Following public comment periods, the Federal Trade Commission approved final consent orders this week involving 10 dealers’ deceptive advertising charges.

Under the settlement orders, FTC officials said the dealerships are prohibited from misrepresenting in any advertisement for the purchase, financing or leasing of vehicles the cost of leasing a vehicle, the cost of purchasing a vehicle with financing, or any other material fact about the price, sale, financing or leasing of a vehicle.

When relevant, the FTC indicated consent orders also address the alleged Truth in Lending Act and Consumer Leasing Act violations by requiring the dealerships to clearly and conspicuously disclose terms required by these credit and lease laws.

In the case where the dealership misrepresented that consumers had won a prize, officials added the consent order also prohibits misrepresenting material terms of any prize, sweepstakes, giveaway, or other incentive.

The 10 dealerships are:

—Casino Auto Sales
—Courtesy Auto Group
—Honda of Hollywood
—Fowlerville Ford
—Infiniti of Clarendon Hills
—Nissan of South Atlanta
—Norm Reeves Honda Superstore
—Paramount Kia
—Rainbow Auto Sales
—Southwest Kia

The cases were part of Operation Steer Clear, a nationwide sweep focusing on misleading advertising associated with the selling, financing, and leasing of vehicles.

“Auto-related complaints remain one of the top 10 complaints to the Commission, and the sweep was part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to protect consumers in the auto marketplace,” FTC officials said.