Prop 65 Benchmark

Automotive: Proposition 65 notices and settlements

Notices about products in the category Automotive, and what they settled for.

Notices
1,008
25% withdrawn
Recorded settlements
156
20% of active notices
Median total payment
$19,000
range $3,000 to $215,000, n=156
Median days to settlement
n/a
from notice filing date
PaymentMedianMiddle halfRangeSample
Civil penalty$4,000$3,000 to $6,000$100 to $38,500156
Attorney fees and costs$16,000$10,000 to $19,000$0 to $189,000156
Total payments$19,000$14,900 to $23,000$3,000 to $215,000156

Settlements that ended in reformulation: 9%. Settlements that ended in warnings: 99%. A settlement reported under several notice numbers is counted once.

Most common chemicals

ChemicalsNotices
Unleaded gasoline (wholly vaporized)915
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)50
Lead25
Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP)9
Diisononyl phthalate (DINP)7
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