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Brake Guard Category: Vehicle Accessory Description: An aftermarket system that purported to add antilock functions to vehicles built without ABS brakes. Page Sections: Article Index |
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| 9 May 1997 | FTC Law Judge Upholds Charges: Brake Guard Add-On Brakes Are Not ABS Judge Lewis F. Parker also has prohibited Brake Guard Products and Ed F. Jones, its director, from misrepresenting the performance characteristics of the brakes, the availability of insurance discounts resulting from installation of the brakes and their compliance with certain government standards. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topic: Brake Guard |
| 23 January 1998 | FTC Upholds Charges Against Brake Guard; Add-on Brakes are not ABS The FTC has ordered Brake Guard Products, Inc. to discontinue advertisements that claim their add-on braking system performed as effectively as factory installed antilock braking systems and has barred the company from using the term ABS in marketing their braking devices. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topic: Brake Guard |
| 31 May 2001 | FTC Seeks Civil Penalties, Consumer Redress from Aftermarket Brake Guard Products; The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U. S. District Court to permanently halt the deceptive claims of an aftermarket brake marketer, to award civil penalties for violations of an earlier FTC order barring the claims, and to order consumer redress. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topic: Brake Guard |
| 17 September 2002 | Announced Actions for September 17, 2002 The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle has entered a default judgment and order in the court matter filed against Brake Guard Products, Inc.; Brake Guard Limited Liability Company; and Kimberly Bennett in her capacity as representative of the estate of Ed F. Jones. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topic: Brake Guard |