Two Oxnard car dealerships, charged two years ago with making several false and misleading claims in advertisements, have agreed to pay state fines of almost $6,000 each, the state Department of Motor Vehicles announced Thursday.
Without admitting any wrongdoing, Mike Wallace Ford, formerly known as Pacific Coast Ford, and Pacific Coast Nissan will pay $5,000 fines, plus $962 apiece in investigative costs, according to the department's Bureau of Investigation.
The North Oxnard Boulevard dealerships, which are both owned by Oxnard businessman Mike Wallace, will pay the fines instead of closing their doors for five days--an alternative penalty recommended.
The state action stems from a series of consumer complaints and bureau investigations from 1990 through 1993, state investigator Richard Cathcart said.
