Consumer complaint received 2021-01-22
Company: Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.
State: TX
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Auto debt
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
Sub-issue: Seized or attempted to seize your property

Complaint:
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, TX XXXX Re : Santander/XXXX and XXXX XXXX Thank you for taking the time to review the complaint Attorney General on behalf of Santander/Chrysler Capital.XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX salesman who performed unfair deceptive sales practices regarding the XXXX XXXX XXXX. During the period of the loan, payments were rendered as agreed. During the final year of the contract, the vehicle began to generate a cost for a series of repairs. Developing trust with XXXX XXXX made contact for advice, and possibly purchasing another vehicle. Being instructed to get rid of the vehicle and obtain a new one. The vehicle was returned as instructed, however ; a voluntary repossession was reported to all major credit profiles. Attorney General, if you review my payment history again, I remained complaint throughout the entire contract with additional fees as paid online. Placing a burden to compromise my credit along with my creditworthiness after having an exceptional payment history is disturbing. To be a victim of predatory lending practices, DTPA and the OCC are reasonings for a full investigation. To see a voluntary repossession on my credit profile not once did Santander questioned the return of the previous vehicle. To add insult to injury was served as a debt citation. and received no other correspondence regarding a balance owed prior. With the continuation of aggressive phone calls from XXXX XXXX XXXX, customer service reps falsely implied that they were a law firm working for attorneys, along with using scare tactics to retain debt. Continuing with depletion of credit and creditworthiness, a notice of a judgment for a balance. Several months later, I received a notice that judgment was placed against me for the balance owed. Attorney General, many laws were broken with the series of events that occurred : According to the law. In section 17.41 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Act ( DTPA ) protects the consumers against false, misleading, and deceptive business and insurance practices, unconscionable actions, and breaches of warranty. For XXXX XXXX to mislead and deceive me to gain a sale is against the law. Also, according to the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner, holders includes sellers who assign or transfer RICs and acceptance companies and related finance companies that acquire RICs. Chrysler Capital/Santander, License # XXXX at the address of XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX TX XXXX is in a surrendered status. According to the OCCC, a creditor has failed to send a notification of disposition and has not provided a written relinquishment of the balance after disposition. Sued without any notifications from the courts or balanced owed. In addition, license # XXXX at the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX Tx XXXX -neither location holds an active motor vehicle sales finance license and probably was in surrendered status during the time I purchased and paid monthly payments on my vehicle. The lending practices of Chrysler Capital/Santander victimize low-income consumers such as me. During my time of possession of the vehicle, I have gotten several robocalls to collect in violation of the TCPA.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation