Active since Apr 2018
I bought a car in 2018, to start an Uber business. In 2019, when I went to renew a disc, I figured out that the car was cloned. I reported the matter to AVF (ABSA Vehicle Finance). I was sent from pillar to post without getting the solution. The biggest problem was, I couldn’t clone the car without a log book because there’s a special number from the log book that has all the information of a car. The log book was with ABSA as I was still paying for the car. The matter wasn’t resolved until 2021 and the car had to parked in the yard for full 2 years from Sept 2019 -2022 January. I asked ABSA to take the car because it was not serving the purpose, the business was dead already which took a year for them to come and collect the car. I lost a business, I lost the money I paid as the instalment and I lost respect over my neighbours because they thought I stole the car. Since 2022 January after the car was taken, I didn’t get any updates until last year 2024 between September and October where I sent them an email asking about this matter. I received an email after that which came as which was notifying me of the amount I needed to pay for the vehicle because it was auctioned. The car was never repossessed but I took the car back because I was paying an instalment fee for nothing. Which led me to stop trying to draw ABSA’s attention. Up until today March 2026 I have never been helped and there’s no explanation except receiving emails about the amount I need to pay. I strongly believe that this car was clone on the day I collected from the dealer.
I placed my order Yesterday. The delivery couldn’t reach me because I made a mistake on writing the wrong location.