time the vehicles were delivered to the customers.

Since Gwinnett Place Nissan did not contest this finding, NHTSA concluded that Gwinnett Place Nissan was liable for civil penalties for violations of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Under a settlement agreement dated Nov. 24 and recently made public by NHTSA, Gwinnett Place Nissan paid compromised civil penalties in the amount of $110,000.