Thats a personal decision for YOU to make. You likely will have to pay for any defiencey balance if you give it up.
You must talk to the lender who has a lien on the vehicle. It is up to them if you will be allowed to take over the payments.
You should find the sales receipt. It might state on there what will happen. Regardless, payments need to be made and you should tell the loaner that she is deceased. You might want to contact a lawyer to make sure things go the way they should. * If the vehicle was not part of the inheritance the lender should have been contacted by the executor or administrator of the deceased's estate. If the vehicle was part of an inheritance then the beneficiary may contact the lender to arrange refinancing or refuse the "gift" and allow the vehicle to be recovered by the lender. In either case, a family member cannot simply keep the vehicle and continue to make payments without notifying the lender.
Talk to the lender, or you can file Chapter 13 Bankruptcy to lower the payments where you can afford them.
The answer is NO, unless the lender approves of the sale. Contact the lender.
The same one who set the payments when you got the loan, the LENDER.
In most instances when you get behind on your payments. The exact details of when the lender will repossess the vehicle is listed in the contract you signed when you took out the loan on the vehicle. Read your contract with the lender.
YES, Contact your lender and work something out.
Yes, if those who control the dead borrower's estate do not continue to make the payments. The lender has a lien on the car, no matter who owns it.
The DEALERSHIP won't repossess the car, but the lender might if you don't make the monthly payments as scheduled.
You can only keep the vehicle under two circumstances: (1) sign a reaffirmation agreement and keep making payments; or (2) redeem the vehicle by paying of the balalnce. If you fail to do either, they lender can get permission from the bankruptcy court to repossess the vehicle. In some states, such as Missouri, you may keep the vehicle if you continue to pay on it.
Unless the lender requests that you sign new documents, the original terms apply. You need to talk to the lender if you are behind and see if deferred payments can be made.
If the vehicle is protected by the state or federal bankruptcy exemption, you can try to reaffirm the loan agreement with the lender. If that's not possible you will be required to surrender the vehicle and will be probably be held responsible for any deficiency and applicable fees after the car is resold.