if you owe them money they generally will not release your vehicle to you in the first place
Once the loan is in default the bank has the right to refuse payment and repossess the vehicle.
If there is money owed to the lender with the vehicle used as collateral, the lender will be shown as a lien holder on the title and can if the contract is defaulted recover the vehicle according to the laws of the state in which it is registered. yes
No. Vehicle can be resold, you still take the hit on your credit.
No you are not responsible but if your step daughter does not pay the loan they can still repossess the vehicle.
yes, there are different situations but yes you can. if you are the sole owner than you can now you may find yourself in a legal battle behind a mechanic lien. Also if the company who placed the lien is in possession your best bet would be to go to your local court house in find out what your rights our. the vehicle is still yours, but weather or not your able to repossession. while in there possession, and if your reliable for the money owed is the question.
Is the registration still in your name or the buyers? If it is in your name you still own the car. Just take this person to small claims court and get your money or car that way. Make sure you have all the paper work to prove your case.
You still need to get the car out of impound. You have a limited time to do this before the impound lot puts a mechanic's lien on that vehicle. Once that happens, they'll be able to take possession of and sell your car, and you'll still be liable for the payments you owe to the finance company. If the finance company gets wind of this, they might repossess the car to avoid losing it over a mechanic's lien.
No. They can repossess their collateral (the car which was repossessed), and they can send a collection agency to hound you for money, but they can't confiscate your property.
If you are up to date with your repayments then the finance company are unable to repossess your vehicle. If you have defaulted on your payments then they are able to repossess the car, the number of missed repayments which qualifies for repossession will be stipulated on the agreement you signed when you first purchased the vehicle.
No, if it was it would be impossible to repossess a vehicle because no one would ever take them off.
You will still be liable unless you can prove the vehicle failure was due to a recall problem or your mechanic did something wrong.
They fixed the replaced the raditor and it still leaks in front of the vehicle.