BMW Financial Services Consumer Loan Complaint

Vehicle loan Managing the loan or lease managing the loan or lease

BMW Financial Services Consumer Loan department,

Vehicle loan Managing the loan or lease Managing the loan or lease Georgia

I purchased a - Chrysler 300. Alphera was the finance company. I also purchased - protection. My vehicle was stolen in - 2015. Immediately after, I notified - & Alphera. I also made a payment a day after my vehicle was stolen. Upon opening the claim with - -, my insurance company and -. Alphera 's third party, - -, opened a GAAP claim -/-/-. I signed all of my paperwork with - by - -. All we needed was a Letter of Guarantee from Alphera ( through - - - - ). I sent in all the paperwork that was required in a timely manner. - - just needed the evaluation and Proof of Loss. Over the course of 3 weeks ( specifically, -/-/15, -/-/15, twice on -/-/15, and again on -/-/15 ), - -, the Material Damage Specialist for my insurance company, - -, sent in the evaluation and Proof of Loss. I was arguing at - thinking he was n't doing his job, when in fact he had fax confirmations that the papers went through. The issue was with - -, ALPHERA 'S THIRD-PARTY. - needed a copy of Alphera 's check before it would issue a


I should not be penalized for whatever malfunction its third-party is having. Finally, after several weeks of calling, fussing, and getting - - to allow - - to send the documents via email, we received the Letter of Guarantee on - -, 2015. My insurance Company, - -, issued a check in the amount of $24000.00 on - -, 2015. Alphera received the check on - -, 2015. Instead of applying the check, Alphera refused to close the account and held the check. This allowed time to keep ticking and additional fees to accrue. - calculated the amount based on the actual loss date of - -, 2015 and paid the amount of $12000.00, leaving a deficit of $2900.00. In addition, Alphera also insisted that I keep making payments on the vehicle that was declared a total loss on - -, 2015. When I raised the issue that it was Alphera 's third-party that delayed the timely disposition of the insurance issues/payment, Alphera dismissed it and stated that I was still responsible. Even further, Alphera told me that I was responsible for 2 payments that were deferred during the course of the loan in addition to other payments that supposedly accrued due to : ( i ) Alphera and - - 's failure to timely process timely sent documents ; ( ii ) Alphera 's refusal to apply the $24000.00 payment ; and ( iii ) Alphera 's refusal to close the account. When I questioned further, the customer service representatives that I spoke to became less than professional and cited a clause in my contract ( A CLAUSE WHICH I 'VE NEVER SEEN ) as justification for their right to apply these unfair charges on top of the payoff. I asked several customer service representatives to send me a copy of this so-called contract that I 've never seen and the clause to which they cited to. I was told in -/-/- that I would receive it within 2-3 business days. I called back again 2 weeks later to state that I still had not received it. I was told that it was mailed out and to give it a few more days. I waited, and no such contract came. I asked the Alphera customer service representatives that I spoke to each time if they could email/fax it to me, as they emailed any other documents I asked for. I was told no. Now here it is, - -, 2015, and I still have not received this so-called contract that justifies Alphera 's egregious actions.

BMW Financial Services customer in Georgia
Oct 22, 2015

* Source: CFPB Complaint Database

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