Who Is Complaining?

Issues › Vehicle loan or lease

Who is complaining aboutManaging the loan or lease?

CFPB issue label0.1% of all complaints

When looking at complaint volume about a company or product, consider company size and/or market share. For example, companies with more customers may have more complaints than companies with fewer customers. The CFPB does not verify every allegation in a complaint before publishing it.Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database. A complaint is a consumer's account of a problem; it is not a finding against the company.

7,208 complaints in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 carry the CFPB issue label “Managing the loan or lease”, up 40% on the 5,161 of the 12 months before; 47,683 since 2012.

100% of them were filed under the product “Vehicle loan or lease”, where the issue makes up 29.5% of that product's complaints.

Company responses on this issue: 88.1% closed with an explanation, 5.1% closed with non-monetary relief, 3.2% closed with monetary relief, and 3.1% still in progress when the file was published. 98.2% were timely.

1,598complaints, last 90 days-10% vs prior 90 days
7,208complaints, last 365 daysup 40% vs prior 365 days
47,683complaints, all yearssince 2012
8.5%closed with reliefall issues 31.6%

Which products

Product (CFPB label)ComplaintsShare
Vehicle loan or lease7,208100%

Sub-issues

Sub-issue (CFPB label)ComplaintsShare
Billing problem3,57149.5%
Problem with additional products or services purchased with the loan1,56321.7%
Problem with fees charged1,08315%
Problem with the interest rate6248.7%
Loan sold or transferred to another company3675.1%

Which companies, with their size

Ordered by the number of complaints carrying this issue in the last 12 months.

Company (as named by the CFPB)Complaints, 12 monthsShareCompany sizePer $1bn assets
SANTANDER HOLDINGS USA, INC.6789.4%$104bn assets6.52
ALLY FINANCIAL INC.5758%$188bn assets3.06
Westlake Services, LLC5607.8%no public measure—
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION3595%$662bn assets0.54
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION3234.5%no public measure—
Bridgecrest Acceptance Corporation3084.3%no public measure—
Exeter Finance, LLC.2843.9%no public measure—
TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION2793.9%no public measure—
HYUNDAI CAPITAL AMERICA2653.7%no public measure—
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY2112.9%$1.92tn assets0.11
AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORP1702.4%no public measure—
TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION1492.1%$548bn assets0.27
American Credit Acceptance, LLC1432%no public measure—
NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION1412%$204bn assets0.69
General Motors Financial Company, Inc.1251.7%no public measure—
Global Lending Services LLC1251.7%no public measure—
NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE COMPANY LLC1101.5%no public measure—
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.1051.5%$4.09tn assets0.03
TD BANK US HOLDING COMPANY841.2%$375bn assets0.22
CarMax, Inc.701%no public measure—
Mercedes Benz Financial Services670.9%no public measure—
BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION660.9%$2.65tn assets0.02
Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.650.9%no public measure—
Carvana Group, LLC620.9%no public measure—
FIFTH THIRD FINANCIAL CORPORATION610.8%$299bn assets0.20
All other companies, including those not listed by name1,82325.3%——

CFPB: “When looking at complaint volume about a company or product, consider company size and/or market share. For example, companies with more customers may have more complaints than companies with fewer customers.” The CFPB does not verify every allegation in a complaint before publishing it. 10 of the 25 companies in this table have a public size measure. “No public measure” means the company could not be matched by name to a single institution in the FDIC, NCUA or HMDA files, not that it is small.

How companies responded

MeasureThis issueAll issues
Closed with monetary or non-monetary relief8.5%31.6%
Closed with monetary relief3.3%0.5%
Responses marked timely98.2%99.6%

Trend

Complaints with the issue “Managing the loan or lease” in each of the last 24 months. Peak month in view: 810. The hatched month is incomplete.
Complaints per calendar year. The CFPB revised its issue list in 2017 and again later, so many labels start or stop part-way through the record. The final year is part-way through.

Questions and answers

What does the CFPB issue “Managing the loan or lease” mean?

It is one of the options a consumer selects on the CFPB complaint form to describe the problem. The label is the consumer's choice and is not checked by the Bureau. Sub-issues recorded under it include “Billing problem”, “Problem with additional products or services purchased with the loan”, “Problem with fees charged”.

How many complaints carry this issue?

7,208 in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 and 47,683 since 2012.

Which products does it apply to?

“Vehicle loan or lease” (100%).

Does the CFPB verify complaints?

The CFPB does not verify every allegation in a complaint before publishing it. Counts on this page show what consumers reported, not what was found.

Provenance

Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database, bulk file downloaded 30 Sep 2026, complaints received through 30 Sep 2026. Only coded fields are used (company, product, sub-product, issue, state, dates, company response, timeliness); complaint narratives are never read, stored or shown. Complaints are published once the company responds or after 15 days, so the most recent two to three weeks are incomplete. Size measures: FDIC BankFind (report date 30 Jun 2026), NCUA call reports (30 Jun 2026), HMDA transmittal sheet (2025), Census Bureau population estimates (2025). All are US government works. Search the CFPB database · Methodology · Report an error.