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Exhibit 10.2

 

SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

by and among

SANTANDER DRIVE AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2010-1,

as Issuer

SANTANDER DRIVE AUTO RECEIVABLES LLC,

as Seller

SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC.,

as Servicer

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Indenture Trustee

Dated as of May 26, 2010

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND USAGE
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1.1 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	SECTION 1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF TRANSFERRED ASSETS
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.1 Conveyance of Transferred Assets
	 	 	2	 
	SECTION 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Seller as to each Receivable
	 	 	2	 
	SECTION 2.3 Repurchase upon Breach
	 	 	2	 
	SECTION 2.4 Custody of Receivable Files
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES AND TRUST PROPERTY
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.1 Duties of Servicer
	 	 	5	 
	SECTION 3.2 Collection of Receivable Payments
	 	 	6	 
	SECTION 3.3 Repossession of Financed Vehicles
	 	 	7	 
	SECTION 3.4 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles
	 	 	8	 
	SECTION 3.5 Covenants of Servicer
	 	 	8	 
	SECTION 3.6 Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach
	 	 	8	 
	SECTION 3.7 Servicing Fee
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 3.8 Servicer’s Certificate
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 3.9 Annual Officer’s Certificate; Notice of Servicer Replacement Event
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 3.10 Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Report
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 3.11 Servicer Expenses
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 3.12 Insurance
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 3.13 1934 Act Filings
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS; ACCOUNTS STATEMENTS TO THE RESIDUAL INTERESTHOLDERS AND THE NOTEHOLDERS
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.1 Establishment of Accounts
	 	 	11	 
	SECTION 4.2 Remittances
	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 4.3 Additional Deposits and Payments
	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 4.4 Distributions
	 	 	14	 
	SECTION 4.5 Net Deposits
	 	 	15	 
	SECTION 4.6 Statements to Noteholders and Residual Interestholders
	 	 	15	 
	SECTION 4.7 No Duty to Confirm
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V THE SELLER
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller
	 	 	17	 
	SECTION 5.2 Liability of Seller; Indemnities
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 5.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller
	 	 	19	 

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	SECTION 5.4 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others
	 	 	19	 
	SECTION 5.5 Seller May Own Notes
	 	 	19	 
	SECTION 5.6 Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 5.7 Compliance with Organizational Documents
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 5.8 Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI THE SERVICER
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.1 Representations of Servicer
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 6.2 Indemnities of Servicer
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 6.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of,
Servicer 
	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 6.4 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 6.5 Delegation of Duties
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 6.6 Santander Consumer Not to Resign as Servicer
	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 6.7 Servicer May Own Notes
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII TERMINATION OF SERVICER
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.1 Termination of Servicer
	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 7.2 Notification to Noteholders
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII OPTIONAL PURCHASE
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.1 Optional Purchase of Trust Estate
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.1 Amendment
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 9.2 Protection of Title
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 9.3 Other Liens or Interests
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 9.4 Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 9.5 Information Requests.
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 9.6 Notices, Etc.
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 9.7 Choice of Law
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 9.8 Headings
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 9.9 Counterparts
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 9.10 Waivers
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 9.11 Entire Agreement
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 9.12 Severability of Provisions
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 9.13 Binding Effect
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 9.14 Acknowledgment and Agreement
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 9.15 Cumulative Remedies
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 9.16 Nonpetition Covenant
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 9.17 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 9.18 Limitation of Liability
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 9.19 Third-Party Beneficiaries
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 9.20 Regulation AB
	 	 	32	 

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	SECTION 9.21 Information to Be Provided by the Indenture Trustee
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 9.22 Form 8-K Filings
	 	 	34	 
	Schedule I Representations and Warranties
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule II Notice Addresses
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit A Form of Assignment pursuant to Sale and Servicing Agreement
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit B Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit C Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Indenture Trustee’s Assessment
of Compliance
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit D Form of Indenture Trustee’s Annual Certification
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Appendix A Definitions
	 	 	 	 

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     SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of May 26, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified and in effect from time to time, this “Agreement”), by and among SANTANDER DRIVE
AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2010-1, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), SANTANDER DRIVE
AUTO RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as seller (the “Seller”),
SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC., an Illinois corporation (“Santander Consumer”), as servicer
(in such capacity, the “Servicer”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).

     WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase from the Seller a portfolio of motor vehicle
receivables, including motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts and/or installment loans
that are secured by new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks;

     WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell such portfolio of motor vehicle receivables and related
property to the Issuer; and

     WHEREAS, Santander Consumer is willing to service such motor vehicle receivables and related
property on behalf of the Issuer;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained,
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND USAGE

     SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may
otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in
Appendix A hereto, which also contains rules as to usage that are applicable herein.

     SECTION 1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the
context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement, and
accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under GAAP (provided, that, to the extent that the
definitions in this Agreement and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Agreement shall control);
(b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not
otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words “hereof,”
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule,
Appendix or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Appendices and Exhibits in or
to this Agreement and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within
any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such
Section or definition; (e) the term “including” and all variations thereof means “including without
limitation”; (f) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, references to any law or regulation
refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or
regulation; (g) references to any Person include that Person’s successors and assigns; and

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(h) headings are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or
interpretation of any provision hereof.

ARTICLE II

CONVEYANCE OF TRANSFERRED ASSETS

     SECTION 2.1 Conveyance of Transferred Assets. In consideration of the Issuer’s sale
and delivery to, or upon the order of, the Seller of all of the Notes and the Residual Interest on
the Closing Date, the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to
the Issuer without recourse (subject to the obligations herein) all right, title and interest of
the Seller, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to and under the Transferred Assets,
identified in an Assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit A delivered on the Closing
Date. The sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance made hereunder does not constitute and is not
intended to result in an assumption by the Issuer of any obligation of the Seller or the applicable
Originator to the Obligors, the Dealers or any other Person in connection with the Receivables or
the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related
thereto.

     SECTION 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Seller as to each Receivable. On
the date hereof, the Seller hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth on
Schedule I to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as to the Receivables sold, transferred,
assigned, and otherwise conveyed to the Issuer under this Agreement on which such representations
and warranties the Issuer relies in acquiring the Receivables. The representations and warranties
as to each Receivable shall survive the Grant of the Receivables by the Issuer to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary contained herein
or in any other Transaction Document, the Seller shall not be required to notify any insurer with
respect to any Insurance Policy obtained by an Obligor or to notify any Dealer about any aspect of
the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

     SECTION 2.3 Repurchase upon Breach. Upon discovery by or notice to any party hereto
of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.2 with
respect to any Receivable at the time such representations and warranties were made which
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders, the party
discovering such breach or receiving such notice shall give prompt written notice thereof to the
other parties hereto; provided, that delivery of the Servicer’s Certificate shall be deemed
to constitute prompt notice by the Servicer, the Seller and the Issuer of such breach;
provided, further, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect any
obligation of the Seller hereunder. If the breach materially and adversely affects the interests
of the Issuer or the Noteholders in such Receivable, then the Seller shall either (a) correct or
cure such breach or (b) repurchase such Receivable from the Issuer, in either case on or before the
Payment Date following the end of the Collection Period which includes the 60th day
after the date the Seller became aware or was notified of such breach. Any such breach or failure
will not be deemed to have a material and adverse effect if such breach or failure does not affect
the ability of the Issuer to receive and retain timely payment in full on such Receivable. Any
such purchase by the Seller shall be at a price equal to the related Repurchase Price. In
consideration for such repurchase, the Seller shall make (or shall cause to be made) a payment to
the Issuer equal to the Repurchase Price by

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depositing such amount into the Collection Account prior to noon, New York City time on such
date of repurchase. Upon payment of such Repurchase Price by the Seller, the Indenture Trustee, on
behalf of the Noteholders, and the Issuer shall release and shall execute and deliver such
instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse or representation, as
may be reasonably requested by the Seller to evidence such release, transfer or assignment or more
effectively vest in the Seller or its designee all of the Issuer’s and Indenture Trustee’s rights
in any Receivable and related Transferred Assets repurchased pursuant to this Section 2.3.
It is understood and agreed that the right to cause the Seller to repurchase (or to enforce the
obligations of Santander Consumer under the Purchase Agreement to repurchase) any Receivable as
described above shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee will have any duty to
conduct an affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase
of any Receivable pursuant to this Section 2.3.

     SECTION 2.4 Custody of Receivable Files.

     (a) Custody. To assure uniform quality in servicing the Receivables and to reduce
administrative costs, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, upon the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, hereby revocably appoint the Servicer, and the Servicer hereby accepts such appointment,
to act as the agent of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as custodian of the following documents
or instruments, which are hereby or will hereby be constructively delivered to the Indenture
Trustee (or its agent or designee), as pledgee of the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture with respect
to each Receivable (but only to the extent applicable to such Receivable and only to the extent
held in tangible paper form or electronic form) (the “Receivable Files”):

	 	(i)	 	the fully executed original, electronically authenticated
original or authoritative copy of the Contract (in each case within the meaning
of the UCC) related to such Receivable, including any written amendments or
extensions thereto;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the original Certificate of Title or, if not yet received,
evidence that an application therefore has been submitted with the appropriate
authority, a guaranty of title from a Dealer or such other document (electronic
or otherwise, as used in the applicable jurisdiction) that the Servicer keeps
on file, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, evidencing the
security interest of the applicable Originator in the Financed Vehicle;
provided, however, that in lieu of being held in the Receivable
File, the Certificate of Title may be held by a third party service provider
engaged by the Servicer to obtain and/or hold Certificates of Title; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any and all other documents that the Servicer or the Seller
keeps on file, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, relating
to a Receivable, an Obligor or a Financed Vehicle.

     (b) Safekeeping. The Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, shall hold the
Receivable Files for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. In performing its duties
as custodian, the Servicer shall act in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices. The

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Servicer will promptly report to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee any failure on its part
to hold a material portion of the Receivable Files and maintain its accounts, records, and computer
systems as herein provided or promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such failure. Nothing
herein will be deemed to require an initial review or any periodic review by the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee of the Receivable Files. The Servicer may, in accordance with its Customary
Servicing Practices, (i) maintain all or a portion of the Receivable Files in electronic form and
(ii) maintain custody of all or any portion of the Receivable Files with one or more of its agents
or designees.

     (c) Maintenance of and Access to Records. The Servicer will maintain each Receivable
File in the United States (it being understood that the Receivable Files, or any part thereof, may
be maintained at the offices of any Person to whom the Servicer has delegated responsibilities in
accordance with Section 6.5). The Servicer will make available to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee or their duly authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors a list of
locations of the Receivable Files upon request. The Servicer will provide access to the Receivable
Files, and the related accounts records, and computer systems maintained by the Servicer at such
times as the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee direct, but only upon reasonable notice and during the
normal business hours at the respective offices of the Servicer.

     (d) Release of Documents. Upon written instructions from the Indenture Trustee, the
Servicer will release or cause to be released any document in the Receivable Files to the Indenture
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee’s agent or the Indenture Trustee’s designee, as the case may be, at
such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may designate, as soon thereafter as is practicable.
Any document so released will be handled by the Indenture Trustee with due care and returned to the
Servicer for safekeeping as soon as the Indenture Trustee or its agent or designee, as the case may
be, has no further need therefor.

     (e) Instructions; Authority to Act. All instructions from the Indenture Trustee will
be in writing and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Indenture Trustee, and the Servicer will
be deemed to have received proper instructions with respect to the Receivable Files upon its
receipt of such written instructions.

     (f) Custodian’s Indemnification. Subject to Section 6.2, the Servicer as
custodian will indemnify the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs, or expenses of any kind whatsoever that
may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee as the
result of any improper act or omission in any way relating to the maintenance and custody by the
Servicer as custodian of the Receivable Files; provided, however, that the Servicer
will not be liable to (i) to the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer for any portion of any such amount
resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee or the
Issuer, respectively, or (ii) to the Indenture Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting
from the failure of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee’s agent or the Indenture Trustee’s
designee to handle with due care any Certificate of Title or other document released to the
Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee’s agent or the Indenture Trustee’s designee pursuant to
Section 2.4(d).

     (g) Effective Period and Termination. The Servicer’s appointment as custodian will
become effective as of the Cut-Off Date and will continue in full force and effect until

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terminated pursuant to this Section. If Santander Consumer resigns as Servicer in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement or if all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer have
been terminated under Section 7.1, the appointment of the Servicer as custodian hereunder
may be terminated by the Indenture Trustee, or by the Noteholders of Notes evidencing not less than
a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance, in the same manner as the Indenture Trustee or such
Noteholders may terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under Section 7.1. As
soon as practicable after any termination of such appointment, the Servicer will deliver to the
Indenture Trustee (or, at the direction of the Indenture Trustee, to its agent) the Receivable
Files and the related accounts and records maintained by the Servicer at such place or places as
the Indenture Trustee may reasonably designate.

ARTICLE III

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF

RECEIVABLES AND TRUST PROPERTY

     SECTION 3.1 Duties of Servicer.

     (a) The Servicer is hereby appointed by the Issuer and authorized to act as agent for the
Issuer and in such capacity shall manage, service, administer and make collections on the
Receivables, and perform the other actions required by the Servicer under this Agreement. The
Servicer agrees that its servicing of the Receivables will be carried out in accordance with its
Customary Servicing Practices, using the degree of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises
with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that it services for itself or others.
The Servicer’s duties will include collection and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries
of Obligors on such Receivables, investigating delinquencies, sending invoices or payment coupons
to Obligors, reporting any required tax information to Obligors, accounting for Collections and
furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Indenture Trustee with respect to distributions and
performing the other duties specified herein. The Servicer is not required under the Transaction
Documents to make any disbursements via wire transfer or otherwise on behalf of an Obligor. There
are no requirements under the Receivables or the Transaction Documents for funds to be, and funds
shall not be, held in trust for an Obligor. No payments or disbursements shall be made by the
Servicer on behalf of the Obligor. The Servicer hereby accepts such appointment and authorization
and agrees to perform the duties of Servicer with respect to the Receivables set forth herein.

     (b) The Servicer will follow its Customary Servicing Practices and will have full power and
authority to do any and all things in connection with such managing, servicing, administration and
collection that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of
itself, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the Residual
Interestholders, or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or
partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to such
Receivables or to the Financed Vehicles securing such Receivables. The Servicer is hereby
authorized to commence, in its own name or in the name of the Issuer, a legal proceeding to enforce
a Receivable or to commence or participate in any other legal proceeding (including a bankruptcy
proceeding) relating to or involving a Receivable, an Obligor or a

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Financed Vehicle. If the Servicer commences a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable, the
Issuer will thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned such Receivable to the Servicer
solely for purposes of commencing or participating in any such proceeding as a party or claimant,
and the Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Issuer to execute and deliver in the Servicer’s
name any notices, demands, claims, complaints, responses, affidavits or other documents or
instruments in connection with any such proceeding. If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding
it is held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable on the ground that it is not a real party
in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Receivable, the Issuer will, at the Servicer’s
expense and direction, take steps to enforce the Receivable, including bringing suit in its name or
the name of the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer will furnish the Servicer with any powers of
attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry
out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Servicer, at its expense, will obtain
on behalf of the Issuer all licenses, if any, required by the laws of any jurisdiction to be held
by the Issuer in connection with ownership of the Receivables, and will make all filings and pay
all fees as may be required in connection therewith during the term hereof.

     (c) The Servicer hereby agrees that upon its resignation and the appointment of a successor
Servicer hereunder, the Servicer will terminate its activities as Servicer hereunder in accordance
with Section 7.1, and, in any case, in a manner which the Indenture Trustee reasonably
determines will facilitate the transition of the performance of such activities to such successor
Servicer, and the Servicer shall cooperate with and assist such successor Servicer.

     SECTION 3.2 Collection of Receivable Payments.

     (a) The Servicer will make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the
terms and provisions of the Receivables as and when the same become due in accordance with its
Customary Servicing Practices. Subject to Section 3.5, the Servicer may grant extensions,
rebates, deferrals, amendments, modifications or adjustments with respect to any Receivable in
accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices; provided, however, that if the
Servicer (i) extends the date for final payment by the Obligor of any Receivable beyond the last
day of the Collection Period immediately prior to the Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date or
(ii) reduces the Contract Rate with respect to any Receivable other than as required by applicable
law (including, without limitation, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act) or reduces the Principal
Balance with respect to any Receivable other than (A) as required by applicable law, (B) in
connection with a settlement in the event the Receivable becomes a Defaulted Receivable or (C) in
connection with a Cram Down Loss relating to such Receivable, it will promptly purchase such
Receivable in the manner provided in Section 3.6. The Servicer may in its discretion waive
any late payment charge or any other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing
a Receivable. The Servicer shall not be required to make any advances of funds or guarantees
regarding collections, cash flows or distributions. Payments on the Receivables, including
payoffs, made in accordance with the related documentation for such Receivables, shall be posted to
the Servicer’s Obligor records in accordance with the Servicer’s Customary Servicing Practices.
Such payments shall be allocated to principal, interest or other items in accordance with the
related documentation for such Receivables.

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     (b) Subject to the proviso of the second sentence of Section 3.2(a), the Servicer and
its Affiliates may engage in any marketing practice or promotion or any sale of any products, goods
or services to Obligors with respect to the Receivables so long as such practices, promotions or
sales are offered to obligors of comparable motor vehicle receivables serviced by the Servicer for
itself and others, whether or not such practices, promotions or sales might result in a decrease in
the aggregate amount of payments on the Receivables, prepayments or faster or slower timing of the
payment of the Receivables.

     (c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may refinance any
Receivable and deposit the full Outstanding Principal Balance of such Receivable into the
Collection Account. The receivable created by such refinancing shall not be property of the
Issuer. The Servicer and its Affiliates may also sell insurance or debt cancellation products,
including products which result in the cancellation of some or all of the amount of a Receivable
upon the death or disability of the Obligor or any casualty with respect to the Financed Vehicle.

     (d) Records documenting collection efforts shall be maintained during the period a Receivable
is delinquent in accordance with the Servicer’s Customary Servicing Practices. Such records shall
be maintained on at least a periodic basis that is not less frequent than the Servicer’s Customary
Servicing Practices, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets
including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where
delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment) in accordance with the Servicer’s
Customary Servicing Practices.

     SECTION 3.3 Repossession of Financed Vehicles. On behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer
will use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its Customary Servicing Practices, to
repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of and liquidate the Financed Vehicle securing any
Receivable as to which the Servicer has determined eventual payment in full is unlikely; provided,
however, that the Servicer may elect not to repossess a Financed Vehicle if in its sole discretion
it determines that repossession will not increase the amounts described in clauses (a) through (c)
of the definition of Liquidation Proceeds by an amount greater than the expense of such
repossession or that the proceeds ultimately recoverable with respect to such Receivable would be
increased by forbearance. The Servicer is authorized as it deems necessary or advisable,
consistent with its Customary Servicing Practices, to make reasonable efforts to realize upon any
recourse to any Dealer and to sell the related Financed Vehicle at public or private sale. The
foregoing will be subject to the provision that, in any case in which the Financed Vehicle has
suffered damage, the Servicer shall not be required to expend funds in connection with the repair
or the repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless it determines in its sole discretion that such
repair and/or repossession will increase the amounts described in clauses (a) through (c) of the
definition of Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Financed Vehicle by an amount greater than
the amount of such expenses. The Servicer, in its sole discretion, may in accordance with its
Customary Servicing Practices sell any Receivable’s deficiency balance. Net proceeds of any such
sale allocable to the Receivable will constitute Liquidation Proceeds, and the sole right of the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee with respect to any such sold Receivables will be to receive such
Liquidation Proceeds. Upon such sale, the Servicer will mark its computer records indicating that
any such receivable sold is no longer a Receivable. The Servicer is authorized to take any and all
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behalf of the Issuer to evidence the sale of the Receivable free from any Lien or other
interest of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.

     SECTION 3.4 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The Servicer
will, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, take such steps as are necessary to
maintain perfection of the security interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed
Vehicle. The provisions set forth in this Section are the sole requirements under the Transaction
Documents with respect to the maintenance of collateral or security on the Receivables. It is
understood that the Financed Vehicles are the collateral and security for the Receivables, but that
the certificate of title with respect to a Financed Vehicle does not constitute collateral and
merely evidences such security interest. The Issuer hereby authorizes the Servicer to take such
steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security interest on behalf of the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee in the event of the relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason.

     SECTION 3.5 Covenants of Servicer. Unless required by law or court order, the
Servicer will not release the Financed Vehicle securing each such Receivable from the security
interest granted by such Receivable in whole or in part except (i) in the event of payment in full
by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder or payment in full less a deficiency which the Servicer
would not attempt to collect in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, (ii) in
connection with repossession or (iii) as may be required by an insurer in order to receive proceeds
from any Insurance Policy covering such Financed Vehicle.

     SECTION 3.6 Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach. Upon discovery by any party hereto
of a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 or
3.5 which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders
in any Receivable, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to
the other parties hereto; provided, that the delivery of the Servicer’s Certificate shall
be deemed to constitute prompt notice by the Servicer and the Issuer of such breach;
provided, further, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect any
obligation of the Servicer under this Section 3.6. If the breach materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders in such Receivable, then the Servicer shall
either (a) correct or cure such breach or (b) purchase such Receivable from the Issuer, in either
case on or before the Payment Date following the end of the Collection Period which includes the
60th day after the date the Servicer became aware or was notified of such breach. Any
such breach or failure will not be deemed to have a material and adverse effect if such breach or
failure does not affect the ability of the Issuer to receive and retain timely payment in full on
such Receivable. Any such purchase by the Servicer shall be at a price equal to the related
Repurchase Price. In consideration for such repurchase, the Servicer shall make (or shall cause to
be made) a payment to the Issuer equal to the Repurchase Price by depositing such amount into the
Collection Account prior to noon, New York City time on such date of repurchase. Upon payment of
such Repurchase Price by the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, and the
Issuer shall release and shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or
assignment, in each case without recourse or representation, as may be reasonably requested by the
Servicer to evidence such release, transfer or assignment or more effectively vest in the Servicer
or its designee all of the Issuer’s and Indenture Trustee’s rights in any Receivable and related
Transferred Assets repurchased pursuant to this Section 3.6. It is understood and agreed
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Receivable as described above shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach
available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.

     SECTION 3.7 Servicing Fee. On each Payment Date, the Issuer shall pay to the Servicer
the Servicing Fee in accordance with Section 4.4 for the immediately preceding Collection
Period as compensation for its services. In addition, the Servicer will be entitled to retain all
Supplemental Servicing Fees. The Servicer also will be entitled to receive investment earnings
(net of investment losses and expenses) on funds deposited in the Collection Account and the
Reserve Account during each Collection Period.

     SECTION 3.8 Servicer’s Certificate. On or before the Determination Date preceding
each Payment Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and each Paying Agent, with
a copy to each of the Rating Agencies, a Servicer’s Certificate containing all information
necessary to make the payments, transfers and distributions pursuant to Sections 4.3 and
4.4 on such Payment Date, together with the written statements to be furnished by the
Indenture Trustee to the Noteholders pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof and Section 6.6
of the Indenture. At the sole option of the Servicer, each Servicer’s Certificate may be delivered
in electronic format or hard copy format.

     SECTION 3.9 Annual Officer’s Certificate; Notice of Servicer Replacement Event.

     (a) So long as the Seller is filing any reports with respect to the Issuer under the Exchange
Act, the Servicer will deliver to the Issuer, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee, on or before
March 30th of each year, beginning on March 30, 2011, an Officer’s Certificate, dated as
of December 31 of the immediately preceding year, providing such information as is required under
Item 1123 of Regulation AB.

     (b) The Servicer will deliver to the Issuer, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee within five
(5) Business Days after having obtained knowledge thereof written notice in an Officer’s
Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a
Servicer Replacement Event. Except to the extent set forth in this Section 3.9(b),
Section 7.2, and Section 9.22 of this Agreement and Section 3.12 and
Section 6.5 of the Indenture, the Transaction Documents do not require any policies or
procedures to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default.

     (c) So long as the Seller is filing any reports with respect to the Issuer under the Exchange
Act, the Servicer will deliver to the Issuer, on or before March 30th of each year,
beginning on March 30, 2011, a report regarding the Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the
Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, including disclosure of any
material instance of non-compliance identified by the Servicer, as required under paragraph (b) of
Rule 13a-18, Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB.

     SECTION 3.10 Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Report.

     (a) So long as the Seller is filing any reports with respect to the Issuer under the Exchange
Act, on or before March 30th of each year, beginning March 30, 2011, the Servicer shall
cause a registered public accounting firm, who may also render other services to the
Servicer or to its Affiliates, to furnish to the Issuer, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee,
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attestation report on assessments of compliance with the Servicing Criteria with respect to
the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof during the related fiscal year delivered by such accountants
pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule 13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of
Regulation AB. The certification required by this paragraph may be replaced by any similar
certification using other procedures or attestation standards which are now or in the future in use
by servicers of comparable assets, or which otherwise comply with any rule, regulation, “no action”
letter or similar guidance promulgated by the Commission.

     (b) The Servicer, however, shall not be obligated to deliver any report described above to any
Person who does not comply with or agree to the required procedures of such firm of independent
certified public accountants, including but not limited to execution of engagement letters or
access letters regarding such reports.

     SECTION 3.11 Servicer Expenses. The Servicer will be required to pay all expenses
(other than expenses described in the definition of Liquidation Proceeds) incurred by it in
connection with its activities hereunder, including fees and disbursements of the Indenture
Trustee, Owner Trustee (in accordance with Section 8.1 of the Trust Agreement), independent
accountants, taxes imposed on the Servicer and expenses incurred in connection with distributions
and reports to the Noteholders and the Residual Interestholders.

     SECTION 3.12 Insurance. The Servicer may sue to enforce or collect upon the Insurance
Policies, in its own name, if possible, or as agent of the Issuer. If the Servicer elects to
commence a legal proceeding to enforce an Insurance Policy, the act of commencement will be deemed
to be an automatic assignment of the rights of the Issuer under such Insurance Policy to the
Servicer for purposes of collection only. If, however, in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding
it is held that the Servicer may not enforce an Insurance Policy on the grounds that it is not a
real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Insurance Policy, the Issuer and/or the
Indenture Trustee, at the Servicer’s expense, will take such steps as the Servicer deems necessary
to enforce such Insurance Policy, including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Issuer and
the Owner Trustee and/or the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders.

     SECTION 3.13 1934 Act Filings. The Issuer hereby authorizes the Servicer and the
Seller, or either of them, to prepare, sign, certify and file any and all reports, statements and
information respecting the Issuer and/or the Notes required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange
Act, as amended, and the rules thereunder.

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ARTICLE IV

DISTRIBUTIONS; ACCOUNTS

STATEMENTS TO THE RESIDUAL INTERESTHOLDERS

AND THE NOTEHOLDERS

     SECTION 4.1 Establishment of Accounts.

     (a) The Servicer shall cause to be established:

	 	(i)	 	For the benefit of the Noteholders in the name of the Indenture
Trustee, an Eligible Account (the “Collection Account”), bearing a
designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for
the benefit of the Noteholders, which Eligible Account shall be established by
and maintained with the Indenture Trustee or its designee. No checks shall be
issued, printed or honored with respect to the Collection Account.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	For the benefit of the Noteholders, in the name of the
Indenture Trustee, an Eligible Account (the “Reserve Account”), bearing
a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for
the benefit of the Noteholders, which Eligible Account shall be established by
and maintained with the Indenture Trustee or its designee. No checks shall be
issued, printed or honored with respect to the Reserve Account.

     (b) Funds on deposit in the Collection Account and the Reserve Account (collectively, the
“Trust Accounts”) shall be invested by the Indenture Trustee in Eligible Investments
selected in writing by the Servicer and of which the Servicer provides notification (pursuant to
standing instructions or otherwise); provided that it is understood and agreed that neither
the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee (subject to Section 6.1(c) of the Indenture) nor the
Issuer shall be liable for any loss arising from such investment in Eligible Investments. All such
Eligible Investments shall be held by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee as secured party for
the benefit of the Noteholders; provided, that on each Payment Date all interest and other
investment income (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Collection
Account shall be distributed to the Servicer and shall not be available to pay the distributions
provided for in Section 4.4. Except to the extent the Rating Agency Condition is
satisfied, all investments of funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts shall mature so that such
funds will be available on the Business Day immediately preceding the immediately following Payment
Date. No Eligible Investment shall be sold or otherwise disposed of prior to its scheduled
maturity unless a default occurs with respect to such Eligible Investment and the Servicer directs
the Indenture Trustee in writing to dispose of such Eligible Investment.

     (c) The Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit
from time to time in the Trust Accounts and in all proceeds thereof and all such funds, investments
and proceeds shall be part of the Trust Estate. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trust
Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of
the Noteholders. If, at any time, any Trust Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Servicer
shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee (unless such Trust Account is an account

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with the Indenture Trustee) in writing and within 10 Business Days (or such longer period as
to which each Rating Agency may consent) after becoming aware of the fact, establish a new Trust
Account as an Eligible Account and shall direct the Indenture Trustee to transfer any cash and/or
any investments to such new Trust Account.

     (d) With respect to the Trust Account Property, the parties hereto agree that:

	 	(i)	 	any Trust Account Property that consists of uninvested funds
shall be held solely in Eligible Accounts and, except as otherwise provided
herein, each such Eligible Account shall be subject to the exclusive custody
and control of the Indenture Trustee, and, except as otherwise provided in the
Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee or its designee shall have sole
signature authority with respect thereto;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any Trust Account Property that constitutes Physical Property
shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee or its designee, in accordance with
paragraph (a) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be held,
pending maturity or disposition, solely by the Indenture Trustee or any such
designee;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any Trust Account Property that is an “uncertificated
security” under Article 8 of the UCC and that is not governed by clause
(iv) below shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee or its designee in
accordance with paragraph (c) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall
be maintained by the Indenture Trustee or such designee, pending maturity or
disposition, through continued registration of the Indenture Trustee’s (or its
designee’s) ownership of such security on the books of the issuer thereof; and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	any Trust Account Property that is an uncertificated security
that is a “book-entry security” (as such term is defined in Federal Reserve
Bank Operating Circular No. 7) held in a securities account at a Federal
Reserve Bank and eligible for transfer through the Fedwire® Securities Service
operated by the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry
regulations shall be delivered in accordance with paragraph (b) of the
definition of “Delivery” and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee or
its designee or a securities intermediary (as such term is defined in Section
8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) acting solely for the Indenture Trustee or such
designee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued book-entry
registration of such Trust Account Property as described in such paragraph.

     (e) Except for the Collection Account and the Reserve Account, there are no accounts required
to be maintained under the Transaction Documents. No checks shall be issued, printed or honored
with respect to the Collection Account or the Reserve Account.

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     SECTION 4.2 Remittances. The Servicer shall deposit an amount equal to all
Collections into the Collection Account within two Business Days after identification;
provided, however, that if the Monthly Remittance Condition is satisfied, then the
Servicer shall not be required to deposit into the Collection Account an amount equal to the
Collections received during any Collection Period until noon, New York City time, on the Business
Day prior to the following Payment Date. The “Monthly Remittance Condition” shall be
deemed to be satisfied if (i) Santander Consumer or one of its Affiliates is the Servicer, (ii) no
Servicer Replacement Event has occurred and is continuing and (iii) Santander Holdings USA has a
short-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A-2” from Standard & Poor’s and Banco Santander, S.A.
has a short-term unsecured debt rating of at least “R-1 (middle)” by DBRS. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Servicer may remit Collections to the Collection Account on any other alternate
remittance schedule (but not later than the Business Day prior to the related Payment Date) if the
Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such alternate remittance schedule. Pending
deposit into the Collection Account, Collections may be commingled and used by the Servicer at its
own risk and are not required to be segregated from its own funds.

     SECTION 4.3 Additional Deposits and Payments.

     (a) On the date specified in Section 2.3 or 3.6, as applicable, the Servicer
and the Seller, as applicable, will deposit into the Collection Account the aggregate Repurchase
Price with respect to Repurchased Receivables purchased by the Servicer or the Seller,
respectively, on such date and the Servicer will deposit into the Collection Account all amounts,
if any, to be paid under Section 8.1. All such deposits with respect to any such date
which is a Payment Date will be made, in immediately available funds by noon, New York City time,
on the Business Day immediately preceding such Payment Date related to such Collection Period.

     (b) The Indenture Trustee will, on or before the Payment Date relating to each Collection Period,
withdraw from the Reserve Account the Reserve Account Draw Amount and deposit such amounts in the
Collection Account in accordance with the Servicer’s Certificate.

     (c) The Indenture Trustee will, on each Payment Date, withdraw from the Reserve Account (i)
all investment earnings (net of investment losses and expenses on funds on deposit in the Reserve
Account during the related Collection Period) and distribute such investment earnings to the
Servicer and (ii) the Reserve Account Excess Amount, if any, for such Payment Date and deposit such
amount in the Collection Account.

     (d) On the Closing Date the Seller will cause the amount available in the Reserve Account to
equal the Initial Reserve Account Deposit Amount through a cash deposit from proceeds of the sale
of the Notes.

     (e) On or prior to the third Business Day preceding each Determination Date, the Indenture
Trustee shall send a written notice to the Servicer stating the amount of investment income earned,
if any, during the related Collection Period on each Trust Account maintained at the Indenture
Trustee.

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     SECTION 4.4 Distributions.

     (a) Prior to any acceleration of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Indenture,
on each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee (based on information contained in the Servicer’s
Certificate delivered on or before the related Determination Date pursuant to Section 3.8)
shall make the following deposits and distributions, to the extent of Available Funds and the
Reserve Account Draw Amount, on deposit in the Collection Account for such Payment Date, in the
following order of priority:

	 	(1)	 	first, to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, any
accrued and unpaid fees (including unpaid Indenture Trustee fees or Owner
Trustee fees with respect to prior periods) and any reasonable expenses
(including indemnification amounts) not previously paid by the Servicer;
provided, however, that expenses and indemnification amounts
payable to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee pursuant to this clause
first and Section 5.4(b)(i) of the Indenture shall be limited to
$100,000 per annum in the aggregate;
	 
	 	(2)	 	second, to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and all unpaid
Servicing Fees with respect to prior periods;
	 
	 	(3)	 	third, to the Noteholders of the Accrued Note Interest due and
accrued for the related Interest Period; provided, that if there are
not sufficient funds available to pay the entire amount of the Accrued Note
Interest, the amounts available will be applied to the payment of such interest
on the Notes on a pro rata basis based on the amount of interest payable to
each Class of Notes;
	 
	 	(4)	 	fourth, for distribution to the Noteholders pursuant to
Section 8.2(b) of the Indenture, the First Allocation of Principal, if
any;
	 
	 	(5)	 	fifth, to the Reserve Account, any additional amounts required
to cause the Reserve Amount to equal the Specified Reserve Account Balance;
	 
	 	(6)	 	sixth, for distribution to the Noteholders in accordance with
Section 8.2(b) of the Indenture, the Regular Allocation of Principal,
if any;
	 
	 	(7)	 	seventh, to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee,
accrued and unpaid fees and reasonable expenses (including indemnification
amounts) permitted under this Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the Indenture,
as applicable, which have not been previously paid; and
	 
	 	(8)	 	eighth, to or at the direction of the Residual Interestholder,
any funds remaining.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.4, following the occurrence and
during the continuation of an Event of Default which has resulted in an acceleration of the Notes,
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Indenture Trustee shall apply all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture.

     (b) After the payment in full of the Notes and all other amounts payable under Section
4.4(a), all Collections shall be paid to or in accordance with the instructions provided from
time to time by the Residual Interestholder.

     SECTION 4.5 Net Deposits. If the Monthly Remittance Condition is satisfied, the
Servicer shall be permitted to deposit into the Collection Account only the net amount
distributable to Persons other than the Servicer and its Affiliates on the Payment Date. The
Servicer shall, however, account as if all of the deposits and distributions described herein were
made individually.

     SECTION 4.6 Statements to Noteholders and Residual Interestholders. On or before each
Determination Date, the Servicer shall provide to the Residual Interestholders and to the Indenture
Trustee (with a copy to each Rating Agency and the Issuer), and the Indenture Trustee shall forward
(or make available on its website, as described below) to each Noteholder of record as of the most
recent Record Date, a statement setting forth for the Collection Period and Payment Date relating
to such Determination Date the following information (to the extent applicable):

     (a) the aggregate amount being paid on such Payment Date in respect of interest on and
principal of each Class of Notes;

     (b) the Class A-1 Note Balance, the Class A-2 Note Balance, the Class A-3 Note Balance, the
Class A-4 Note Balance and the Note Factor with respect to each Class of Notes, in each case after
giving effect to payments on such Payment Date;

     (c) (i) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account and the Specified Reserve Account
Balance, each as of the beginning and end of the related Collection Period, (ii) the amount
deposited in the Reserve Account in respect of such Payment Date, if any, (iii) the Reserve Account
Draw Amount and the Reserve Account Excess Amount, if any, to be withdrawn from the Reserve Account
on such Payment Date, (iv) the balance on deposit in the Reserve Account on such Payment Date after
giving effect to withdrawals therefrom and deposits thereto in respect of such Payment Date and (v)
the change in such balance from the immediately preceding Payment Date;

     (d) the First Allocation of Principal and the Regular Allocation of Principal for such Payment
Date;

     (e) the Pool Balance and the Pool Factor as of the close of business on the last day of the
preceding Collection Period;

     (f) the amount of the Servicing Fee to be paid to the Servicer with respect to the related
Collection Period and the amount of any unpaid Servicing Fees and the change in such amount from
that of the prior Payment Date;

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     (g) the amount of fees to be paid to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee with respect
to the related Payment Date and the amount of any unpaid fees to the Indenture Trustee and the
Owner Trustee and the change in such amount from that of the prior Payment Date;

     (h) the amount of the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall, if any, on such Payment Date
and the change in such amounts from the preceding Payment Date;

     (i) the aggregate Repurchase Price with respect to Repurchased Receivables paid by (i) the
Servicer and (ii) the Seller with respect to the related Collection Period;

     (j) the aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables that are more than 30 days delinquent as of
the end of the related Collection Period; and

     (k) the Cumulative Net Loss Ratio for the related Collection Period.

Each amount set forth pursuant to clause (a) or (h) above relating to the Notes shall be expressed
as a dollar amount per $1,000 of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or Class thereof).

No disbursements shall be made directly by the Servicer to a Noteholder, and the Servicer shall not
be required to maintain any investor record relating to the posting of disbursements or otherwise.

     The Indenture Trustee may make available via the Indenture Trustee’s internet website all
reports or notices required to be provided by the Indenture Trustee under this Section 4.6.
Any information that is disseminated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.6
shall not be required to be disseminated in any other form or manner. The Indenture Trustee will
make no representation or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such documents and will
assume no responsibility therefor.

     The Indenture Trustee’s internet website shall be initially located at “www.ctslink.com” or at
such other address as shall be specified by the Indenture Trustee from time to time in writing to
the Noteholders, the Servicer, the Issuer or any Paying Agent. In connection with providing access
to the Indenture Trustee’s internet website, the Indenture Trustee may require registration and the
acceptance of a disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the dissemination of
information in accordance with this Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Noteholders
in writing of any changes in the address or means of access to the Internet website where the
reports are accessible

     SECTION 4.7 No Duty to Confirm. The Indenture Trustee shall have no duty or
obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of any of the information or numbers set forth in the
Servicer’s Certificate delivered by the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture
Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon such Servicer’s Certificate.

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ARTICLE V

THE SELLER

     SECTION 5.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller. The Seller makes the following
representations and warranties as of the Closing Date on which the Issuer will be deemed to have
relied in acquiring the Transferred Assets. The representations and warranties speak as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and will survive the conveyance of the Transferred Assets
to the Issuer and the pledge thereof by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture:

     (a) Existence and Power. The Seller is a Delaware limited liability company validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and has, in all material
respects, full power and authority to own its assets and operate its business as presently owned or
operated, and to execute, deliver and to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party. The Seller has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each
jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the
Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or affect the enforceability or
collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Transferred Assets.

     (b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by
the Seller of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all
necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Seller and do not contravene or
constitute a default under (i) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (ii) its organizational
documents or (iii) any indenture or agreement or instrument to which the Seller is a party or by
which its properties are bound (other than violations of such laws, rules, regulations, indentures
or agreements which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such
agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect
the transactions contemplated by, or the Seller’s ability to perform its obligations under, the
Transaction Documents).

     (c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any
Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by
the Seller of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and
authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and
(iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a
material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other
part of the Transferred Assets or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the
Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

     (d) Binding Effect. Each Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of
creditors of limited liability companies from time to time in effect or by general principles of
equity.

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     (e) Lien Filings. The Seller is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien
filings against the Seller.

     (f) No Proceedings. There are no actions, orders, suits, investigations or
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened against the Seller before or by
any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or
any of the other Transaction Documents, (ii) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other
Transaction Documents, (iii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely
affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other
Transaction Documents or the collectibility or enforceability of the Receivables, or (iv) relate to
the Seller that would materially and adversely affect the federal or Applicable Tax State income,
excise, franchise or similar tax attributes of the Notes.

     (g) Investment Company Act. The Seller is not an “investment company” that is
registered or required to be registered under, or otherwise subject to the restrictions of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     SECTION 5.2 Liability of Seller; Indemnities. The Seller shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Seller
under this Agreement, and hereby agrees to the following:

     (a) The Seller shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Residual Interestholder from and against any loss,
liability or expense incurred by reason of the Seller’s violation of federal or State securities
laws in connection with the registration or the sale of the Notes.

     (b) The Seller will pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon the Issuer or upon all or
any part of the Trust Estate.

     (c) Indemnification under this Section 5.2 will survive the resignation or removal of
the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and the termination of this Agreement and will include,
without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the
Seller has made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 5.2 and the Person to or on
behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such
Person will promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest.

     (d) The Seller’s obligations under this Section 5.2 are obligations solely of the
Seller and will not constitute a claim against the Seller to the extent that the Seller does not
have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations. In furtherance of and not in derogation
of the foregoing, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, by
entering into or accepting this Agreement, acknowledge and agree that they have no right, title or
interest in or to the Other Assets of the Seller. To the extent that, notwithstanding the
agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentence, the Issuer, the Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from,
Other Assets, or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other
Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of insolvency
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(including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision
having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code), then the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, further acknowledges and agrees that any such
interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the
indefeasible payment in full, which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to the
securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the
benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or
security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or
application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against
the Seller), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and
liabilities. This subordination agreement will be deemed a subordination agreement within the
meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee
and the Owner Trustee each further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists
for a breach of this Section 5.2(d) and the terms of this Section 5.2(d) may be
enforced by an action for specific performance. The provisions of this Section 5.2(d) will
be for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will survive the termination
of this Agreement.

     SECTION 5.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller.
Any entity (i) into which the Seller may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, to which it may sell or transfer its business and assets as a whole or substantially
as a whole or any entity resulting from any merger, sale, transfer, conversion or consolidation to
which the Seller shall be a party, or any entity succeeding to the business of the Seller or (ii)
more than 50% of the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity of which
is owned directly or indirectly by Banco Santander, S.A. and which executes an agreement of
assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this agreement, shall be the successor
to the Seller under this Agreement, in each case, without the execution or filing of any paper or
any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. Within thirty days following the consummation of any of the foregoing
transactions in which the Seller is not the surviving entity, the Seller shall deliver to the
Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and
filed that are necessary to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer in the Receivables or
(B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and
protect such interest.

     SECTION 5.4 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others. The Seller and any officer
or employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any
document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any
matters arising hereunder. The Seller will not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute, or
defend any legal action that is not incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in
its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.

     SECTION 5.5 Seller May Own Notes. The Seller, and any Affiliate of the Seller, may in
its individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights as
it would have if it were not the Seller or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise expressly
provided herein or in the other Transaction Documents. Except as set forth herein or in the other
Transaction Documents, Notes so owned by the Seller or any such Affiliate will have

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an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, without preference, priority, or distinction as among all of the Notes.
Unless all Notes are owned by the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator or any of
their respective Affiliates, any Notes owned by the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the
Administrator or any of their respective Affiliates shall be disregarded with respect to the
determination of any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, vote or waiver
hereunder or under any other Transaction Document.

     SECTION 5.6 Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements. To the extent any documents are required
to be filed or any certification is required to be made with respect to the Issuer or the Notes
pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Issuer hereby authorizes the Servicer and the Seller, or
either of them, to prepare, sign, certify and file any such documents or certifications on behalf
of the Issuer.

     SECTION 5.7 Compliance with Organizational Documents. The Seller shall comply with
its limited liability company agreement and other organizational documents.

     SECTION 5.8 Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Seller hereby
makes the perfection representations, warranties and covenants attached hereto as Exhibit B
to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer shall be deemed to have relied on such
representations, warranties and covenants in acquiring the Transferred Assets.

ARTICLE VI

THE SERVICER

     SECTION 6.1 Representations of Servicer. The Servicer makes the following
representations and warranties as of the Closing Date, on which the Issuer will be deemed to have
relied in acquiring the Transferred Assets. The representations and warranties speak as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and will survive the conveyance of the Transferred Assets
to the Issuer and the pledge thereof by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture:

     (a) Existence and Power. The Servicer is an Illinois corporation validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and has, in all material respects,
full power and authority to own its assets and operate its business as presently owned or operated,
and to execute, deliver and to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it
is a party. The Servicer has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction
where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Servicer to
perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or affect the enforceability or
collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Transferred Assets.

     (b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by
the Servicer of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of the Servicer and do not contravene or constitute a default under
(i) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (ii) its organizational documents or (iii) any material
indenture or material agreement or instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by

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which its properties are bound, in each case, other than violations of such laws, rules,
regulations, indentures or agreements which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability
of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and
adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Servicer’s ability to perform its
obligations under, the Transaction Documents.

     (c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any
Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by
the Servicer of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and
authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made or
approvals, authorizations or filings that will be made on a timely basis and (iii) approval,
authorizations or filings that, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect
on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or would not materially and adversely
affect the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

     (d) Binding Effect. Each Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable against the
Servicer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of
corporations from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.

     (e) No Proceedings. There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of the Servicer, threatened against the Servicer before or by any
Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or any
of the other Transaction Documents, (ii) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other
Transaction Documents, (iii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely
affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other
Transaction Documents, or (iv) relate to the Servicer that would materially and adversely affect
the federal or Applicable Tax State income, excise, franchise or similar tax attributes of the
Notes.

     (f) Fidelity Bond. The Servicer shall not be required to maintain a fidelity bond or
error and omissions policy.

     SECTION 6.2 Indemnities of Servicer. The Servicer will be liable in accordance
herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this
Agreement, and hereby agrees to the following:

     (a) The Servicer will defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the Residual Interestholders and the Seller from and against
any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities, arising out of or resulting
from the use, ownership or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof or any sub-contractor
hired by the Servicer or such Affiliate of a Financed Vehicle.

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     (b) The Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and
the Indenture Trustee from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such
Person with respect to the transactions contemplated herein or in the other Transaction Documents,
if any, including, without limitation, any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible
personal property, privilege, or license taxes (but, in the case of the Issuer, not including any
taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the conveyance of the Receivables to the
Issuer or the issuance and original sales of the Notes, or asserted with respect to ownership of
the Receivables, or federal or other Applicable Tax State income taxes arising out of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents) and costs and
expenses in defending against the same. For the avoidance of doubt, the Servicer will not
indemnify for any costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities due to the credit risk of
the Obligors and for which reimbursement would constitute recourse for uncollectible Receivables.

     (c) The Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the Residual Interestholders and the Seller from and against
any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages, and liabilities to the extent that such cost,
expense, loss, claim, damage, or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon any such Person
through, the negligence, willful misfeasance, or bad faith (other than errors in judgment) of the
Servicer in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to
which it is a party, or by reason of its failure to perform its obligations or of reckless
disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to
which it is a party; provided, however, that the Servicer will not indemnify for
any costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising from its breach of any covenant
for which the repurchase of the affected Receivables is specified as the sole remedy pursuant to
Section 2.3 or Section 3.6.

     (d) The Servicer will compensate and indemnify the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to
the extent and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 6.7 of the Indenture and
Section 8.2 of the Trust Agreement, as applicable, except, with respect to the Indenture
Trustee, to the extent that any cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or
is incurred in connection with the performance by the Indenture Trustee of the duties of a
Successor Servicer hereunder.

     (e) Indemnification under this Section 6.2 by Santander Consumer (or any successor
thereto pursuant to Section 7.1) as Servicer, with respect to the period such Person was
the Servicer, will survive the termination of such Person as Servicer or a resignation by such
Person as Servicer as well as the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of
the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and will include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel
and expenses of litigation. If the Servicer has made any indemnity payments pursuant to this
Section 6.2 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter
collects any of such amounts from others, such Person will promptly repay such amounts to the
Servicer, without interest.

     SECTION 6.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer.
Any entity (i) into which the Servicer may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, to which it may sell or transfer its business and assets as a whole
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substantially as a whole or any entity resulting from any merger, sale, transfer,
conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party, or any entity succeeding to the
business of the Servicer or (ii) more than 50% of the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more
of the economic equity of which is owned directly or indirectly by Banco Santander, S.A. and which
executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Servicer under this
agreement, shall be the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement, in each case, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

     SECTION 6.4 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others.

     (a) Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the
Servicer will be under any liability to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the
Noteholders or the Residual Interestholders, except as provided under this Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action
pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this
provision will not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability that would
otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance or bad faith in the performance of duties or
by reason of its failure to perform its obligations or of reckless disregard of obligations and
duties under this Agreement, or by reason of negligence in the performance of its duties under this
Agreement (except for errors in judgment). The Servicer and any director, officer or employee or
agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any Opinion of Counsel or on any Officer’s
Certificate of the Seller or certificate of auditors believed to be genuine and to have been signed
by the proper party in respect of any matters arising under this Agreement.

     (b) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer will not be under any obligation to
appear in, prosecute, or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties to service
the Receivables in accordance with this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any
expense or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any
reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the
rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the interests of the Noteholders and the
Residual Interestholders under this Agreement. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such
action and any liability resulting therefrom will be expenses, costs and liabilities of the
Servicer.

     SECTION 6.5 Delegation of Duties. The Servicer may, at any time without notice or
consent, delegate (a) any or all of its duties (including, without limitation, its duties as
custodian) under the Transaction Documents to any of its Affiliates or (b) specific duties
(including, without limitation, its duties as custodian) to sub-contractors who are in the business
of performing such duties; provided, that no such delegation shall relieve the Servicer of
its responsibility with respect to such duties and the Servicer shall remain obligated and liable
to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for its duties hereunder as if the Servicer alone were
performing such duties. For any servicing activities delegated to third parties in accordance with
this Section 6.5, the Servicer shall follow such policies and procedures to monitor the
performance of such third parties and compliance with such servicing activities as the Servicer
follows with respect to comparable motor vehicle receivables serviced by the Servicer for its own
account.

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     SECTION 6.6 Santander Consumer Not to Resign as Servicer. Subject to the provisions
of Sections 6.3 and 6.5, Santander Consumer will not resign from the obligations
and duties hereby imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement except upon determination that the
performance of its duties under this Agreement is no longer permissible under applicable law.
Notice of any such determination permitting the resignation of Santander Consumer will be
communicated to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee at the earliest practicable time (and, if such
communication is not in writing, will be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time) and
any such determination will be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such
resignation will become effective until a successor Servicer has assumed the responsibilities and
obligations of Santander Consumer as Servicer.

     SECTION 6.7 Servicer May Own Notes. The Servicer, and any Affiliate of the Servicer,
may, in its individual or any other capacity, become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same
rights as it would have if it were not the Servicer or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise
expressly provided herein or in the other Transaction Documents. Except as set forth herein or in
the other Transaction Documents, Notes so owned by or pledged to the Servicer or such Affiliate
will have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, without
preference, priority or distinction as among all of the Notes.

ARTICLE VII

TERMINATION OF SERVICER

     SECTION 7.1 Termination of Servicer.

     (a) If a Servicer Replacement Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture
Trustee shall, at the direction of a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Notes Outstanding, by notice given to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Issuer, the
Administrator, the Noteholders and each Rating Agency, terminate the rights and obligations of the
Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the Receivables. In the event the Servicer is
removed or resigns as Servicer with respect to servicing the Receivables, the Indenture Trustee
shall appoint a successor Servicer. Upon the Servicer’s receipt of notice of termination, such
Servicer will continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement only until the
date specified in such termination notice or, if no such date is specified in such termination
notice, until receipt of such notice. If a successor Servicer has not been appointed at the time
when the outgoing Servicer ceases to act as Servicer in accordance with this Section, the Indenture
Trustee without further action will automatically be appointed the successor Servicer.
Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee, if it is legally unable or is unwilling to so
act, will appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Servicer.
Any successor Servicer shall be an established institution having a net worth of not less than
$100,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of comparable motor vehicle
receivables having an aggregate outstanding principal amount of not less than $50,000,000.

     (b) Noteholders holding not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance may waive any
Servicer Replacement Event. Upon any such waiver, such Servicer Replacement Event shall cease to
exist and be deemed not to have occurred, and any Servicer Replacement

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Event arising therefrom shall be deemed not to have occurred for every purpose of this
Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any prior, subsequent or other Servicer Replacement
Event or impair any right consequent thereto.

     (c) If replaced, the Servicer agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts at its
own expense to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the servicing of the Receivables to a
successor Servicer.

     (d) Upon the effectiveness of the assumption by the successor Servicer of its duties pursuant
to this Section 7.1, the successor Servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the
Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the Receivables, and
shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto, except with
respect to the obligations of the predecessor Servicer that survive its termination as Servicer,
including indemnification obligations as set forth in Section 6.2(e). In such event, the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee are hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver,
on behalf of the predecessor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and
other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to
effect the purposes of such termination and replacement of the Servicer, whether to complete the
transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and related documents, or otherwise. No Servicer shall
resign or be relieved of its duties under this Agreement, as Servicer of the Receivables, until a
newly appointed Servicer for the Receivables shall have assumed the responsibilities and
obligations of the resigning or terminated Servicer under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything
else herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for any Servicing
Fee or for any differential in the amount of the Servicing Fee paid hereunder and the amount
necessary to induce any successor Servicer to act as successor Servicer under this Agreement and
the transactions set forth or provided for herein.

     (e) In connection with such appointment, the Indenture Trustee may make such arrangements for
the compensation of the successor Servicer out of Available Funds as it and such successor Servicer
will agree; provided, however, that no such compensation will be in excess of the
amount paid to the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement.

     SECTION 7.2 Notification to Noteholders. Upon any termination of, or appointment of a
successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article VII, the Indenture Trustee will give prompt
written notice thereof to the Owner Trustee, the Issuer, the Administrator, each Rating Agency and
to the Noteholders at their respective addresses of record.

ARTICLE VIII

OPTIONAL PURCHASE

     SECTION 8.1 Optional Purchase of Trust Estate. The Seller shall have the right at its
option (the “Optional Purchase”) to purchase the Trust Estate (other than the Reserve
Account) from the Issuer on any Payment Date if the aggregate Pool Balance as of the last day of
the related Collection Period is less than or equal to 10% of the initial Pool Balance. The
purchase price for the Trust Estate (other than the Reserve Account) shall equal the greater of (a)
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(after giving effect to all distributions pursuant to Section 4.4(a) on that Payment
Date) at the applicable Interest Rate up to but excluding the Redemption Date and (b) the fair
market value of the Trust Estate (other than the Reserve Account) (the “Optional Purchase
Price”), which amount shall be deposited by the Servicer into the Collection Account on the
Redemption Date. If the Seller exercises the Optional Purchase, the Notes shall be redeemed and in
each case in whole but not in part on the related Payment Date for the Redemption Price.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SECTION 9.1 Amendment.

     (a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Seller and the Servicer,
without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any
other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:

     (i) the Seller or the Servicer delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee
to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of
the Noteholders; or

     (ii) the Seller or the Servicer notifies to the Indenture Trustee in writing that the
Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment;

provided, that no amendment shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or
duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such
Person.

     (b) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Seller and the Servicer, but
without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any
other Person to add, modify or eliminate any provisions as may be necessary or advisable in order
to enable the Seller, the Servicer or any of their Affiliates to comply with or obtain more
favorable treatment under any law or regulation or any accounting rule or principle, it being a
condition to any such amendment that the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied.

     (c) This Agreement (including Appendix A) may also be amended from time to time by
Seller, Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the Noteholders evidencing not less
than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes Outstanding, for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders; provided,
that no such amendment shall (i) reduce the interest rate or principal amount of any Note or change
or delay the Final Scheduled Payment Date of any Note without the consent of the Holder of such
Note or (ii) reduce the percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the
Outstanding Notes, the consent of which is required to consent to any matter without the consent of
the Holders of at least the percentage of the Note Balance which were required to consent to such
matter before giving effect to such amendment; provided, further, that such
amendment shall comply with the requirements of Section 9.2 of the Indenture. It will not
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amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for
in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will
be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the
establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement.

     (d) Prior to the execution of any such amendment, the Servicer shall provide written
notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency; and promptly after the
execution of any such amendment, the Servicer shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Rating
Agency and the Indenture Trustee.

     (e) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Seller, the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of
Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement
and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been
satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into or execute on behalf of the Issuer any such amendment which adversely affects the Owner
Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this
Agreement.

     SECTION 9.2 Protection of Title.

     (a) The Seller shall authorize and file such financing statements and cause to be authorized
and filed such continuation and other statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be
required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee under this Agreement in the Receivables (other than any Related Security with
respect thereto, to the extent that the interest of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee therein
cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement). The Seller shall deliver (or cause to
be delivered) to the Issuer file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as
provided above, as soon as available following such filing.

     (b) Neither the Seller nor the Servicer shall change its name, identity, organizational
structure or jurisdiction of organization in any manner that would make any financing statement or
continuation statement filed by the Seller in accordance with paragraph (a) above “seriously
misleading” within the meaning of Sections 9-506, 9-507 or 9-508 of the UCC, unless it (i) shall
have given the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee at least five days’ prior written notice thereof,
(ii) to the extent necessary, shall have promptly filed amendments to previously filed financing
statements or continuation statements described in paragraph (a) above and (iii) shall have
delivered to the Indenture Trustee within 30 days after such change an Opinion of Counsel either
(A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation
statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary to preserve and
protect the interest of the Issuer in the Receivables or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest.

     (c) The Seller shall give the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee at least five days’ prior
written notice of any change of location of the Seller for purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC and
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take such action substantially simultaneously with such change, if it is not possible to take
such action in advance) reasonably necessary or advisable to amend all previously filed financing
statements or continuation statements described in paragraph (a) above.

     (d) The Servicer shall maintain (or shall cause its Sub-Servicer to maintain) accounts and
records as to each Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof
to know at any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made and
payments owing (and the nature of each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on
(or with respect to) each Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection
Account in respect of such Receivable.

     (e) The Servicer shall maintain (or shall cause its Sub-Servicer to maintain) its computer
systems so that, from time to time after the conveyance under this Agreement of the Receivables,
the master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to a Receivable shall
indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by
the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders pursuant to
the Indenture. Indication of the Issuer’s and the Indenture Trustee’s interest in a Receivable
shall not be deleted from or modified on such computer systems until, and only until, the related
Receivable shall have been paid in full or repurchased.

     (f) If at any time the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in or
otherwise transfer any interest in motor vehicle receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender
or other transferee, the Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other
transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that,
if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such
Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee
on behalf of the Noteholders.

     SECTION 9.3 Other Liens or Interests. Except for the conveyances and grants of
security interests pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the Seller shall
not sell, pledge, assign or transfer the Receivables or other property transferred to the Issuer to
any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any interest
therein, and the Seller shall defend the right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under
such Receivables and other property transferred to the Issuer against all claims of third parties
claiming through or under the Seller.

     SECTION 9.4 Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest.

     (a) Each of the parties hereto expressly intends and agrees that the transfers contemplated
and effected under this Agreement are complete and absolute sales and transfers rather than pledges
or assignments of only a security interest and shall be given effect as such for all purposes. It
is further the intention of the parties hereto that the Receivables and related Transferred Assets
shall not be part of the Seller’s estate in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of the Seller.
The sales and transfers by the Seller of Receivables and related Transferred Assets hereunder are
and shall be without recourse to, or representation or warranty (express or implied) by, the
Seller, except as otherwise specifically provided herein. The limited rights of recourse specified
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of representations and warranties relating to the condition of the property sold, rather than
to the collectibility of the Receivables.

     (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Receivables and other Transferred
Assets are held to be property of the Seller, or if for any reason this Agreement is held or deemed
to create indebtedness or a security interest in the Receivables and other Transferred Assets, then
it is intended that:

	 	(i)	 	This Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement
within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York UCC and the UCC of any
other applicable jurisdiction;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The conveyance provided for in Section 2.1 shall be
deemed to be a grant by the Seller, and the Seller hereby grants, to the Issuer
of a security interest in all of its right (including the power to convey title
thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and
to the Receivables and other Transferred Assets, to secure such indebtedness
and the performance of the obligations of the Seller hereunder;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	The possession by the Issuer, or the Servicer as the Issuer’s
agent, of the Receivables Files and any other property as constitute
instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be
“possession by the secured party” or possession by the purchaser or a person
designated by such purchaser, for purposes of perfecting the security interest
pursuant to the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction;
and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	Notifications to persons holding such property, and
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property,
shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or
confirmations from, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Issuer for the
purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law.

     SECTION 9.5 Information Requests. The parties hereto shall provide any information
reasonably requested by the Servicer, the Issuer, the Seller or any of their Affiliates, in order
to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any current or future law, rule,
regulation, accounting rule or principle.

     SECTION 9.6 Notices, Etc. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States
mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, or by facsimile, and addressed in
each case as set forth on Schedule II hereto or at such other address as shall be designated in a
written notice to the other parties hereto. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a
Noteholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Noteholder
as shown in the Note Register. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such
communication by an officer of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the
address of such recipient for notices hereunder; provided, however, that any notice

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to a Noteholder mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Noteholder shall receive such notice.

     SECTION 9.7 Choice of Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL, SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE
RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

     SECTION 9.8 Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience
of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this
Agreement.

     SECTION 9.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

     SECTION 9.10 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Servicer, the Seller,
the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in exercising any power or right hereunder (to the extent such
Person has any power or right hereunder) shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on any party hereto in any case shall
entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by any
party hereto under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated in such waiver or
approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No waiver or approval under this Agreement
shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.

     SECTION 9.11 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete
integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings. There are no
unwritten agreements among the parties.

     SECTION 9.12 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid,
then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the
validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.

     SECTION 9.13 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This
Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in
accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the parties
hereto shall agree.

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     SECTION 9.14 Acknowledgment and Agreement. By execution below, the Seller expressly
acknowledges and consents to the pledge, assignment and Grant of a security interest in the
Receivables and the other Transferred Assets by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of
the Noteholders pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders. In addition, the
Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees that for so long as the Notes are outstanding, the Indenture
Trustee will have the right to exercise all powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer under this
Agreement.

     SECTION 9.15 Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not
exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

     SECTION 9.16 Nonpetition Covenant. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date
which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote
Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party shall not
authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or
other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such
Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee,
receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote
Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the
appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding
commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of,
its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party,
and (ii) none of the parties hereto shall commence or join with any other Person in commencing any
proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation
or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction. This Section shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.

     SECTION 9.17 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

     (a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and
enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the
courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern
District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

     (b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action or proceeding in any such
court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to
plead or claim the same;

     (c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing
a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage
prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Section 9.6 of this
Agreement;

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     (d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any
other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

     (e) to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right
of trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in
connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or
thereunder.

     SECTION 9.18 Limitation of Liability.

     (a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been
executed and delivered by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, not in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee, and in no event shall it have any liability for the representations,
warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or under the Notes
or any of the other Transaction Documents or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements
delivered pursuant thereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the
Issuer. Under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be personally liable for the payment of any
indebtedness or expense of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligations,
representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under the Transaction
Documents. For the purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations
hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and
provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.

     (b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been
executed and delivered by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, not in its individual capacity
but solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event shall it have any liability for the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer under the
Notes or any of the other Transaction Documents or in any of the certificates, notices or
agreements delivered pursuant thereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the
assets of the Issuer; provided that the Indenture Trustee shall be responsible for its
actions as Indenture Trustee hereunder and under the Indenture. Under no circumstances shall the
Indenture Trustee be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expense of the Issuer
or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligations, representation, warranty or covenant
made or undertaken by the Issuer under the Transaction Documents. For the purposes of this
Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall
be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Article VI of
the Indenture.

     SECTION 9.19 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Noteholders and the Residual Interestholders and their
respective successors and permitted assigns and the Owner Trustee shall be an express third party
beneficiary hereof and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto. Except as
otherwise provided in this Section, no other Person will have any right hereunder.

     SECTION 9.20 Regulation AB. The Servicer shall cooperate fully with the Seller and
the Issuer to deliver to the Seller and the Issuer (including any of its assignees or
designees) any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information
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good faith determination of the Seller or the Issuer to permit the Seller to
comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosures relating to the
Servicer and the Receivables, or the servicing of the Receivables, reasonably believed by the
Seller to be necessary in order to effect such compliance.

     SECTION 9.21 Information to Be Provided by the Indenture Trustee.

     (a) So long as the Seller is filing reports under the Exchange Act with respect to the Issuer,
each of the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall (i) on or before the fifth Business Day of
each month, notify the Seller, in writing, of any Form 10-D Disclosure Item with respect to such
Person (or in the case of the Indenture Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such Person), together
with a description of any such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Seller; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall not be
required to provide such information in the event that there has been no change to the information
previously provided by the Indenture Trustee to Seller, and (ii) as promptly as practicable
following notice to or discovery by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee of any changes
to such information, provide to the Seller, in writing, such updated information.

     (b) As soon as available but no later than March 15 of each calendar year for so long as the
Issuer is filing reports under the Exchange Act, commencing in March 2011, the Indenture Trustee
shall:

     (i) deliver to the Seller a report regarding the Indenture Trustee’s assessment of
compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, as
required under paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-18, Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122
of Regulation AB. Such report shall be signed by an authorized officer of the Indenture
Trustee, and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified in Exhibit C or
such other criteria as mutually agreed upon by the Seller and the Indenture Trustee;

     (ii) cause a firm of registered public accountants that is qualified and independent
with the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act to deliver a report
for inclusion in the Issuer’s filing of Exchange Act Form 10-K that attests to, and reports
on, the assessment of compliance made by the Indenture Trustee and delivered to the Seller
pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules
1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;

     (iii) deliver to the Seller and any other Person that will be responsible for signing
the certification (a “Sarbanes Certification”) required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d)
under the Exchange Act (pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) on behalf of the
Issuer or the Seller substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D or such form as
mutually agreed upon by the Seller and the Indenture Trustee; and

     (iv) notify the Seller in writing of any affiliations or relationships (as described in
Item 1119 of Regulation AB) between the Indenture Trustee and any Item 1119 Party,
provided, that no such notification need be made if the affiliations or
relationships are unchanged from those provided in the notification in the prior calendar
year.

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The Indenture Trustee acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (iii) above may rely on
the certification provided by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to such clause in signing a Sarbanes
Certification and filing such with the Commission.

     SECTION 9.22 Form 8-K Filings. So long as the Seller is filing Exchange Act Reports
with respect to the Issuer, each of the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer shall promptly notify
the Seller, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after its occurrence, of any
Reportable Event of which the Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual
knowledge (other than a Reportable Event described in clause (a) or (b) of the
definition thereof as to which the Seller or the Servicer has actual knowledge). Each Person shall
be deemed to have actual knowledge of any such event to the extent that it relates to such Person
or any action or failure to act by such Person.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Sale and Servicing Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above
written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SANTANDER DRIVE AUTO RECEIVABLES
LLC,

as Seller	 
	 

	 	By:  	/s/
Mark McCastlain 	 
	 	Name: 	Mark McCastlain	 
	 	Title: 	Vice President	 

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	 	 	SANTANDER DRIVE AUTO RECEIVABLES 
TRUST 2010-1, as Issuer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware,

not in its individual capacity but

solely as Owner Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Irene
Siegel 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Irene Siegel
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Attorney-in-fact	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Maria
Inoa 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Maria Inoa
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Attorney-in-fact	 	 

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	 	 	SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC.,
as Servicer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Andrew
Kang 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Andrew Kang
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Director, Securitizations	 	 

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	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/
Marianna Stershic 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Marianna C. Stershic
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Vice President	 	 

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SCHEDULE I

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE RECEIVABLES

	(a)	 	Characteristics of Receivables. As of the Cut-Off Date (or such other date as may be
specifically set forth below), each Receivable:

     (i) has been fully and properly executed or electronically authenticated by the
Obligor thereto;

     (ii) has either (A) been originated by a Dealer in the ordinary course of such
Dealer’s business to finance the retail sale by a Dealer of the related Financed
Vehicle and has been purchased by the applicable Originator in the ordinary course
of its respective business or (B) has been originated or acquired directly by the
applicable Originator in accordance with its customary practices;

     (iii) as of the Closing Date, is secured by a first priority validly perfected
security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the applicable Originator, as
secured party, or all necessary actions have been commenced that would result in a
first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the applicable
Originator, as secured party, which security interest, in either case, is assignable
and has been so assigned by Santander Consumer to the Seller and by the Seller to
the Issuer;

     (iv) contains customary and enforceable provisions such that the rights and
remedies of the holder thereof are adequate for realization against the collateral
of the benefits of the security;

     (v) provided, at origination, for level monthly payments which fully amortize
the initial Principal Balance over the original term; provided, that the
amount of the first or last payment may be different from the level payment but in
no event more than three times the level monthly payment;

     (vi) provides for interest at the Contract Rate specified in the Schedule of
Receivables;

     (vii) was originated in the United States and denominated in Dollars;

     (viii) is secured by a new or used automobile, light-duty truck or van;

     (ix) has a Contract Rate of at least 6.00%;

     (x) had an original term to maturity of not more than 73 months and each
Receivable has a remaining term to maturity, as of the Cut-Off Date, of not more
than 72 months and not less than 1 month;

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     (xi) had an original Principal Balance of at least $2,500.00 and no more than
$66,000.00;

     (xii) has a Principal Balance as of the Cut-Off Date of greater than or equal
to $500.00;

     (xiii) has a final Scheduled Payment due on or before May 15, 2017;

     (xiv) was not more than 30 days past due as of the Cut-Off Date;

     (xv) such Receivable was not noted in the records of the Originator or the
Servicer as being the subject of any pending bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;

     (xvi) is not subject to a force-placed Insurance Policy on the related Financed
Vehicle;

     (xvii) is a Simple Interest Receivable, and scheduled payments under each
Receivable have been applied in accordance with the method for allocating principal
and interest set forth in such Receivable; and

     (xviii) each of the Receivables were selected using selection procedures that
were not known or intended by Santander Consumer or the Servicer to be adverse to
the Issuer.

	(b)	 	Schedule of Receivables. The information with respect to a Receivable transferred on the
Closing Date set forth in the Schedule of Receivables was true and correct in all material
respects as of the Cut-Off Date.
	 
	(c)	 	Compliance with Law. The Receivable complied at the time it was originated or made, and the
transfer of that Receivable to the Issuer complied at the time of transfer, in all material
respects with all requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, and regulations
thereunder, including, to the extent applicable, usury laws, the Federal Truth in Lending Act,
the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Federal Trade Commission
Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Magnuson-Moss
Warranty Act, Federal Reserve Board Regulations B and Z, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act,
state adaptations of the National Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and any
other consumer credit, equal opportunity and disclosure laws applicable to that Receivable.
	 
	(d)	 	Binding Obligation. The Receivable constitutes the legal, valid and binding payment
obligation in writing of the Obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its
terms, except (i) as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, liquidation or other similar laws and equitable principles relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as such Receivable may be
modified by the application after the Cut-Off Date of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as
amended, to the extent applicable to the related Obligor.

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	(e)	 	Receivable in Force. The Receivable has not been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded nor
has the related Financed Vehicle been released from the lien of such Receivable in whole or in
part.
	 
	(f)	 	No Default; No Waiver. Except for payment delinquencies continuing for a period of not more
than 30 days as of the Cut-Off Date, the records of the Servicer did not disclose that any
default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of the Receivable
existed as of the Cut-Off Date or that any continuing condition that with notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration
under the terms of the Receivable had arisen as of the Cut-Off Date and the Seller has not
waived any of the foregoing.
	 
	(g)	 	Insurance. The Receivable requires that the Obligor thereunder obtain comprehensive and
collision insurance covering the related Financed Vehicle.
	 
	(h)	 	No Government Obligor. The Obligor on the Receivable is not the United States of America or
any state thereof or any local government, or any agency, department, political subdivision or
instrumentality of the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government.
	 
	(i)	 	Assignment. No Receivable has been originated in, or is subject to the laws of, any
jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer, assignment, setting over, conveyance or pledge of
such Receivable would be unlawful, void, or voidable. Santander Consumer has not entered into
any agreement with any Obligor that prohibits, restricts or conditions the assignment of the
related Receivable.
	 
	(j)	 	Good Title. It is the intention of the Seller that the sale, transfer, assignment and
conveyance herein contemplated constitute an absolute sale, transfer, assignment and
conveyance of the Receivables and that the Receivables not be part of the Seller’s estate in
the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy
law. As of the Closing Date, no Receivable has been sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed or
pledged to any Person other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents. As of the Closing
Date and immediately prior to the sale and transfer herein contemplated, the Seller had good
and marketable title to and was the sole owner of each Receivable free and clear of all Liens
(except any Lien which will be released prior to assignment of such Receivable hereunder),
and, immediately upon the sale and transfer thereof, the Issuer will have good and marketable
title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens).
	 
	(k)	 	Filings. All filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings) necessary in any
jurisdiction to give the Issuer a first priority, validly perfected ownership interest in the
Receivables (other than any Related Security with respect thereto, to the extent that an
ownership interest therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement), and to
give the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected security interest therein, will be made
within ten days of the Closing Date.

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	(l)	 	Priority. The Receivable is not pledged, assigned, sold, subject to a security interest, or
otherwise conveyed other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents. The Seller has not
authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Originator
or the Seller that include a description of collateral covering any Receivable other than any
financing statement relating to security interests granted under the Transaction Documents or
that have been or, prior to the assignment of such Receivable hereunder, will be terminated,
amended or released. The Sale and Servicing Agreement creates a valid and continuing security
interest in the Receivable (other than the Related Security with respect thereto) in favor of
the Issuer which security interest is prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens)
and is enforceable as such against all other creditors of and purchasers and assignees from
the Seller.
	 
	(m)	 	Characterization of Receivables. Each Receivable constitutes either “electronic chattel
paper,” “tangible chattel paper,”,” an “account,” an “instrument,” or a “general intangible,”
each as defined in the UCC.
	 
	(n)	 	One Original. There is only one executed original, electronically authenticated original or
authoritative copy of the Contract (in each case within the meaning of the UCC) related to
each Receivable.
	 
	(o)	 	No Defenses. The Seller has no knowledge either of any facts which would give rise to any
right of rescission, offset, claim, counterclaim or defense, or of the same being asserted or
threatened, with respect to any Receivable.

Schedule I to the

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SCHEDULE II

NOTICE ADDRESSES

If to the Issuer:

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2010-1

c/o Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware

1011 Centre Rd., Suite 200

Wilmington, DE 19805

Facsimile: (302) 636-3399

Attention: Elizabeth B. Ferry

with a copy to:

c/o Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, 26th Floor

Mail Stop NYC 60-2606

New York, NY 10005

Facsimile: (212) 553-2460

Attention: Irene Siegel — Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2010-1

with copies to the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee

If to Santander Consumer, the Servicer or the Administrator:

Santander Consumer USA Inc.

8585 North Stemmons Freeway, Suite 1000-N

Dallas, Texas 75247

Facsimile: (972) 755-8334

Attention: Andrew Kang

If to the Seller:

Santander Drive Auto Receivables LLC

8585 North Stemmons Freeway, Suite 1000-N

Dallas, Texas 75247

Facsimile: (972) 755-8334

Attention: Andrew Kang

If to the Indenture Trustee:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Facsimile: (612) 667-3464

Attention: Corporate Trust Services — Asset-Backed Administration

Schedule II to the

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If to the Owner Trustee:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware

1011 Centre Rd., Suite 200

Wilmington, DE 19805

Facsimile: (302) 636-3399

Attention: Elizabeth B. Ferry

with a copy to:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, 26th Floor

Mail Stop NYC 60-2606

New York, NY 10005

Facsimile: (212) 553-2460

Attention: Irene Siegel — Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2010-1

If to DBRS:

DBRS, Inc.

140 Broadway, 35th Floor

New York, NY 10005

E-mail: ABS_Surveillance@dbrs.com

If to S&P:

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

55 Water Street

New York, New York 10041

Facsimile: (212) 438-2664

Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Group

Schedule II to the

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT PURSUANT TO SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

May 26, 2010

     For value received, in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the
“Agreement”), dated as of May 26, 2010, by and between Santander Drive Auto Receivables
Trust 2010-1, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), Santander Drive Auto Receivables
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Seller”), Santander Consumer USA Inc., an
Illinois corporation (“Santander Consumer”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
(the “Indenture Trustee”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Agreement, the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the
Issuer on May 26, 2010, without recourse (subject to the obligations in the Agreement) all right,
title and interest of the Seller, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to and under the
Receivables set forth on the schedule of Receivables delivered by the Seller to the Issuer on the
date hereof (such schedule, the “Schedule of Receivables”), and the Collections after the
Cut-Off Date, the Receivables Files and the Related Security relating thereto, together with all of
Seller’s rights under the Purchase Agreement and all proceeds of the foregoing, which sale shall be
effective as of the Cut-Off Date.

     The foregoing sale does not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by the
Issuer of any obligation of the Seller or the Originator to the Obligors, the Dealers, insurers or
any other Person in connection with the Receivables or the other assets and properties conveyed
hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.

     This assignment is made pursuant to and upon the representations, warranties and agreements on
the part of the undersigned contained in the Agreement and is governed by the Agreement.

     Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to
them in the Agreement.

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Exhibit A to the

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     IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has caused this assignment to be duly executed as of the
date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	SANTANDER DRIVE AUTO RECEIVABLES LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 

Exhibit A to the

Sale and Servicing Agreement

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EXHIBIT B

PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

     In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Agreement, the
Seller hereby represents, warrants, and covenants to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as
follows on the Closing Date:

General

1. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable
UCC) in the Receivables and the other Transferred Assets in favor of the Issuer, which security
interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and
purchasers from the Seller.

2. The Receivables constitute “chattel paper” (including “electronic chattel paper” or “tangible
chattel paper”), “accounts,” “instruments” or “general intangibles,” within the meaning of the UCC.

3. Each Receivable is secured by a first priority validly perfected security interest in the
related Financed Vehicle in favor of the applicable Originator, as secured party, or all necessary
actions with respect to such Receivable have been taken or will be taken to perfect a first
priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the applicable Originator,
as secured party.

Creation

4. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of a Receivable by the Seller
to the Issuer, the Seller owned and had good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear
of any Lien and immediately after the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of such Receivable
to the Issuer, the Issuer will have good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of
any Lien.

5. The Seller has received all consents and approvals to the sale of the Receivables hereunder to
the Issuer required by the terms of the Receivables that constitute instruments.

Perfection

6. The Seller has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the effective date of this
Agreement, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the
appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the sale of the Receivables from
the Seller to Issuer, and the security interest in the Receivables granted to the Issuer hereunder;
and the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, has in its possession the original copies of such
instruments or tangible chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables, and all
financing statements referred to in this paragraph contain a statement that: “A purchase of or
security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights
of the Secured Party/Purchaser”.

Exhibit B to the

Sale and Servicing Agreement

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7. With respect to Receivables that constitute instruments or tangible chattel paper, either:

(i) All original executed copies of each such instrument or tangible chattel paper have been
delivered to the Indenture Trustee; or

(ii) Such instruments or tangible chattel paper are in the possession of the Servicer and
the Indenture Trustee has received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the
Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, is holding such instruments or tangible chattel
paper solely on behalf and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the
Issuer; or

(iii) The Servicer received possession of such instruments or tangible chattel paper after
the Indenture Trustee received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer
is acting solely as agent of the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer.

Priority

8. Neither the Seller nor Santander Consumer has authorized the filing of, or is aware of any
financing statements against either the Seller or Santander Consumer that include a description of
collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement (i) relating to the
conveyance of the Receivables by Santander Consumer to the Seller under the Purchase Agreement,
(ii) relating to the security interest granted to Issuer hereunder or (iii) that has been
terminated.

9. Neither the Seller nor Santander Consumer is aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien
filings against either the Seller or Santander Consumer.

10. Neither the Seller nor Santander Consumer nor a custodian or vaulting agent thereof holding any
Receivable that is electronic chattel paper has communicated an “authoritative copy” (as such term
is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of any loan agreement that constitutes or evidences such
Receivable to any Person other than the Servicer.

11. None of the instruments, tangible chattel paper or electronic chattel paper that constitute or
evidence the Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged,
assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Seller, the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee.

Survival of Perfection Representations

12. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the
perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Exhibit B shall be
continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all obligations under the
Transaction Documents and the Notes have been finally and fully paid and performed.

No Waiver

13. The parties to this Agreement shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of
any material breach of the perfection representations, warranties and covenants

Exhibit B to the

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contained in this Exhibit B, and shall not, without satisfying the Rating Agency Condition, waive a
breach of any of such perfection representations, warranties or covenants.

Servicer to Maintain Perfection and Priority

14. The Servicer covenants that, in order to evidence the interests of the Seller and Issuer under
the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, Servicer shall take
such action, or execute and deliver such instruments as may be necessary or advisable (including,
without limitation, such actions as are requested by the Indenture Trustee) to maintain and
perfect, as a first priority perfected security interest, the Indenture Trustee’s security interest
in the Receivables. The Servicer shall, from time to time and within the time limits established
by law, prepare and file, all financing statements, amendments, continuations, initial financing
statements in lieu of a continuation statement, terminations, partial terminations, releases or
partial releases, or any other filings necessary or advisable to continue, maintain and perfect the
Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the Receivables as a first-priority perfected security
interest.

Exhibit B to the

Sale and Servicing Agreement

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EXHIBIT C

SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE

     The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Indenture Trustee shall address, at a
minimum, the criteria identified as below as “Applicable Servicing Criteria”:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Servicing Criteria	 	Applicable
	Reference	 	Criteria	 	Servicing Criteria
	 

	 	General Servicing Considerations	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(1)(i)

	 	Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or
other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction
agreements.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(1)(ii)

	 	If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third
parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third
party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(1)(iii)

	 	Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up
servicer for the pool assets are maintained.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(1)(iv)

	 	A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the
party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting
period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance
with the terms of the transaction agreements.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Cash Collection and Administration	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(i)

	 	Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial
bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two
business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified
in the transaction agreements.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(ii)

	 	Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to
an investor are made only by authorized personnel.
	 	X
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(iii)

	 	Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or
distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances,
are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction
agreements.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(iv)

	 	The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve
accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are
separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set
forth in the transaction agreements.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(v)

	 	Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured
depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For
purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution”
with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign
financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(vi)

	 	Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(vii)

	 	Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed
securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and
related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A)
mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the
bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in
the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other
than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain
explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved
within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other
number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	 	 

Exhibit C to the

Sale and Servicing Agreement

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	Servicing Criteria	 	Applicable
	Reference	 	Criteria	 	Servicing Criteria
	 

	 	Investor Remittances and Reporting	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(3)(i)

	 	Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the
Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements
and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A)
are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in
the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in
accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C)
are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations;
and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total
unpaid principal balance and number of pool assets serviced by the
Servicer.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(3)(ii)

	 	Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance
with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the
transaction agreements.
	 	X1
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(3)(iii)

	 	Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business
days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days
specified in the transaction agreements.
	 	X
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(3)(iv)

	 	Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with
cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank
statements.
	 	X
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Pool Asset Administration	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(i)

	 	Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by
the transaction agreements or related asset pool documents.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(ii)

	 	Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the
transaction agreements	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(iii)

	 	Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made,
reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements
in the transaction agreements.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(iv)

	 	Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance
with the related pool asset documents are posted to the Servicer’s
obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt,
or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements,
and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in
accordance with the related asset pool documents.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(v)

	 	The Servicer’s records regarding the accounts and the accounts agree
with the Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid
principal balance.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(vi)

	 	Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s account
(e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved
by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements
and related pool asset documents.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(vii)

	 	Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans,
modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and
repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in
accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the
transaction agreements.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(viii)

	 	Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the
period a pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction
agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or
such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe
the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including,
for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in
cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or
unemployment).	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(ix)

	 	Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets
with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset
documents.	 	 

 

			
	1	 	Solely with regard to timeframes and that
distributions were made in accordance with the instructions of the Servicer.

Exhibit C to the

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	Servicing Criteria	 	Applicable
	Reference	 	Criteria	 	Servicing Criteria
	1122(d)(4)(x)

	 	Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow
accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s
Account documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period
specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is
paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable Account
documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor
within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related Accounts, or
such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(xi)

	 	Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance
payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates,
as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments,
provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30
calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days
specified in the transaction agreements.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(xii)

	 	Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made
on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not
charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s
error or omission.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(xiii)

	 	Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two
business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or
such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(xiv)

	 	Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are
recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(xv)

	 	Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item
1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as
set forth in the transaction agreements.	 	 

Exhibit C to the

Sale and Servicing Agreement

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S ANNUAL CERTIFICATION

Re:   SANTANDER DRIVE AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2010-1

          Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as indenture
trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), certifies to Santander Drive Auto Receivables LLC (the
“Seller”), and its officers, with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this
certification, that:

     (1) It has reviewed the report on assessment of the Indenture Trustee’s compliance
provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Assessment”) that was
delivered by the Indenture Trustee to the Seller pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of May 26, 2010, by and between Santander Consumer USA
Inc., the Seller, the Indenture Trustee and Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2010-1
(collectively, the “Indenture Trustee Information”);

     (2) To the best of its knowledge, the Servicing Assessment, taken as a whole, does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period of time covered by the Servicing
Assessment; and

     (3) To the best of its knowledge, all of the information required to be provided by the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Sections 9.21 and 9.22 of the Agreement has
been provided to the Seller.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, not in its

individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Date:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

Exhibit D to the

Sale and Servicing Agreement

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APPENDIX A

DEFINITIONS

     The following terms have the meanings set forth, or referred to, below:

     “Accrued Note Interest” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of the Noteholders’
Monthly Accrued Interest for such Payment Date and the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall
for such Payment Date.

     “Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3(a) of the Indenture.

     “Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date,
between the Administrator, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and
supplemented from time to time.

     “Administrator” means Santander Consumer, or any successor Administrator under the
Administration Agreement.

     “Affiliate” means, for any specified Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly,
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person and “affiliated”
has a meaning correlative to the foregoing. For purposes of this definition, “control” means the
power, directly or indirectly, to cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person.

     “Applicable Tax State” means, as of any date, each of the following: (a) the State in which
the Issuer is located, and (b) the States of Texas and Illinois.

     “Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Indenture Trustee to act on behalf
of the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes.

     “Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York,
printed in the English language and customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not
published on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

     “Authorized Officer” means (a) with respect to the Issuer, (i) any officer of the Owner
Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Issuer and who is
identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture
Trustee on the Closing Date or (ii) so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any
officer of the Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in matters relating to
the Issuer pursuant to the Administration Agreement and who is identified on the list of Authorized
Officers delivered by the Administrator to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on the
Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) and (b)
with respect to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer, any officer of the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, who is authorized to act for the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, in matters relating to the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer and who is identified on the list of
Authorized Officers delivered by each of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee

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and the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or
supplemented from time to time thereafter).

     “Available Funds” means, for any Payment Date and the related Collection Period, an amount
equal to the sum of the following amounts: (i) all Collections received by the Servicer during such
Collection Period, (ii) the sum of the Repurchase Prices deposited into the Collection Account with
respect to each Receivable that is to become a Repurchased Receivable on such Payment Date and
(iii) the Reserve Account Excess Amount for such Payment Date.

     “Available Funds Shortfall Amount” means, as of any Payment Date, the amount, if any, by which
the aggregate amounts required to be paid pursuant to clauses first through fourth of Section
4.4(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement exceeds the Available Funds for such Payment Date.

     “Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 101 et seq., as amended.

     “Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, (i) the filing of a decree or order for
relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person in an involuntary
case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of such Person, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such
Person’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90
consecutive days or (ii) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the
consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such
law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person, or the
making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by
such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such
Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

     “Bankruptcy Remote Party” means each of the Seller, the Issuer, any other trust created by the
Seller or any limited liability company or corporation wholly-owned by the Seller.

     “Benefit Plan” means (i) any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which
is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a “plan” described by Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code which is
subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (iii) any entity deemed to hold the assets of any of the
foregoing by reason of an employee benefit plan’s or other plan’s investment in such entity.

     “Book-Entry Notes” means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and transfers of which
shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.10 of the
Indenture.

     “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the states of Delaware, Illinois, Texas or New York, or in the state in

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which the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee is located, are authorized or
obligated by law, executive order or government decree to be closed.

     “Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Trust
Agreement evidencing the Residual Interest.

     “Certificate of Title” means, with respect to any Financed Vehicle, the certificate of title
or other documentary evidence of ownership of such Financed Vehicle as issued by the department,
agency or official of the jurisdiction (whether in paper or electronic form) in which such Financed
Vehicle is titled responsible for accepting applications for, and maintaining records regarding,
certificates of title and liens thereon.

     “Certificateholder” means any Holder of a Certificate.

     “Class” means a group of Notes whose form is identical except for variation in denomination,
principal amount or owner, and references to “each Class” thus mean each of the Class A-1 Notes,
the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.

     “Class A-1 Final Scheduled Payment Date” means the Payment Date occurring in May, 2011.

     “Class A-1 Interest Rate” means 0.51776% per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number
of days elapsed during the applicable Interest Period, but assuming a 360-day year).

     “Class A-1 Note Balance” means, at any time, the Initial Class A-1 Note Balance reduced by all
payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-1 Notes.

     “Class A-1 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is registered on the
Note Register.

     “Class A-1 Notes” means the Class of Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes designated as Class A-1
Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.

     “Class A-2 Final Scheduled Payment Date” means the Payment Date occurring in March, 2013.

     “Class A-2 Interest Rate” means 1.36% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months).

     “Class A-2 Note Balance” means, at any time, the Initial Class A-2 Note Balance reduced by all
payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-2 Notes.

     “Class A-2 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note is registered on the
Note Register.

     “Class A-2 Notes” means the Class of Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes designated as Class A-2
Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.

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     “Class A-3 Final Scheduled Payment Date” means the Payment Date occurring in November, 2014.

     “Class A-3 Interest Rate” means 1.84% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months).

     “Class A-3 Note Balance” means, at any time, the Initial Class A-3 Note Balance reduced by all
payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-3 Notes.

     “Class A-3 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note is registered on the
Note Register.

     “Class A-3 Notes” means the Class of Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes designated as Class A-3
Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.

     “Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date” means the Payment Date occurring in May, 2017.

     “Class A-4 Interest Rate” means 2.43% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months).

     “Class A-4 Note Balance” means, at any time, the Initial Class A-4 Note Balance reduced by all
payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-4 Notes.

     “Class A-4 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-4 Note is registered on the
Note Register.

     “Class A-4 Notes” means the Class of Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes designated as Class A-4
Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.

     “Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section
17A of the Exchange Act and shall initially be DTC.

     “Clearing Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or
other Person for which from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges
of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.

     “Closing Date” means May 26, 2010.

     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, modified or supplemented from time
to time, and any successor law thereto, and the regulations promulgated and the rulings issued
thereunder.

     “Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the Granting Clause of the Indenture.

     “Collection Account” means the trust account established and maintained pursuant to
Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

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     “Collection Period” means the period commencing on the first day of each calendar month and
ending on the last day of such calendar month (or, in the case of the initial Collection Period,
the period commencing on the close of business on the Cut-Off Date and ending on May 31, 2010). As
used herein, the “related” Collection Period with respect to a Payment Date shall be deemed to be
the Collection Period which precedes such Payment Date.

     “Collections” means, with respect to any Receivable and to the extent received by the Servicer
after the applicable Cut-Off Date, (i) any monthly payment by or on behalf of the Obligor
thereunder, (ii) any full or partial prepayment of such Receivable, (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds
and (iv) any other amounts received by the Servicer which, in accordance with the Customary
Servicing Practices, would be applied to the payment of accrued interest or to reduce the Principal
Balance of the Receivable, including rebates of premiums with respect to the cancellation or
termination of any Insurance Policy, extended warranty or service contract; provided,
however, that the term “Collections” in no event will include (1) for any Payment Date, any
amounts in respect of any Receivable the Repurchase Price of which has been included in the
Available Funds on a prior Payment Date or (2) any Supplemental Servicing Fees.

     “Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “Contract” means, with respect to any Receivable, the motor vehicle retail installment sales
contract and/or note and security agreement, the installment loan agreement, any amendments thereto
and any related documentary draft, if applicable, evidencing such Receivable.

     “Contract Rate” means, with respect to a Receivable, the rate per annum at which interest
accrues under the Contract evidencing such Receivable. Such rate may be less than the “Annual
Percentage Rate” disclosed in the Receivable.

     “Corporate Trust Office” means:

     (a) as used with respect to Indenture Trustee, the principal office of the Indenture Trustee
at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered which office at
date of the execution of the Indenture is located at MAC N9311-161, Sixth Street and Marquette
Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479; Attention: Corporate Trust Services—Asset-Backed
Administration or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by
notice to the Noteholders, the Administrator, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Issuer, or
the principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee (the address of which the
successor Indenture Trustee will notify the Noteholders, the Administrator, the Servicer, the Owner
Trustee and the Issuer); and

     (b) as used with respect to Owner Trustee, the corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee
located at 1011 Centre Rd., Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19805, or at such other address as the
Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the Residual Interestholder and the Seller, or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Owner Trustee (the address of which the successor
Owner Trustee will notify the Residual Interestholder and the Seller).

     “Cram Down Loss” means, with respect to any Receivable (other than a Defaulted Receivable) as
to which any court in any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding

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issues an order reducing the principal amount to be paid on such Receivable or otherwise
modifies any payment terms with respect thereto, an amount equal to the greater of (i) the amount
of the principal reduction ordered by such court and (ii) the difference between the Principal
Balance of such Receivable at the time of such court order and the net present value (using a
discount rate which is the higher of the Contract Rate of such Receivable or the rate of interest
specified by such court order) of the remaining scheduled payments to be paid on such Receivable as
modified or restructured. A “Cram Down Loss” will be deemed to have occurred on the date of
issuance of such court’s order.

     “Cumulative Net Loss Rate Table” means the levels set forth below for the Collection Periods
related to the Payment Dates set forth below:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Payment Date.	 	Level I Trigger	 	Level II Trigger
	 
	6th Payment Date
	 	3.20%
	 	4.25%
	12th Payment Date
	 	9.70%
	 	12.95%
	18th Payment Date
	 	15.35%
	 	20.50%
	24th Payment Date
	 	20.00%
	 	26.65%
	30th Payment Date
	 	23.90%
	 	31.90%
	36th Payment Date
	 	26.60%
	 	35.45%
	42nd Payment Date
	 	28.55%
	 	38.10%
	48th Payment Date 

and thereafter
	 	30.00%
	 	40.00%

     “Cumulative Net Loss Ratio” means, as of any Payment Date, the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) of (i) the aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables that became Defaulted Receivables
plus all the Cram Down Losses (without duplication) which occurred during the period from the
Cut-Off Date through the end of the related Collection Period reduced by the amount of Liquidation
Proceeds with respect to Defaulted Receivables received during such period which are applied to
principal of the Defaulted Receivables to (ii) the Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date.

     “Customary Servicing Practices” means the customary servicing practices of the Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that the Servicer or such
Sub-Servicer, as applicable, services for itself and others, as such customary servicing practices
may be changed from time to time, it being understood that the Servicer and the Sub-Servicers may
not have the same “Customary Servicing Practices.”

     “Cut-Off Date” means April 30, 2010.

     “DBRS” means DBRS, Inc., or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization.

     “Dealer” means a motor vehicle dealership.

     “Default” means any occurrence that is, or with notice or lapse of time or both would become,
an Event of Default.

     “Defaulted Receivable” means, with respect to any Collection Period, a Receivable as to which
(a) a related monthly payment became four months past due during such Collection Period

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and the Servicer has not repossessed the related Financed Vehicle, (b) the Servicer has either
repossessed and liquidated the related Financed Vehicle or repossessed and held the related
Financed Vehicle in its repossession inventory for 90 days, whichever occurs first, or (c) the
Servicer has, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, determined that such Receivable
has or should be written off as uncollectible; provided, however, that this
definition may be modified in accordance with modifications to the Servicer’s Customary Servicing
Practices. The Principal Balance of any Receivable that becomes a “Defaulted Receivable” will be
deemed to be zero as of the date it becomes a “Defaulted Receivable”.

     “Definitive Note” means a definitive fully registered Note issued pursuant to Section
2.12 of the Indenture.

     “Delivery” when used with respect to Trust Account Property means:

     (a) with respect to (I) bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper, and negotiable
certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute “instruments” as defined in
Section 9-102(47) of the UCC and are susceptible of physical delivery, transfer of actual
possession thereof to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian by physical delivery
to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian endorsed to, or registered in the name
of, the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank, and (II) with
respect to a “certificated security” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC) transfer
of actual possession thereof (i) by physical delivery of such certificated security to the
Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian endorsed to, or registered in the name of, the
Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank, or to another person,
other than a “securities intermediary” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC), who
acquires possession of the certificated security on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or its
nominee or custodian or, having previously acquired possession of the certificate,
acknowledges that it holds for the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or (ii) by
delivery thereof to a “securities intermediary”, endorsed to or registered in the name of
the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, or endorsed in blank, and the making by
such “securities intermediary” of entries on its books and records identifying such
certificated securities as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian
and the sending by such “securities intermediary” of a confirmation of the purchase of such
certificated security by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian (all of the
foregoing, “Physical Property”), and, in any event, any such Physical Property in
registered form shall be in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian;
and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect
the complete transfer of ownership of any such Trust Account Property to the Indenture
Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with changes in applicable law or
regulations or the interpretation thereof;

     (b) with respect to any securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the other government
agencies, instrumentalities and establishments of the United States identified in Appendix A
to Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7 as in effect from time to time that is a
“book-entry security” (as such term is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular
No. 7) held in a securities account and eligible for

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transfer through the Fedwire® Securities Service operated by the Federal
Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations, the following procedures, all in
accordance with applicable law, including applicable Federal regulations and Articles 8 and
9 of the UCC: book-entry registration of such Trust Account Property to an appropriate
securities account maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank by a “participant” (as such term
is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) that is a “depository
institution” (as defined in Section 19(B)(1)(A) of the Federal Reserve Act) pursuant to
applicable Federal regulations, and issuance by such depository institution of a deposit
notice or other written confirmation of such book-entry registration to the Indenture
Trustee or its nominee or custodian of the purchase by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee
or custodian of such book-entry securities; the making by such depository institution of
entries in its books and records identifying such book entry security held through the
Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations or a security entitlement
thereto as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian and indicating
that such depository institution holds such Trust Account Property solely as agent for the
Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; and such additional or alternative procedures
as may hereafter become appropriate to effect complete transfer of ownership of any such
Trust Account Property to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with
changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; and

     (c) with respect to any item of Trust Account Property that is an uncertificated
security (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC) and that is not governed by clause
(b) above, (i) registration on the books and records of the issuer thereof in the name of
the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, or (ii) registration on the books and
records of the issuer thereof in the name of another person, other than a securities
intermediary, who acknowledges that it holds such uncertificated security for the benefit of
the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian.

     “Depositor” means the Seller in its capacity as Depositor under the Trust Agreement.

     “Determination Date” means the second Business Day preceding the related Payment Date,
beginning June 11, 2010.

     “Dollar” and “$” mean lawful currency of the United States of America.

     “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, and its successors.

     “Eligible Account” means either (a) a segregated account with an Eligible Institution or (b) a
segregated trust account with the corporate trust department of a depository institution acting in
its fiduciary capacity organized under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the
states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), having
corporate trust powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in such account, so long as the
long-term unsecured debt of such depository institution shall have a credit rating from each Rating
Agency in one of its generic rating categories which signifies investment grade. Any such trust
account may be maintained with the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any

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of their respective Affiliates, if such accounts meet the requirements described in clause (b)
of the preceding sentence.

     “Eligible Institution” means a depository institution or trust company (which may be the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates) organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any
domestic branch of a foreign bank) (a) which at all times has either (i) a long-term senior
unsecured debt rating of “AA-” or better by Standard & Poor’s and “AA(low)” or better by DBRS or
(ii) a certificate of deposit rating of “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s and “R-1(high)” or better by
DBRS, if rated by DBRS or (iii) such other rating that is acceptable to each Rating Agency, as
evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee and (b) whose
deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

     “Eligible Investments” means any one or more of the following types of investments:

     (a) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment by,
the United States of America;

     (b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository
institution (including any Affiliate of the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or
the Owner Trustee) or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a
foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or state banking or
depository institution authorities (including depository receipts issued by any such
institution or trust company as custodian with respect to any obligation referred to in
clause (a) above or a portion of such obligation for the benefit of the holders of
such depository receipts); provided that at the time of the investment or
contractual commitment to invest therein (which shall be deemed to be made again each time
funds are reinvested following each Payment Date), the commercial paper or other short-term
senior unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is based
on the credit of a Person other than such depository institution or trust company) of such
depository institution or trust company shall have a credit rating from Standard & Poor’s of
at least A-1+ and from DBRS of R-1(high), if rated by DBRS;

     (c) commercial paper (including commercial paper of any Affiliate of the Seller, the
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee) having, at the time of the investment
or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from Standard & Poor’s of at least
A-1+ and from DBRS of R-1 (high), if rated by DBRS;

     (d) investments in money market funds (including funds for which the Seller, the
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates is
investment manager or advisor) having a rating from Standard & Poor’s of AAA-m or AAAm-G;

     (e) bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company referred
to in clause (b) above; and

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     (f) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of,
or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality
thereof the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States of America, in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust
company (acting as principal) referred to in clause (b) above.

     Each of the Eligible Investments may be purchased from the Indenture Trustee or through an
Affiliate of the Indenture Trustee.

     “Eligible Receivable” means a Receivable meeting all of the criteria set forth on Schedule
I of the Sale and Servicing Agreement as of the Closing Date.

     “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and any
successor law thereto, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued hereunder.

     “ERISA Affiliate” means at any time, with respect to any Person or entity, any member of such
Person’s or entity’s “controlled group,” within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or Section
414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

     “Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of the Indenture.

     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     “Exchange Act Reports” means any reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K filed or to be
filed by the Seller with respect to the Issuer under the Exchange Act.

     “Final Scheduled Payment Date” means, with respect to (i) the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1
Final Scheduled Payment Date, (ii) the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Payment Date,
(iii) the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-3 Final Scheduled Payment Date and (iv) the Class A-4 Notes,
the Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date.

     “Financed Vehicle” means an automobile, light-duty truck or van, together with all accessions
thereto, securing an Obligor’s indebtedness under the applicable Receivable.

     “First Allocation of Principal” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of (a) the Note Balance of the Notes as of such Payment Date (before giving
effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on such Payment Date) over (b) the Pool Balance
as of the end of the related Collection Period; provided, however, that the “First
Allocation of Principal” shall not exceed the Note Balance of the Notes; provided,
further, that the “First Allocation of Principal” for any Payment Date on and after the
Final Scheduled Payment Date for any Class of Notes shall not be less than the amount that is
necessary to reduce the Note Balance of that Class of Notes to zero.

     “Form 10-D Disclosure Item” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any legal proceedings
pending against such Person or of which any property of such Person is then subject, or (b) any
proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities against such Person or of which
any property of such Person would be subject, in each case that would be material to the
Noteholders.

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     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the USA, applied on a materially
consistent basis.

     “Governmental Authority” means any (a) Federal, state, municipal, foreign or other
governmental entity, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, (b) administrative or regulatory
authority (including any central bank or similar authority) or (c) court or judicial authority.

     “Grant” means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey,
assign, transfer, create, grant a lien upon and a security interest in and right of set-off
against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to the Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of
any other agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the
obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to
claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of the
Collateral and all other moneys payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other
communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring
proceedings in the name of the Granting party or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything
that the Granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
Other forms of the verb “to Grant” shall have correlative meanings.

     “Holder” means, as the context may require, the Certificateholder or a Noteholder or both.

     “Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuer and
Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

     “Indenture Trustee” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking
association, not in its individual capacity but as indenture trustee under the Indenture, or any
successor trustee under the Indenture.

     “Independent” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that such Person (i) is
in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Administrator and any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any
material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Administrator or
any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (iii) is not connected with the Issuer, any such
other obligor, the Administrator or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer,
employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions.

     “Independent Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable
requirements of Section 11.1 of the Indenture, made by an independent appraiser or other
expert appointed by an Issuer Order, and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer
has read the definition of “Independent” in this Appendix A and that the signer is
Independent within the meaning thereof.

     “Initial Class A-1 Note Balance” means $366,000,000.

     “Initial Class A-2 Note Balance” means $287,000,000.

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     “Initial Class A-3 Note Balance” means $268,000,000.

     “Initial Class A-4 Note Balance” means $79,000,000.

     “Initial Note Balance” means, for any Class, the Initial Class A-1 Note Balance, the Initial
Class A-2 Note Balance, the Initial Class A-3 Note Balance or the Initial Class A-4 Note Balance,
as applicable, or with respect to the Notes generally, the sum of the foregoing.

     “Initial Reserve Account Deposit Amount” means an amount equal to $34,782,795.83.

     “Insurance Policy” means (i) any theft and physical damage insurance policy maintained by the
Obligor under a Receivable, providing coverage against loss or damage to or theft of the related
Financed Vehicle, and (ii) any credit life or credit disability insurance maintained by an Obligor
in connection with any Receivable.

     “Interest Period” means, with respect to any Payment Date, (a) with respect to the Class A-1
Notes, from and including the Closing Date (in the case of the first Payment Date) or from and
including the most recent Payment Date to but excluding that Payment Date (for example, for a
Payment Date in June, the Interest Period is from and including the Payment Date in May to but
excluding the Payment Date in June) and (b) for the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes, from and including the 15th day of the calendar month preceding each
Payment Date (or from and including the Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date) to but
excluding the 15th day of the following month.

     “Interest Rate” means (a) with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Interest Rate,
(b) with respect to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-2 Interest Rate, (c) with respect to the Class
A-3 Notes, the Class A-3 Interest Rate or (d) with respect to the Class A-4 Notes, the Class A-4
Interest Rate.

     “Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     “Issuer” means Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2010-1, a Delaware statutory trust
established pursuant to the Trust Agreement, until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means
the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein, each other obligor on the Notes.

     “Issuer Order” and “Issuer Request” means a written order or request of the Issuer signed in
the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee.

     “Item 1119 Party” means the Seller, Santander Consumer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee,
the Owner Trustee, any underwriter of the Notes and any other material transaction party identified
by the Seller or Santander Consumer to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in writing.

     “Level I Net Loss Trigger” means, for any Measurement Date, that the Cumulative Net Loss Ratio
for such Measurement Date exceeds the level specified as the “Level I Trigger” in the Cumulative
Net Loss Rate Table for such Measurement Date.

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     “Level II Net Loss Trigger” means, for any Measurement Date, that the Cumulative Net Loss
Ratio for such Measurement Date exceeds the level specified as the “Level II Trigger” in the
Cumulative Net Loss Rate Table for such Measurement Date.

     “Lien” means, for any asset or property of a Person, a lien, security interest, mortgage,
pledge or encumbrance in, of or on such asset or property in favor of any other Person, except any
Permitted Lien.

     “Liquidation Proceeds” means, with respect to any Receivable, (a) insurance proceeds received
by the Servicer with respect to the Insurance Policies, (b) amounts received by the Servicer in
connection with such Receivable pursuant to the exercise of rights under that Receivable and (c)
the monies collected by the Servicer (from whatever source, including proceeds of a sale of a
Financed Vehicle, a deficiency balance recovered from the Obligor after the charge-off of such
Receivable or as a result of any recourse against the related Dealer, if any) on such Receivable
other than any monthly payment by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder or any full or partial
prepayment of such Receivable, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a) through (c), net of
any expenses (including, without limitation, any auction, painting, repair or refurbishment
expenses in respect of the related Financed Vehicle) incurred by the Servicer in connection
therewith and any payments required by law to be remitted to the Obligor.

     “Measurement Date” means the most recent Payment Date specified in the first column of the
Cumulative Net Loss Rate Table.

     “Monthly Remittance Condition” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement.

     “Note” means a Class A-1 Note, Class A-2 Note, Class A-3 Note or Class A-4 Note in each case
substantially in the forms of Exhibit A to the Indenture.

     “Note Balance” means, with respect to any date of determination, for any Class, the Class A-1
Note Balance, the Class A-2 Note Balance, the Class A-3 Note Balance or the Class A-4 Note Balance,
as applicable, or with respect to the Notes generally, the sum of all of the foregoing.

     “Note Depository Agreement” means the agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the
Indenture Trustee and DTC, as the initial Clearing Agency relating to the Notes, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time.

     “Note Factor” on a Payment Date means, with respect to each Class of Notes, a six-digit
decimal figure equal to the Note Balance of such Class of Notes as of the end of the related
Collection Period divided by the Note Balance of such Class of Notes as of the Closing Date. The
Note Factor will be 1.000000 as of the Closing Date; thereafter, the Note Factor will decline to
reflect reductions in the Note Balance of such Class of Notes.

     “Note Owner” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner
of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or a Person maintaining
an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency

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Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such
Clearing Agency).

     “Note Register” and “Note Registrar” have the respective meanings set forth in Section
2.4 of the Indenture.

     “Noteholder” means, as of any date, the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note
Register on such date.

     “Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
excess, if any, of the Noteholders’ Monthly Accrued Interest for the preceding Payment Date and any
outstanding Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall on such preceding Payment Date, over the
amount in respect of interest that is actually paid to Noteholders on such preceding Payment Date,
plus interest on the amount of interest due but not paid to Noteholders on the preceding Payment
Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the respective Interest Rates borne by such Notes for the
related Interest Period.

     “Noteholders’ Monthly Accrued Interest” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the aggregate
interest accrued for the related Interest Period on the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the
Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes at the respective Interest Rate for such Class on the Note
Balance of the Notes of each such Class on the immediately preceding Payment Date or the Closing
Date, as the case may be, after giving effect to all payments of principal to the Noteholders of
the Notes of such Class on or prior to such preceding Payment Date.

     “Notes” means, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and
the Class A-4 Notes.

     “Obligor” means, for any Receivable, each Person obligated to pay such Receivable.

     “Officer’s Certificate” means (i) with respect to the Issuer, a certificate signed by any
Authorized Officer of the Issuer and (ii) with respect to the Seller or the Servicer, a certificate
signed by the chairman of the board, the president, any executive vice president, any vice
president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or the controller of the Seller or the Servicer,
as applicable.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as
otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture or any other applicable Transaction Document, be
employees of or counsel to the Issuer, the Servicer, the Seller or the Administrator, and which
opinion or opinions comply with any applicable requirements of the Transaction Documents and are in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the recipient(s). Opinions of Counsel need address
matters of law only and may be based upon stated assumptions as to relevant matters of fact.

     “Optional Purchase” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

     “Optional Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

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     “Originator” means, with respect to any Receivable, either Santander Consumer or Triad, as
applicable, and “Originators” means, together, Santander Consumer and Triad.

     “Other Assets” means any assets (or interests therein) (other than the Trust Estate) conveyed
or purported to be conveyed by the Seller to another Person or Persons other than the Issuer,
whether by way of a sale, capital contribution or by virtue of the granting of a lien.

     “Outstanding” means, as of any date, all Notes (or all Notes of an applicable Class)
theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Indenture except:

     (i) Notes (or Notes of an applicable Class) theretofore cancelled by the Note Registrar or
delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation;

     (ii) Notes (or Notes of an applicable Class) or portions thereof the payment for which money
in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying
Agent in trust for the related Noteholders (provided, however, that if such Notes are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to the Indenture or provision
therefor, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, has been made); and

     (iii) Notes (or Notes of an applicable Class) in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes (or
Notes of such Class) that have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture unless
proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona
fide purchaser;

provided that in determining whether Noteholders holding the requisite Note Balance have
given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, vote or waiver hereunder or
under any Transaction Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the
Administrator or any of their respective Affiliates shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding unless all of the Notes are then owned by the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the
Administrator or any of their respective Affiliates, except that, in determining whether the
Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, vote or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee thereof establishes to the satisfaction of
the Indenture Trustee such pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that such
pledgee is not the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator or any of their respective
Affiliates.

     “Owner Trustee” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, a Delaware banking corporation,
not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement, and any
successor Owner Trustee thereunder.

     “Paying Agent” means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility
standards for the Indenture Trustee set forth in Section 6.11 of the Indenture and is
authorized by the Issuer to make the payments of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of
the Issuer.

     “Payment Date” means the 15th day of each calendar month beginning June 15, 2010; provided,
however, whenever a Payment Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business

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Day, the Payment Date shall be the next Business Day. As used herein, the “related” Payment
Date with respect to a Collection Period shall be deemed to be the Payment Date which immediately
follows such Collection Period.

     “Payment Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a) of the Indenture.

     “Permitted Liens” means (a) any liens created by the Transaction Documents; (b) any liens for
taxes not yet due and payable or the amount of which is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings; and (c) any liens of mechanics, suppliers, vendors, materialmen, laborers,
employees, repairmen and other like liens securing obligations which are not due and payable or the
amount or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

     “Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, estate, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof),
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

     “Physical Property” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Delivery” above.

     “Pool Balance” means, at any time, the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables at such
time.

     “Pool Factor” on a Payment Date means a six-digit decimal figure equal to the Pool Balance as
of the end of the preceding Collection Period divided by the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Receivables as of the Cut-Off Date. The Pool Factor will be 1.000000 as of the Cut-Off Date;
thereafter, the Pool Factor will decline to reflect reductions in the Pool Balance.

     “Predecessor Note” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous Note evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; provided,
however, for the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under
Section 2.5 of the Indenture in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall
be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note.

     “Principal Balance” means, as of any time, for any Receivable, the principal balance of such
Receivable under the terms of the Receivable determined in accordance with the Customary Servicing
Practices. The Principal Balance of any Receivable that becomes a Defaulted Receivable will be
deemed to be zero as of the date it becomes a Defaulted Receivable.

     “Proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding.

     “Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between
Santander Consumer and the Seller, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

     “Purchased Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the Purchase Agreement.

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     “Rating Agency” means each of Standard & Poor’s and DBRS.

     “Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any event or circumstance and each Rating
Agency, either (a) written confirmation by such Rating Agency that the occurrence of such event or
circumstance will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade or withdraw its rating assigned to any
of the Notes or (b) that such Rating Agency shall have been given notice of such event or
circumstance at least ten days prior to the occurrence of such event or circumstance (or, if ten
days’ advance notice is impracticable, as much advance notice as is practicable) and such Rating
Agency shall not have issued any written notice that the occurrence of such event or circumstance
will itself cause it to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to the Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Rating Agency has any duty to review any notice given with
respect to any event, and it is understood that such Rating Agency may not actually review notices
received by it prior to or after the expiration of the ten (10) day period described in (b) above.

     “Receivable” means any Contract with respect to a new or used automobile or light-duty truck
which shall appear on the Schedule of Receivables and all Related Security in connection therewith
which has not been released from the lien of the Indenture.

     “Receivable Files” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

     “Record Date” means, unless otherwise specified in any Transaction Document, with respect to
any Payment Date or Redemption Date, (i) for any Definitive Notes and for the Certificates, if any,
the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the
calendar month in which such Payment Date or Redemption Date occurs and (ii) for any Book-Entry
Notes, the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Payment Date or
Redemption Date.

     “Records” means, for any Receivable, all contracts, books, records and other documents or
information (including computer programs, tapes, disks, software and related property and rights,
to the extent legally transferable) relating to such Receivable or the related Obligor.

     “Redemption Date” means, in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section
10.1 of the Indenture, the Payment Date specified by the Administrator or the Issuer pursuant
to Section 10.1 of the Indenture.

     “Redemption Price” means an amount equal to the sum of (a) unpaid Note Balance of all Notes
redeemed, plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Interest Rate for the
Notes being so redeemed, up to but excluding the Redemption Date.

     “Registered Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register
on the related Record Date.

     “Regular Allocation of Principal” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount not less
than zero equal to (1) the excess, if any, of (a) the Note Balance of the Notes as of such Payment
Date (before giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on such Payment Date) over
(b) (i) the Pool Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period less (ii)

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the Targeted Overcollateralization Amount minus (2) the First Allocation of Principal;
provided, however, that with respect to any Payment Date after the occurrence of a Level II Net
Loss Trigger, “Regular Allocation of Principal” means an amount equal to the lesser of (x)
remaining Available Funds and (y) the Note Balance of the Notes as of such Payment Date (before
giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on such Payment Date) minus the First
Allocation of Principal.

     “Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 — Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§229.1100-229.1123, as such regulation may be amended from time to time and subject to such
clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release
(Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518. 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (January 7,
2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided in writing by the Commission or its
staff from time to time.

     “Related Security” means, for any Receivable, (i) the security interest in the related
Financed Vehicle, (ii) any proceeds from claims on any Insurance Policy or refunds in connection
with extended service agreements relating to such Receivable (if such Receivable became a Defaulted
Receivable after the applicable Cut-Off Date), (iii) any other property securing the Receivables
and (iv) all proceeds of the foregoing.

     “Reportable Event” means any event required to be reported on Form 8-K, and in any event, the
following:

(a) entry into a material definitive agreement related to the Issuer, the Notes, the Receivables or
an amendment to a Transaction Document, even if the Seller is not a party to such agreement (e.g.,
a servicing agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);

(b) termination of a Transaction Document (other than by expiration of the agreement on its stated
termination date or as a result of all parties completing their obligations under such agreement),
even if the Seller is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer
contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);

(c) with respect to the Servicer only, the occurrence of a Servicer Replacement Event;

(d) an Event of Default;

(e) the resignation, removal, replacement, or substitution of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee;

(f) with respect to the Indenture Trustee only, a required distribution to holders of the Notes is
not made as of the required Payment Date under the Indenture.

     “Repurchase Price” means, with respect to any Repurchased Receivable, a price equal to the
outstanding Principal Balance (calculated without giving effect to the last sentence of the
definitions of “Defaulted Receivable” and “Principal Balance”) of such Receivable plus any unpaid
accrued interest related to such Receivable accrued to and including the end of the Collection
Period preceding the date that such Repurchased Receivable was purchased by Santander Consumer, the
Servicer or the Seller, as applicable.

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     “Repurchased Receivable” means a Receivable purchased by Santander Consumer pursuant to
Section 3.3 of the Purchase Agreement, by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.6 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement or by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

     “Reserve Account” means the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to
Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

     “Reserve Account Draw Amount” means, for any Payment Date, an amount equal to the lesser of
(a) the Available Funds Shortfall Amount, if any, for such Payment Date and (b) the amount of cash
or other immediately available funds on deposit in the Reserve Account on such Payment Date.

     “Reserve Account Excess Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of cash or other immediately available funds in the Reserve
Account on that Payment Date, after giving effect to all deposits to and withdrawals from the
Reserve Account on such Payment Date, over (b) the Specified Reserve Account Balance with respect
for such Payment Date.

     “Reserve Amount” means, for any Payment Date, the amount of cash or other immediately
available funds in the Reserve Account on that Payment Date, after giving effect to all deposits to
and withdrawals from the Reserve Account on such Payment Date.

     “Residual Interest” means the beneficial interest in the Issuer, as evidenced by the
Certificate.

     “Residual Interestholder” means the Certificateholder, as owner of the Residual Interest.

     “Responsible Officer” means, (a) with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the
corporate trust department of the Indenture Trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice
President, Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer, Trust Officer or any other officer of the
Indenture Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the persons who
at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall
have direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture, (b) with respect to the Owner
Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee and having direct
responsibility for the administration of the Issuer, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice
President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, or any other officer customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect
to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and (c) with respect to the Servicer or
Seller, any officer of such Person having direct responsibility for the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents, including the President, Treasurer or Secretary or any Vice
President, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, or any other officer
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers
and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other

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officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity
with the particular subject.

     “Sale and Servicing Agreement” means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, between the Seller, the Issuer, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

     “Santander Consumer” means Santander Consumer USA Inc., an Illinois corporation, and its
successors and assigns.

     “Sarbanes Certification” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.21(b)(iii) of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement.

     “Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, and any successor law thereto.

     “Schedule of Receivables” means the schedule of Receivables transferred to the Issuer on the
Closing Date.

     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     “Seller” means Santander Drive Auto Receivables LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

     “Servicer” means Santander Consumer, initially, and any replacement Servicer appointed
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

     “Servicer’s Certificate” means the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.8 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

     “Servicer Replacement Event” means any one or more of the following that shall have occurred
and be continuing:

     (a) any failure by the Servicer to deliver or cause to be delivered any required payment to
the Indenture Trustee for distribution to the Noteholders, which failure continues unremedied for
five Business Days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or receipt by
the Servicer of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing at
least 25% of the Note Balance, voting together as a single Class;

     (b) any failure by the Servicer to duly observe or perform in any respect any other of its
covenants or agreements in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, which failure materially and adversely
affects the rights of the Issuer or the Noteholders, and which continues unremedied for 90 days
after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or receipt by the Servicer of
written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes; provided, that no Servicer Replacement Event
will result from the breach by the Servicer of any covenant for which the repurchase of the
affected Receivable is specified as the sole remedy pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement; or

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     (c) the Servicer suffers a Bankruptcy Event;

     provided, further, that (A) if any delay or failure of performance referred to in clause
(a) above shall have been caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence, the ten Business
Day grace period referred to in such clause (a) shall be extended for an additional 60
calendar days and (B) if any delay or failure of performance referred to in clause (b)
above shall have been caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence, the 90 day grace period
referred to in such clause (b) shall be extended for an additional 60 calendar days.

     “Servicing Criteria” shall mean the “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB.

     “Servicing Fee” means, for any Payment Date, the product of (A) one-twelfth (or, in the case
of the first Payment Date, a fraction, the numerator of which is 31 and the denominator of which is
360), (B) the Servicing Fee Rate and (C) the Pool Balance as of the first day of the related
Collection Period (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, as of the Cut-Off Date). The
Servicing Fee for the first Payment Date shall be $4,492,777.79.

     “Servicing Fee Rate” means 3.00% per annum.

     “Similar Law” means any federal, state, local or other law that is substantially similar to
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

     “Simple Interest Method” means the method of calculating interest due on a motor vehicle
receivable on a daily basis based on the actual outstanding principal balance of the receivable on
that date.

     “Simple Interest Receivable” means any motor vehicle receivable pursuant to which the payments
due from the Obligors during any month are allocated between interest, principal and other charges
based on the actual date on which a payment is received and for which interest is calculated using
the Simple Interest Method.

     “Specified Reserve Account Balance” means, for any Payment Date, an amount equal to 2.00% of
the Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date.

     “Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial
Services LLC business, or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization.

     “Statutory Trust Statute” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code §
3801 et seq.

     “Sub-Servicer” means any Affiliate of the Servicer or any sub-contractor to whom any or all
duties of the Servicer (including, without limitation, its duties as custodian) under the
Transaction Documents have been delegated in accordance with Section 6.5 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

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     “Supplemental Servicing Fees” means any and all (i) late fees, (ii) extension fees, (iii)
non-sufficient funds charges and (iv) any and all other administrative fees or similar charges
allowed by applicable law with respect to any Receivable.

     “Targeted Overcollateralization Amount” means, for any Payment Date, the greater of (a) 55.50%
of the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period and (b) 5.50% of the Pool
Balance as of the Cut-Off Date ; provided, however, that with respect to any Payment Date after the
occurrence of a Level I Net Loss Trigger, “Targeted Overcollateralization Amount” means the greater
of (i) 65.00% of the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period and (ii)
5.50% of the Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date.

     “TIA” or “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as in
force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.

     “Transaction Documents” means the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Depository Agreement, the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Trust
Agreement, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time.

     “Transferred Assets” means (a) the Purchased Assets and (b) all of the Seller’s rights under
the Purchase Agreement and (c) all proceeds of the foregoing.

     “Triad” means Triad Financial Corporation, a California corporation, as predecessor in
interest to Santander Consumer.

     “Trust Accounts” means the Collection Account and the Reserve Account.

     “Trust Account Property” means the Trust Accounts, all amounts and investments held from time
to time in any Trust Account (whether in the form of deposit accounts, Physical Property,
book-entry securities, uncertificated securities or otherwise), and all proceeds of the foregoing.

     “Trust Agreement” means the Trust Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2010, as amended and
restated by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the
Seller and the Owner Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

     “Trust Estate” means all money, accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles, goods,
instruments, investment property and other property of the Issuer, including without limitation (i)
the Receivables acquired by the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Related Security
relating thereto and Collections thereon after the Cut-Off Date, (ii) the security interests in
the Financed Vehicles, (iii) all Receivables Files; (iv) any proceeds from claims on any Insurance
Policy or refunds in connection with extended service agreements relating to Receivables which
became Defaulted Receivables after the applicable Cut-Off Date, (v) any other property securing the
Receivables, (vi) the rights of the Issuer to the funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust
Accounts and any other account or accounts established pursuant to the Indenture or Sale and
Servicing Agreement and all cash, investment property and other property from time to time credited
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losses and investment expenses, on amounts on deposit therein, other than as provided in
Section 3.7 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement), (vii) the rights of the Seller, as buyer,
under the Purchase Agreement, (viii) rights under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the
Administration Agreement and (ix) all proceeds of the foregoing.

     “UCC” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time to time.

     “Underwriter” or “Underwriters” means, collectively, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and Santander Investment Securities, Inc., as underwriters of the
Notes from the Depositor.

     “Underwriting Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2010, among
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Santander Investment
Securities, Inc., as underwriters, Santander Consumer and the Depositor.

     “United States” or “USA” means the United States of America (including all states, the
District of Columbia and political subdivisions thereof).

     The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of
the defined terms. Unless otherwise inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, all accounting
terms used herein shall be interpreted, and all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made,
in accordance with GAAP. Amounts to be calculated hereunder shall be continuously recalculated at
the time any information relevant to such calculation changes.

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Exhibit 10.3

 

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

between

SANTANDER DRIVE AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2010-1,

as Issuer,

SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC.,

as Administrator

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Indenture Trustee

Dated as of May 26, 2010

      

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	1. Duties of the Administrator
	 	 	1	 
	 
	2. Records
	 	 	3	 
	 
	3. Compensation; Payment of Fees and Expenses
	 	 	3	 
	 
	4. Independence of the Administrator
	 	 	3	 
	 
	5. No Joint Venture
	 	 	3	 
	 
	6. Other Activities of the Administrator
	 	 	3	 
	 
	7. Representations and Warranties of the Administrator
	 	 	3	 
	 
	8. Administrator Termination Events; Termination of the Administrator
	 	 	4	 
	 
	9. Action upon Termination or Removal
	 	 	6	 
	 
	10. Liens
	 	 	6	 
	 
	11. Notices
	 	 	6	 
	 
	12. Amendments
	 	 	6	 
	 
	13. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	7	 
	 
	14. Headings
	 	 	8	 
	 
	15. Counterparts
	 	 	8	 
	 
	16. Severability of Provisions
	 	 	8	 
	 
	17. Not Applicable to Santander Consumer in Other Capacities; Merger of Administrator

	 	 	8	 
	 
	
18. Benefits of the Administration Agreement
	 	 	9	 
	 
	19. Assignment
	 	 	9	 
	 
	20. Nonpetition Covenant
	 	 	9	 
	 
	21. Limitation of Liability
	 	 	9	 

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     THIS ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect
from time to time, this “Agreement”) dated as of May 26, 2010, is between SANTANDER DRIVE
AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2010-1, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), SANTANDER
CONSUMER USA INC., an Illinois corporation, as administrator (“Santander Consumer” or the
“Administrator”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”). Capitalized terms used herein
and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned such terms in Appendix A
to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 26, 2010 (the “Sale and Servicing
Agreement”) by and between Santander Drive Auto Receivables LLC, as seller, the Issuer, the
Administrator, as servicer, and the Indenture Trustee.

W I T N E S S E T H :

     WHEREAS, the Issuer has issued the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and has entered into
certain agreements in connection therewith, including, (i) the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (ii)
the Indenture, (iii) the Note Depository Agreement and (iv) the Trust Agreement (each of the
agreements referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) are referred to herein
collectively as the “Issuer Documents”);

     WHEREAS, to secure payment of the Notes, the Issuer has pledged the Collateral to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture;

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Issuer Documents, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee are required to
perform certain duties;

     WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee desire to have the Administrator perform certain of
the duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee (in its capacity as owner trustee under the Trust
Agreement), and to provide such additional services consistent with this Agreement and the Issuer
Documents as the Issuer may from time to time request;

     WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the services required hereby and is
willing to perform such services for the Issuer and the Owner Trustee on the terms set forth
herein;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms and covenants contained herein, and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties agree as follows:

     1. Duties of the Administrator.

     (a) Duties with Respect to the Issuer Documents. The Administrator shall
perform all of its duties specifically enumerated herein as Administrator under this
Agreement and the Issuer Documents and the duties and obligations of the Issuer and the
Owner Trustee (in its capacity as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement) under the Issuer
Documents and no additional duties shall be read to be included herein; provided, however,
except as otherwise provided in the Issuer Documents, that the Administrator shall have no
obligation to make any payment required to be made by the Issuer under any Issuer Document;
provided, further, however, that the Administrator shall have no

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obligation, and the Owner Trustee shall be required to fully perform its duties, with
respect to the obligations of the Owner Trustee under Sections 11.9, 11.14,
11.15 and 11.16 of the Trust Agreement and to otherwise comply with the
requirements of the Owner Trustee pursuant to or related to Regulation AB. In addition, the
Administrator shall consult with the Issuer and the Owner Trustee regarding its duties and
obligations under the Issuer Documents. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of
the Issuer and the Owner Trustee and shall advise the Issuer and the Owner Trustee when
action is necessary to comply with the Issuer’s and the Owner Trustee’s duties and
obligations under the Issuer Documents. The Administrator shall perform such calculations,
and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or shall cause the preparation by other
appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and
opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee (in its capacity as
owner trustee) to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Issuer Documents. In furtherance
of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take all appropriate action that is the duty of
the Issuer and the Owner Trustee (in its capacity as owner trustee) to take pursuant to the
Issuer Documents, and shall prepare and execute on behalf of the Issuer all such documents,
reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the
Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Issuer Documents or otherwise by law.

     (b) No Action by Administrator. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, take any action
that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take nor which would result in a violation
or breach of the Issuer’s covenants, agreements or obligations under any of the Issuer
Documents.

     (c) Non-Ministerial Matters; Exceptions to Administrator Duties.

     (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to
matters that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial,
the Administrator shall not take any action unless, within a reasonable time before
the taking of such action, the Administrator shall have notified the Issuer of the
proposed action and the Issuer shall not have withheld consent or provided an
alternative direction. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “non-ministerial
matters” shall include, without limitation:

     (A) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the compromise of
any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer;

     (B) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents,
successor Indenture Trustees, successor Administrators or successor Servicers, or
the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture
Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture; and

     (C) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.

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     (ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the
Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (x) make any payments to the
Noteholders under the Transaction Documents, (y) except as provided in the
Transaction Documents, sell the Trust Estate or (z) take any other action that the
Issuer directs the Administrator not to take on its behalf.

     2. Records. The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of account and records
relating to services performed hereunder, which books of account and records shall be accessible
for inspection by the Issuer, the Seller and the Indenture Trustee at any time during normal
business hours.

     3. Compensation; Payment of Fees and Expenses. As compensation for the performance of
the Administrator’s obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for its expenses related
thereto, the Administrator shall be entitled to receive $2,500 annually, which shall be solely an
obligation of the Servicer. The Administrator shall pay all expenses incurred by it in connection
with its activities hereunder.

     4. Independence of the Administrator. For all purposes of this Agreement, the
Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the
Issuer with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations
hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Administrator shall have no authority to
act for or to represent the Issuer in any way (other than as permitted hereunder) and shall not
otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer.

     5. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall constitute the
Administrator and the Issuer as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate,
unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed to impose any liability
as such on any of them or (iii) shall be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or
apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the others.

     6. Other Activities of the Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent the
Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion, from
acting in a similar capacity as an Administrator for any other Person even though such Person may
engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee.

     7. Representations and Warranties of the Administrator. The Administrator represents
and warrants to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as follows:

     (a) Existence and Power. The Administrator is a corporation validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and has, in all material
respects, full power and authority to own its assets and operate its business as presently
owned or operated, and to execute, deliver and to perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party. The Administrator has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and
adversely affect the ability of the Administrator to perform its obligations

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under the Transaction Documents or affect the enforceability or collectibility of the
Receivables or any other part of the Collateral.

     (b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Administrator of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party have
been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Administrator and do not
contravene or constitute a default under (i) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (ii)
its organizational documents or (iii) any material agreement or instrument to which the
Administrator is a party by which its properties are bound (other than violations of such
laws, rules, regulations or agreements which do not affect the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would
not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Administrator’s
ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents).

     (c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any
Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by the Administrator of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings,
(ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have
previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained
or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of
the Receivables or any other part of the Collateral or would not materially and adversely
affect the ability of the Administrator to perform its obligations under the Transaction
Documents.

     (d) Binding Effect. Each Transaction Document to which the Administrator is a
party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Administrator enforceable
against the Administrator in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership,
conservatorship or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of corporations from time to time in
effect or by general principles of equity.

     8. Administrator Termination Events; Termination of the Administrator.

     (a) Subject to clauses (d) and (e) below and Section 3.15 of the
Indenture, the Administrator may resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer with at
least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice.

     (b) Subject to clauses (c) and (d) below, the Issuer may remove the
Administrator without cause by providing the Administrator with at least sixty (60) days’
prior written notice.

     (c) The occurrence of any one of the following events (each, an “Administrator
Termination Event”) shall also entitle the Issuer, subject to Section 19 hereof,
to terminate and replace the Administrator:

     (i) any failure by the Administrator to deliver or cause to be delivered any
required payment to the Indenture Trustee for distribution to the Noteholders,

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which failure continues unremedied for five Business Days after discovery
thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Administrator or receipt by the
Administrator of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders
evidencing at least a 25% of Note Balance, voting together as a single class;

     (ii) any failure by the Administrator to duly observe or perform in any respect
any other of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement, which failure materially
and adversely affects the rights of the Issuer or the Noteholders, and which
continues unremedied for 90 days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer
of the Administrator or receipt by the Administrator of written notice thereof from
the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, voting together as a single class; or

     (iii) the Administrator suffers a Bankruptcy Event;

     provided, however, that (A) if any delay or failure of performance referred to under
clause (c)(i) above shall have been caused by force majeure or other similar
occurrence, the ten Business Day grace period referred to in such clause (c)(i)
shall be extended for an additional 60 calendar days and (b) if any delay or failure of
performance referred to under clause (c)(ii) above shall have been caused by force
majeure or other similar occurrence, the 90 day grace period referred to in such clause
(c)(ii) shall be extended for an additional 60 calendar days. The existence or
occurrence of any “material instance of noncompliance” (within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB) shall not create any presumption that any event in clauses
(i), (ii) or (iii) above has occurred.

     (d) If an Administrator Termination Event shall have occurred, the Issuer may, subject
to Section 19 hereof, by notice given to the Administrator and the Owner Trustee,
terminate all or a portion of the rights and powers of the Administrator under this
Agreement, including the rights of the Administrator to receive the annual fee for services
hereunder for all periods following such termination; provided, however that
such termination shall not become effective until such time as the Issuer, subject to
Section 19 hereof, shall have appointed a successor Administrator in the manner set
forth below. Upon any such termination, all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of
the Administrator under this Agreement shall vest in and be assumed by any successor
Administrator appointed by the Issuer, subject to Section 19 hereof, pursuant to a
management agreement between the Issuer and such successor Administrator, containing
substantially the same provisions as this Agreement (including with respect to the
compensation of such successor Administrator), and the successor Administrator is hereby
irrevocably authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Administrator,
as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, all documents and other instruments, and to do or
accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect such vesting and
assumption. Further, in such event, the Administrator shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the administration of the Issuer to
the new Administrator.

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     (e) The Issuer, subject to Section 19 hereof, may waive in writing any
Administrator Termination Event by the Administrator in the performance of its obligations
hereunder and its consequences. Upon any such waiver of a past Administrator Termination
Event, such Administrator Termination Event shall cease to exist, and any Administrator
Termination Event arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose
of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Administrator
Termination Event or impair any right consequent thereon.

     9. Action upon Termination or Removal. Promptly upon the effective date of
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8, or the removal of the Administrator
pursuant to Section 8, the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid by the Servicer all
fees and reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the date of such termination or removal.

     10. Liens. The Administrator will not directly or indirectly create, allow or suffer
to exist any Lien on the Collateral other than Permitted Liens.

     11. Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first class United States mail, postage
prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, or by facsimile, and addressed in each case as
specified on Schedule II to the Sale and Servicing Agreement or at such other address as
shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties
hereto. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such communication by an
officer of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the address of such recipient
for notices hereunder.

     12. Amendments.

     (a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Administrator without
the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any
other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:

     (i) the Administrator delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee
to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the
interests of the Noteholders; or

     (ii) the Administrator notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the
Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment;

provided, that no amendment shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or
duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such
Person.

     (b) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Administrator but
without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee
or any other Person to add, modify or eliminate any provisions as may be necessary or
advisable in order to enable the Seller, the Servicer or any of their Affiliates to comply
with or obtain more favorable treatment under any law or regulation

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or any accounting rule or principle (whether now or in the future), it being a
condition to any such amendment that the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied.

     (c) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Issuer, the
Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing
not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes Outstanding, for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders.
It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders to approve the particular form of
any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of
Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the
Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the
Note Depository Agreement.

     (d) Prior to the execution of any such amendment, the Administrator shall provide
written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency and the Owner
Trustee; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Administrator shall
furnish a copy of such amendment to each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee.

     (e) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted
by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such
amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall
not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which adversely affects the Owner
Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under
this Agreement.

13. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

     (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL,
SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO
CONFLICTS OF LAWS, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

     (b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

     (i) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection
herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof,

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to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New
York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New
York and appellate courts from any thereof;

     (ii) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts
and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such
action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought
in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

     (iii) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be
effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any
substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address
determined in accordance with Section 11 of this Agreement;

     (iv) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of
process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any
other jurisdiction; and

     (v) to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably
waives all right of trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim based
on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other
Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.

     14. Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of
reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this
Agreement.

     15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.

     16. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.

     17. Not Applicable to Santander Consumer in Other Capacities; Merger of Administrator.

     (a) Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation Santander Consumer may have
in any other capacity.

     (b) Any entity (i) into which the Administrator may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, to which it may sell or transfer its business and assets as a
whole or substantially as a whole or any entity resulting from any merger, sale,

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transfer, conversion or consolidation to which the Administrator shall be a party, or
any entity succeeding to the business of the Administrator or (ii) more than 50% of the
voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity of which is owned
directly or indirectly by Banco Santander, S.A. and which executes an agreement of
assumption to perform every obligation of the Administrator under this Agreement, shall be
the successor to the Administrator under this Agreement, in each case, without the execution
or filing of any paper of any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

     18. Benefits of the Administration Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or
implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the
Owner Trustee, any separate trustee or co-trustee appointed under Section 6.10 of the
Indenture and the Noteholders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Owner Trustee is a third party beneficiary of this
Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and may enforce the provisions
hereof as if it were a party hereto.

     19. Assignment. Each party hereto hereby acknowledges and consents to the mortgage,
pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant
to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders of all of the Issuer’s rights under this
Agreement. In addition, the Administrator hereby acknowledges and agrees that for so long as any
Notes are outstanding, the Indenture Trustee will have the right to exercise all waivers and
consents, rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer under this Agreement.

     20. Nonpetition Covenant. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is
one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in
respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party shall not authorize
any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other
proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy
Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any
substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or
taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against
such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors
generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) none of
the parties hereto shall commence or join with any other Person in commencing any proceeding
against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or
insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction.

     21. Limitation of Liability. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee, and in no event shall it have any
liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the
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certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant thereto, as to all of which recourse
shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. Under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be
personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expense of the Issuer or be liable for the
breach or failure of any obligations, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by
the Issuer under the Transaction Documents. For the purposes of this Agreement, in the performance
of its duties or obligations hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the
benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered
as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	SANTANDER DRIVE AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2010-1	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware , not in its

individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Irene
Siegel 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Irene Siegel
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Attorney-in-fact	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Maria
Inoa 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Maria Inoa
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Attorney-in-fact	 	 

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	 	 	SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC.,	 	 
	 	 	as Administrator	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Andrew
Kang 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Andrew Kang
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Director, Securitizations	 	 

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	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL	 	 
	 	 	ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/
Marianna Stershic 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Marianna C. Stershic
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Vice President	 	 

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Joinder of Servicer:

SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC., as Servicer, joins in this Agreement solely for purposes of
Section 3.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC.,	 	 
	 	 	as Servicer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Andrew
Kang 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Andrew Kang
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Director, Securitizations	 	 

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