Dealing with repossession can be embarrassing and challenging to get through emotionally, let alone what it does to your credit report. Legally speaking, if you are unable to make your car payments, the lender who ensured that you would be able to drive off the car lot in the first place does have the right to demand the car. The misconception among consumers is the notion that once the car is handed over to the repossession agent, commonly known as the repo man, your liability ends and you may wash your hands of the debt.
When you apply for another loan a while later you are denied, or in the alternative offered high interest rates which are usually associated with consumers who fall into the sub prime market. The reason for this action is the notation on your credit report which reflects the fact that you creditor annotated your car loan with verbiage that speaks of the repossession, the amount of the loan, and perhaps also the amount of money that was outstanding as well as the amount of time which passed until the creditor finally decided to close your account. You might have thought the loan was gone, but instead the liability is still there.
For this reason...