{{Short description|Federally mandated automobile price and information label in the United States}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

[[File:2012 Chevrolet Volt window sticker 01 2012 0483.jpg|thumb|Complete Monroney sticker for a 2012 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid]]

The '''Monroney sticker''', '''window sticker''', or '''Automobile Information Disclosure label''' is a label required by federal law to be affixed on every new passenger car and light-duty truck sold in the United States. It lists the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP), standard and optional equipment, destination charge, fuel-economy ratings, safety ratings, and certain environmental metrics. The label is named for Senator Mike Monroney (D-Oklahoma), who sponsored the 1958 legislation that created the requirement.

== Legislative background == In 1955 Monroney's Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce subcommittee investigated dealer practices that hid a car's true price behind inflated "list" figures and undisclosed fees.<ref name="seyfarth">{{cite web |last1=Bigelow |first1=Brandon L. |last2=Wilson |first2=Dallin R. |title="Monroney Stickers" and Protecting Car Buyers From Fraud in the Age of Online Motor Vehicle Sales |url=https://www.seyfarth.com/news-insights/monroney-stickers-and-protecting-car-buyers-from-fraud-in-the-age-of-online-motor-vehicle-sales.html |website=Seyfarth Shaw |date=August 19, 2019 |access-date=May 11, 2025}}</ref>

To give purchasers reliable information, he introduced the Automobile Information Disclosure Act of 1958. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed it on July 7, 1958 ({{USPL|85|506}}), and it took effect on January 1, 1959.<ref name="PL85-506">{{cite web |title=Public Law 85-506 |url=https://uscode.house.gov/statutes/pl/85/506.pdf |publisher=U.S. Government Publishing Office |access-date=May 11, 2025}}</ref>

The law—codified at {{USC|15|1231}}, {{USC|15|1232}}, and {{USC|15|1233}}—covers vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of {{convert|8,500|lb|kg|abbr=on}} or less and seating for no more than twelve. Motorcycles, heavy-duty trucks, and buses are exempt. Selling a covered vehicle without an accurate sticker, or altering it, can incur civil penalties of up to $1,000 per vehicle and criminal sanctions for willful violations.<ref name="NHTSA-LabelFacts">{{cite web |title=Facts About Monroney Labels |url=https://www.nhtsa.gov/corporate-average-fuel-economy/fuel-economy-and-environment-label |publisher=National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |access-date=May 11, 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Mike Monroney.jpg|thumb|upright|Senator Mike Monroney, for whom the Monroney Sticker is named.]]

== Evolution of label content == The original 1959 label showed only the MSRP, equipment, and destination charge. In the 1970s, EPA city and highway fuel-economy estimates were added after the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. For the 2008 model year, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 required greenhouse-gas and smog scores to appear alongside fuel-economy figures. For the 2013 model year, a joint EPA–NHTSA rule introduced the “Fuel Economy and Environment” label. New elements include miles-per-gallon equivalent (MPGe) for alternative-fuel vehicles, gallons or kilowatt-hours per 100&nbsp;mi, a five-year fuel-cost estimate, and a QR code linking to fueleconomy.gov for region-specific data.<ref name="EPA-2011">{{cite web |title=Fuel Economy and Environment Labels for a New Generation of Vehicles (EPA-420-F-11-017) |url=https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi/P100BAV0.PDF?Dockey=P100BAV0.PDF |publisher=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |date=May 2011 |access-date=May 11, 2025}}</ref>

[[File:1971 AMC Gremlin AMO 2015 show - all original 6of6.jpg|thumb|upright|Original 1971 American Motors window sticker]]

== Required information == Manufacturers must affix the label to a side window or windshield before the vehicle leaves the factory. A compliant Monroney sticker must display the following information.

* Make, model, trim, engine, transmission, and vehicle identification number * Manufacturer's suggested retail price and destination charge * Standard equipment and warranty coverage * Factory-installed options with individual prices * Environmental Protection Agency city, highway, and combined fuel-economy ratings—or combined MPGe for electrified vehicles * National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crash-test ratings (if available) * Greenhouse-gas and smog-forming emissions scores * Five-year fuel-cost comparison with the average new vehicle * QR code directing users to fueleconomy.gov

== See also == * Fuel economy in automobiles * Corporate Average Fuel Economy * Vehicle emission standard

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category|Monroney sticker}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2010-title15/html/USCODE-2010-title15-chap28.htm |title=United States Code, Chapter 28 — Disclosure of Automobile Information |access-date=May 11, 2025}} * {{cite news |last=Peele |first=Robert |title=The Senator Behind the Window Sticker |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/automobiles/04MONRONEY.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 2, 2009 |access-date=May 11, 2025}}

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