Surveyors on duty at car dealers

The Imported Motor Vehicle Industry Association (IMVIA) has warned that compliance surveyors are now on duty to check whether dealers are following the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA)'s Vehicle Fuel Economy Label (VFEL) scheme. Registered motor vehicle traders are required to display labels on vehicles for sale providing fuel economy information, and supply such information on websites offering vehicles for sale. Fuel economy information doesn’t need to be displayed for vehicle trade-ins or newspaper advertisements. Fuel efficiency ratings can be found on the NZTA RightCar website, and labels can be generated and printed on the EECA’s website. Surveyors from Market Pulse will now visit yards regularly on behalf of EECA, carrying photo ID and a letter of authority. Compliant business must display a VFEL for each vehicle clearly and prominently which can be read from a reasonable distance, and in a way that obviously relates to the vehicle. The IMVIA warns that if a VFEL is inside the car but not displayed prominently, it will be recorded and not displayed. Vehicles without the right VFEL information must be labelled as not for sale, or removed from public display.