Car dealerships engage in various conduct that triggers the protection of consumer fraud statutes as well as common law principles. Examples of unscrupulous dealership conduct by their salesman: selling a "lemon" to a consumer (a car that was previously damaged, wrecked, or otherwise defective and one that should not be on the road); Financing fraud where a dealership engages in strong arm or high pressure sales tactics to "close a deal" sometimes completely unaffordable to the consumer; Baiting a consumer and switching the terms of the contracts to which they never agreed; "Spot delivering" or doing a "yo-yo sale" of a vehicle, where a dealership relinquishes the vehicle to the consumer and then calls him or her back to return the vehicle because they allegedly have to agree to a higher rate to obtain financing for the car; Failing to disclose certain terms of a loan contract that are required by Federal and State Law; Threatening or otherwise harassing a consumer to induce him or her to enter into a contract; Taking advantage of the elderly in a car sales contract; Using a fraudulent contest or sweepstakes scheme to induce the consumer to come to the dealership and to enter a contract to which they never agreed; and other such illicit practices to improperly induce a consumer into purchasing a vehicle.

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