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Eugene

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Tue Oct 13, 2020, 06:36 PM Oct 2020

Nissan's U.S. lending arm to pay $4 million fine over improper repossessions

Source: Reuters

AUTOS
OCTOBER 13, 2020 5:20 PM UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Nissan's U.S. lending arm to pay $4 million fine over improper repossessions

AUTOS
OCTOBER 13, 2020 5:20 PM UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

By David Shepardson
3 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co’s U.S. lending arm agreed on Tuesday to pay a $4 million U.S. fine to settle a government agency’s allegation that it improperly repossessed hundreds of consumers’ vehicles.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said that between 2013 and 2019, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp (NMAC), a subsidiary of the Japanese automaker’s North American unit, “wrongfully repossessed hundreds of consumers’ vehicles despite the consumer having made payments” or taken other actions. Nissan must pay up to $1 million to consumers subject to a wrongful repossession.

NMAC said it denied wrongdoing but agreed to settle and takes the agency’s “assertions seriously and share their commitment to fair practices for all our customers.”

NMAC repossessed vehicles from consumers who made payments that decreased delinquency to less than 60 days past due or took other steps that should have prevented repossessions, the bureau said, adding NMAC told consumers it would not repossess vehicles if payments were less than 60 days past due.

CFPB also found Nissan “kept personal property in consumers’ repossessed vehicles until consumers paid a storage fee (and) deprived consumers paying by phone of the ability to select payment options with significantly lower fees.”

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-lending-usa/nissans-u-s-lending-arm-to-pay-4-million-fine-over-improper-repossessions-idUSKBN26Y318
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