Dealer Trade-In Payoffs Create Erroneous Credit Delinquencies
When car dealerships pay off a trade-in loan using a lender-provided payoff amount, timing discrepancies between the dealer payment and lender processing cause the loan to appear delinquent on the consumer's credit report. The consumer relied on both the lender's payoff figure and the dealer's execution, yet bears the credit damage. Lenders report delinquencies without accounting for their own payoff quote accuracy.
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