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Was Your Car Finance Unaffordable?

If finance payments caused financial pressure or affordability was not properly assessed, it may be worth organising the evidence.

✅ Monthly repayments were difficult from the start ✅ Income and expenses were not properly checked ✅ You relied on borrowing to keep up payments ✅ The agreement was unsuitable for your circumstances

Why this matters

A car finance complaint may involve whether the lender or broker properly considered your financial position before the agreement was made.

What to gather

Payment records, bank statements, income details, arrears notices and correspondence can help show the impact of the agreement.

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Affordability concerns

A car finance complaint may involve whether the lender or broker properly considered your financial position before the agreement was made.

Building the timeline

Payment records, bank statements, income details, arrears notices and correspondence can help show the impact of the agreement.

Evidence and complaint strength

What can support an affordability review?

Payments caused financial pressure

Missed payments, borrowing to keep up, arrears, overdraft use or repeated hardship can all be relevant to the affordability picture.

Checks may have been weak

A lender or broker should usually consider whether the agreement was realistically affordable, not just whether the monthly payment looked possible at the point of sale.

The full cost matters

Insurance, deposits, mileage charges, balloon payments and refinancing can affect whether the agreement was suitable overall.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this car finance issue

It can mean the agreement was arranged without proper checks or that the payments were not sustainable when your circumstances were considered.
Bank statements, income details, payment history, arrears letters, complaint replies and evidence of other borrowing can help.
Possibly. Keeping up with payments does not always mean the finance was affordable if doing so caused hardship or relied on further borrowing.

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