Back in 2011 I purchased a used vehicle from a local dealer. At that time I had applied for financing and was approved. I began making payments to Capital One Auto Finance. Over the course of the loan. I feel I was charged inappropriate fees and was subjected to a couple late payment marks on my credit report. I do not believe that I made payments late and have attempted to dispute on several occasions. However, I am met with difficulty with verification. During a dispute i asked that Capital One send me a copy of my loan contract. While reviewing this I noticed that my contract was actually assigned to Ford Motor Credit and not Capital One Auto Finance. To confirm this I dug through old documents and found my original signed contract and sure enough Ford Motor Credit. My assumption is that because Capital One doesn’t have a contract listing them as the creditor then they can’t report those late payments and further nor were they authorized to charge any fees or interest on loan.
Perhaps Ford assigned the loan to Capital One. Call Ford and ask. Your theory is wrong if there was an assignment, which I assume happened since Ford has not billed you since 2011.
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