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

CFPB complaint data Grade B 28 complaints

CARS Acquisition, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 11 states, reputation grade B.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about CARS Acquisition, LLC

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record cars-acquisition-llc CARS Acquisition, LLC

Grade B · 28 CFPB filings · 95% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

  • VOL 28
  • GRADE B
  • 12MO 10
  • STATES 11
  • TIMELY 95%
  • DISPUTE 0%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #1,585
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Access Capital Services, Inc. (28 complaints)

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

CARS Acquisition, LLC's 28 CFPB complaints sit next to Access Capital Services, Inc. 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 →

How the 28 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for CARS Acquisition, LLC, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

B
Composite reputation score
67.3/100
CARS Acquisition, LLC

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume D
28
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
95%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
0%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend D
Rising
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

Steady monthly series

South Carolina is the plurality state for CARS Acquisition, LLC (25.0%)

Figures below come from this collector's company_states / company_monthly rows and corpus RankMaps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state
South Carolina 25.0%
Mid-band (15–30%) · 11 states with ≥1 filing
Even monthly load
Peak under 8%
Highest month 2020-10 at 6.7% (2 filings)
Corpus ranks
#1,585 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does CARS Acquisition, LLC compare to its peers?

How does CARS Acquisition, LLC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
CARS Acquisition, LLC National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
10
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
95%
68%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
0%
0%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Response speed vs. dispute rate, among similar-volume collectors

Timely response and dispute rate track only weakly together nationally (r=0.22 among collectors with 5+ complaints): answering promptly does not reliably buy CARS Acquisition, LLC a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 10 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 50%60%70%80%90%100%110% 0%50%100%150% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) CARS Acquisition, LLC vs. 9 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate CARS Acquisition, LLCBrightwater Capital, LLCCaneel Capital, LLCAccounts Receivable Consultants Inc.Credit Bureau Data, Inc.Access Capital Services, Inc.Credit Bureau of Bessemer, IncAUTOMOBILE ACCEPTANCE CORPORATIONCredit Resolutions, LLCCredits, Incorporated
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

CARS Acquisition, LLC's complaint volume in context

CARS Acquisition, LLC vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

28 71st percentile higher than 71% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). This entry sits in this band. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. CARS Acquisition, LLC 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Rising ↑
2020-10 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
12
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
7
Written notification about debt
4
False statements or representation
1
Communication tactics
1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
1
Disclosure verification of debt
1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
1

Where do complaints against CARS Acquisition, LLC come from?

CARS Acquisition, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against CARS Acquisition, LLC

Across 11 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for CARS Acquisition, LLC: 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: 28.

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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