Consumer complaint received 2019-03-16
Company: ALLY FINANCIAL INC.
State: VA
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report
Sub-issue: Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize

Complaint:
We bought a car from XXXX on XXXX in XXXX. When we arrived on the car lot we informed them we were looking for a safe reliable family vacation vehicle. We also let them know our two year old would ride in it daily so we needed it to be safe. We left with a XXXX XXXX XXXX. Two weeks into having the vehicle we noticed it wasn't driving right. We took it To our mechanic who said there was an extreme oil leak and an extreme differential leak. We didnt believe it since it had just passed inspection 2 weeks before we purchased it. We took it to two other mechanics who stated the same thing to us. We contacted XXXX and they told us to take it to there approved vendor to get looked at. There vendor said he didnt see the oil or differential leak. He was also the same person who passed the inspection on it. He kept the vehicle for about two days to make some repairs and gave it back to us and said it was good. We thought the car was fixed until two months later there was smoke coming from the hood of the car. We took it back to our mechanic who said if anything was fixed he wouldnt be able to tell since it was all used parts on the vehicle. He stated it still had an extreme oil leak, differential leak and also a transmission leak as well. We had a state trooper look at the car with the mechanic who said the vehicle is life threatening to drive and there is no way it should have passed inspection. The trooper said since it has been so long since we purchased the vehicle he wouldnt be able to issue the citation but he would have a talk with the approved vendor about it passing it when it should not have been. At this point we contacted XXXX and told them everything and they said they would have a tow truck come pick the vehicle up and they would look it over again. After looking it over they decided to allow us to come look for a different vehicle at XXXX on XXXX XXXX. When we arrived the first vehicle we looked at had a crack in the windshield. We asked how it passed inspection like that and we were told it must have just happened that day. We were not feeling good about getting another vehicle from them and was already advised by XXXX on XXXX XXXX that the XXXX location stated they were going to pay off the XXXX XXXX loan. So we thought we were done with them until I got an email from XXXX stating they dont know who stated that but they were wrong and we would have to pick another vehicle from them. We found another vehicle and had it checked out by our mechanic before returning to the XXXX location to make the switch. Then we were advised it had been to long since the first loan so they couldn't switch out the vehicle and would have to pay off the old loan and make a new loan. Now I have 8 hard inquires on my credit report. I dont know why since all of this was over ONE vehicle that was sold to us. My family is trying to buy a house and this is going to hurt us now.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation