Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc Consumer Loan Complaint

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc Consumer Loan department,

Vehicle loan Shopping for a loan or lease California

Wanted to check rates on RoadLoans.com ( part of Santander ). There was no language on their website indicating that there would be a hard-pull on my credit reports. Many websites and banks use this " pre-approval '' feature ( such as - and pretty much every major bank via direct mail ), but those " pre-approvals '' do n't negatively effect your credit until you complete an application. The banks are typically very transparent and make it clear when a soft-pull is going to occur vs a hard-pull. Roadloans.com 's process seems unfair and deceptive due to the absence of any relevant disclaimers, or any language on the application site describing the implications of submitting information to RoadLoans. Any reasonable consumer could get confused and, like me, unwittingly submit an application for credit rather than an application to receive rates. For full disclosure, I used a nickname instead of my real name during the application because, frankly, I did n't think it 'd matter given the fact that I was just checking rates. I did, however, use my correct SSN ( in order to get correct rates ).