Consumer complaint received 2021-01-12
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MO
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Account status incorrect

Complaint:
Hello Since XX/XX/XXXX, I have been trying to re-finance my home in order to shorten my mortgage at a lower rate and remove PMI from the monthly mortgage payment. I contacted 5 mortgage companies, including my current lender. 

Upon running my credit report, multiple lenders told me of a " Repossession '' and a " Repossession/redeemed  '' remark on my credit report that i was unaware of. 

The source of the " repossession '' remark is XXXX XXXX. I am a co-signer on an auto loan with my daughter through XXXX XXXX. In XX/XX/XXXX, my daughter lost her job  and ran in arrears on payments for the auto loan, which she had been making prior to that point. She did not tell me until XX/XX/XXXX that she lost her job and had been 1-2 months delinquent for several months. Once i became aware of the delinquency, I immediately contacted the lender, XXXX XXXX, and worked with them to bring the account current. 

As mentioned above, the auto was never repossessed. I have no record of any notice from XXXX threatening repossession, or any other notice with the word " repossess '' in it. Except for an engine repair, the auto has never left my possession or my daughter 's possession at any time. 

On XX/XX/XXXX, I spoke with " XXXX '' at XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX to request that XXXX XXXX provide me with a correction of the errant repossession remark on all 3 credit reports. He gave me a Reference Number for my request. XXXX told me that they had 45 days to correct the bad information. I accepted that at face value, believing that period was calendar days. 

On XX/XX/XXXX, I spoke with " XXXX '' at XXXX. XXXX said that 45 days were " business days '' and not calendar days. XXXX said he would " expedite the request '' and that I would receiving something shortly. Again, I accepted that at face value. 

On XX/XX/XXXX, I called XXXX again and spoke with " XXXX '' at XXXX. I referenced the prior conversations with XXXX and XXXX, who once again promised escalation of the matter with a written result to be sent to me. Still, I accepted that at face value too. 

On XX/XX/XXXX, I spoke with XXXX and summarized my conversations with XXXX, XXXX and XXXX. XXXX said she would send me an email that would contain information I requested. 

On XX/XX/XXXX, I received an email from XXXX. The only contents of the email were contained in a grid showing the number of times payment was recorded as " 30 Days Late '', " 60 Days Late '' and so forth. There were payments recorded more than 60 days late. 

Throughout the period of time above, and immediately prior to the referenced calls, I have used my XXXX XXXX account to monitor the content of the 2 credit bureaus listed. Each time, and even today my credit report continues to show a remark indicating repossession on the XXXX XXXX loan. Again, the vehicle was never repossessed, and to the best of my knowledge there was never a notice received that threatened repossession.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation