What is the most common complaint against AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar?

The most common issue consumers report about AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Threatened or suggested your credit would be damaged". This is based on 4 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar are rising. The company received 3 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar's reputation grade?

AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar has a reputation grade of B (score: 69.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar respond to consumer complaints?

AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar operate?

AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 3 states, with the most complaints from Georgia (2 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 3 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record autostar-finance-inc-d-b-a-atlanta-autostar AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar

Grade B · 4 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #3299 · compose #1315

VOL 4
GRADE B
12MO 3
STATES 3
TIMELY 100%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #3,299
COMPOSE #1,315

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 90 Day Credit Experts (4 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar's 4 CFPB complaints sit next to 90 Day Credit Experts on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

State-heavy filing map

50.0% of AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar's CFPB filings land in Georgia

High volume does not equal a clean composite: AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar is volume #3,299 but composite #1,315, while Georgia dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Georgia 50.0%; 2 of 4 filings · 3 states touched
Spike month: 2017-08 25.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #3,299 volume; #1,315 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,984 places better than volume

How does AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar compare to its peers?

How does AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

AutoStar Finance, Inc … National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2017-08 2025-09

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1

Where do complaints against AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar come from?

AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Georgia

2
Arkansas

1
South Carolina

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for AutoStar Finance, Inc - D/B/A Atlanta AutoStar: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 4.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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