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Auto Loan Scoring?

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mtnblu116
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Auto Loan Scoring?

I have a couple questions and Ive looked through many posts trying to find the answer. My Bk was discharged 1/9/16 and I reaffirmed my auto with a CU, long story but somewhere I think I've mentioned it. I negotiated balance down to fair market value and they have been extremely nice and easy to work with. I have started my rebuild and recieved two Capone cards right out the gate and I have installment loans as well, so my score is climbing and I'm happy for that. My question is my auto loan by the CU had always been reporting a an unsecured personal loan, for 4 years. Apparently when it was entered into the system they hit the wrong codes, so it looks like I havent had a car loan since 2012. I called and they are fixing it to report as auto loan, some bureaus are reflecting already. No missed or late payments the whole time. Will this help my auto enhanced score at some point? If so does anyone know when or how that will affect? I have some late payments in 2011 and 2012 (3 total , nov, dec, jan-from other previous loan) Will I be able to buy another vehicle? Should I have left it the way it was, personal loan unsecured? ( probably don't want to know the answer to that) It does show Auto loan, reaffirmed debt now, reporting all good pmts. Seems it's bette to have reporting auto loan payments but I thought I'd ask. Also am I reading correctly that the Auto enhanced will go up when other scores go up?

TIA- I appreciate all the input and comments I read here, Thank you for all your time on these forums

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TRC_WA
Senior Contributor

Re: Auto Loan Scoring?

It should help your auto FICO and you should be able to buy...

 

I filed Ch 13 in 2009... but my car loan at the time was not included.  I paid it outside the plan and they continued to report the payment.

 

In 2015 I went to buy a new vehicle... and even though the 6 year old Ch 13 was still on my reports tanking my EX FICO to 680... my auto FICO was 703 presumably due to the positive history.

 

I got a $40k vehicle with $0 down at a decent (all things considered) 4.49% rate... which is exactly what I wanted.  My auto FICO paid dividends in this case.

 

FICO8 current as of : 10-20-25 EQ: 736 TU: 728 EX: 722
Hard INQs last 12 months: EQ: 0 | TU: 0 | EX: 0
Verizon Visa $8500 Amex Delta Reserve $10,000 Care Credit $18,000
NFCU CashRewards $7500 Apple Card $7000 Best Buy $8000 Amazon $5000
NFCU auto loan (2022 Ford Bronco Sport Badlands - Cactus Gray) 6.95%
NFCU motorcycle loan (2024 Harley Davidson Road Glide - Alpine Green & Chrome) 9.45%
Total CL: $64,000 --- Total CC UTI: 31% --- AAoA: 6.5 years --- Income: $200k
Last app: 4-6-24
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RonM21
Valued Contributor

Re: Auto Loan Scoring?

I'd imagine the score would go up a bit and wouldn't hurt your chances when it's all said and done.


Total CL: $321.7kUTL: 2%AAoA: 7.0yrsBaddies: 0Other: Lease, Loan, *No Mortgage, All Inq's from Jun '20 Car Shopping

BoA-55k | NFCU-45k | AMEX-42k | DISC-40.6k | PENFED-38.4k | LOWES-35k | ALLIANT-25k | CITI-15.7k | BARCLAYS-15k | CHASE-10k

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