Florida Dealer Fees FDUTPA: 3 Violations That Cost You
Florida dealer fees and FDUTP A violations have been a fixture of consumer protection litigation in this state for years. On March 13, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission sent warning letters to 97 auto dealership groups across the country, finally drawing federal attention to practices Florida law has prohibited for decades. The message was direct: advertised prices must be the total price a consumer will pay, mandatory fees included, full stop. The letters flagged advertising prices that exclude required fees, mandatory add-ons buried in the contract, prices conditioned on dealer financing, and vehicles listed at prices that vanish by the time you sit down to sign. If you follow consumer protection law at all, none of that should surprise you. Florida has had statutes on the books for decades doing exactly this. The FTC action isn’t new law it’s the federal government reminding an industry that thinks it’s been operating in a gray area that the gray area never existed. Florida...