Auto Lenders Misappropriate GAP Insurance Refunds After Trade-In Payoff
When consumers trade in a financed vehicle and the dealer pays off the loan in full, auto finance companies like Hyundai Capital sometimes reopen closed accounts and divert owed GAP insurance refunds to cover phantom balances. Consumers have no recourse or visibility into how the refund was redirected, and repeated calls yield inconsistent explanations. This deprives consumers of money they are legally owed post-payoff.
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