CFPB · Diversified product mix
Advantage Auto Sales, Inc.
26 CFPB complaints · diversified mix (top product 34.6%) · top issue Improper use of your report.
Advantage Auto Sales, Inc.: top product "Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports" is only 34.6% of 26 - multi-bucket mix. Timely 88.5% · relief 3.8%. Allegations, not findings.
- Diversified product mix
- +300% filings 2018 to 2026
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company advantage-auto-sales-inc
3.8% relief · 88.5% timely · 26 filings · Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: Southern Auto Finance Co (3.7% relief)
Advantage Auto Sales, Inc. closes 3.8% with relief, above the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
How 26 complaints split on narrative text
CFPB records optionally include a consumer narrative. These two counts add to this company's total filings, volume of text present, not a finding about severity.
CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.
Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Advantage Auto Sales, Inc. complaint mix by product
- Credit reporting 9 34.6% – 0% relief
- Debt collection 7 26.9% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting, 5 19.2% – 0% relief
- Vehicle loan 5 19.2% – 20% relief
How Advantage Auto Sales, Inc.'s 26 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 9 |
| Debt collection | 7 |
| Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports | 5 |
| Vehicle loan or lease | 5 |
Concentrated filing states for Advantage Auto Sales, Inc.
Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company
- Leading state
- IL
- 76.9% of this company's filings
Advantage Auto Sales, Inc. rising annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2026
- 4
- +300% vs 2018
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| IL | 20 |
| FL | 3 |
| IN | 1 |
| KY | 1 |
| CO | 1 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Improper use of your report | 5 |
| Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem | 4 |
| Incorrect information on your report | 3 |
| Managing the loan or lease | 3 |
| Repossession | 2 |
| Written notification about debt | 2 |
| Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem | 2 |
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | 2 |
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | 1 |
| Communication tactics | 1 |
| False statements or representation | 1 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 100% |
| 2019 | 1 | 100% |
| 2020 | 2 | 100% |
| 2021 | 2 | 100% |
| 2022 | 3 | 100% |
| 2023 | 2 | 100% |
| 2024 | 6 | 100% |
| 2025 | 5 | 40% |
| 2026 | 4 | 100% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
Advantage Auto Sales, Inc. spreads across product buckets
Advantage Auto Sales, Inc.'s 26 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 5 states show a filing. Only 38.5% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, so most of this record is coded categories rather than verbatim complaint text. Records run from 2018 through 2026-05-04.
Advantage Auto Sales, Inc. answers 88.5% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 96.2% with a written explanation. 3.8% end in monetary or non-monetary relief for the consumer. Consumers disputed just 0% of responses after the company replied. "Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports" draws the most filings, most often for "Improper use of your report."
A complaint is a consumer-reported allegation, not proven wrongdoing. See the disclaimer below for how volume relates to company size, and cross-check against the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database directly before drawing conclusions about Advantage Auto Sales, Inc..
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Advantage Auto Sales, Inc.: nearest filing volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among companies with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.
Similar filing volume
Nearest companies by total CFPB complaints. This record: 26.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest companies by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 88.5%.
Disclaimer: This data is from CFPB public records. PlainComplaint does not provide financial advice. A complaint does not indicate that a company has violated any law or regulation. Complaint volumes are influenced by company size, customer base, and market presence. Use this data as one of many inputs when evaluating a company.
Data sourced from official public datasets for Advantage Auto Sales, Inc. (88.5% timely; 3.8% relief). methodology.
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