Consumer complaint received 2015-12-30 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Auto
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO.
State: CO

Complaint narrative:
in XX/XX/XXXX I attempted to purchase a car from XXXX Ford In XXXX Colorado. I had a Hyundai that I had paid off and owned entirely. 

The dealer then set up the paperwork for a ford van, trading my car in as collateral. 

After driving the van we discovered that it was previously damaged from an accident. 

This is where things get weird. 

Before we returned the van [ about 3 days ] they sold my car. I was then forced to buy a more expensive car, a Ford Taurus. 

Shortly after taking possession of the vehicle, Ford Motor Credit began not posting our payments, then became threatening. 

As I am a XXXX veteran and a negotiable person, I agreed to return the car back to the dealership completely undamaged [ which we did ] and left the keys inside the dealership. 

XX/XX/XXXX we left XXXX for 24 months. 

Ford Motor Credit wrote off the contract as I returned the vehicle undamaged. 

Then- out of nowhere comes a case filed in court against us for the entire cost of the vehicle by some party not affiliated with XXXX Ford . 
We responded to the subpoena in writing mailed certified return receipt to the XXXX County District Court. 

The certified mailed return receipt response was properly addressed and mailed within the required time to respond. 

Several weeks later, we received the same mailed certified returned receipt response [ unopened ] and refused by the judge- A judge XXXX . 

That same judge then issued a summary judgement that did n't exist against me for some XXXX k. 

The total price of the car, a car we did not have as we returned it to the dealership as agreed with Ford Motor Credit. 

In other words, a debt not real, or valid. 

The debt was sold to a collections firm in XXXX Colorado XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX that is not affiliated with BBB, and suspect for illegal collection practices. 

They have upped the amount to nearly XXXX for debt I simply do not owe due to the judge refusing to open my mailed certified return receipt response and to review the fact that I had returned the car to the dealership undamaged as agreed with XXXX XXXX XXXX 

Someone has repeatedly vandalized our only vehicle-a XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, rendering it inoperable. We believe that this XXXX be the work of the collection firm. So I am out of any vehicle now. Its XXXX. 

That XXXX collection firm that bought the debt is still trying to collect on a debt that never existed. 

I am tired of this constant illegality which began with a bait and switch by the XXXX dealer by the sale of the only car we owned [ the XXXX XXXX, forcing me to purchase a much more expensive vehicle than I had intended-along with the harassment by Ford motor Credit which resulted I our returning the vehicle to the dealer undamaged- then the selling of the debt to a collection firm that is questionable in its business practices, Recently, I have noticed that a XXXX XXXX XXXX out of Ohio has been querying my credit record. 

It seems no one has done anything to look into these illegal business practices

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation