New-car dealerships have sold “hundreds” of cars without completing mandatory recall work at the time of sale, ABC News reported during an investigative segment today on “Good Morning America.”
The segment used a hidden camera at a Chevrolet dealership in New Jersey that sold a new vehicle that had been recalled but had not been fixed. “Good Morning America” has an average audience of about 6 million viewers a day, according to Nielsen figures.
It is against federal law for a dealership to deliver a new vehicle with a potential safety defect, including one under recall, until the defect is remedied.
The report showed an ABC News producer who went undercover and purchased a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado with an open recall.
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