The Consumer Affairs Agency has ordered Mercedes-Benz's Japanese subsidiary to make false statements in the Japanese catalogs of some cars from the German luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz, which violate the Act on Unjustifiable Representations. The company ordered them to pay a fine of over 1.23 billion yen.
This is the highest fine ever for violating the Act on Unjustifiable Premiums and Representations.
The order was received by Mercedes-Benz Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of German luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz.
According to the Consumer Affairs Agency, it shows part of the Japanese sales and advertising catalog for the GLA and GLB models, of which 16,000 units have been sold in Japan so far, as well as the equipment of the two models. There were some statements in the booklet that were different from the actual information.
Specifically, features such as the ability to automatically start driving when traffic eases and the ability to automatically change lanes by simply flashing the turn signal are listed as ``standard equipment'' even though they actually do not function unless you subscribe to other options. I was doing things like
The Consumer Affairs Agency had issued an order to Mercedes-Benz Japan to take measures to prevent recurrence, saying that such representations violated the Act on Unjustifiable Representations, but on the 12th, the company ordered Mercedes-Benz Japan to pay a fine of 1,230,970,000 yen. I ordered.
This is the highest fine ever for violating the Act on Unjustifiable Representations and Unjustifiable Representations.
Mercedes-Benz Japan stated, ``We will continue to ensure thorough compliance with laws and regulations, strengthen our management system, and strive to prevent recurrence.''