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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC et al.
Current Parent Company: Mercedes-Benz Group
Penalty: $5,550,000
Year: 2022
Date: November 18, 2022
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Mercedes-Benz agreed to pay $2,835,000 in consumer restoration and $2,715,000 in penalties in settlement of allegations it deceptively marketed its BlueTEC vehicles as the most environmentally conscious diesel option in the world and employed a defeat device to make its vehicles emit lower levels of pollution under certain testing conditions but emit much higher levels in actual driving conditions.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Arizona Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Arizona
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: motor vehicles
Specific Industry of Current Parent: motor vehicles
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