Many customers of a car dealership that abruptly closed its doors are concerned that their cars could be repossessed at no fault of their own.
American Car Center is a Memphis-based company that first laid off more than 300 employees at its headquarters last Friday. It also shuttered its doors at the three Jacksonville locations on Atlantic Boulevard, Cassat Avenue and Blanding Boulevard.
Janet Steward leased a 2016 Ford Escape through the dealership and worries about the effects of not being able to pay her bill. “If you’re driving and let’s say you stopped somewhere, to the store. If you haven’t paid anything, they can turn the starter off where you cannot start your car at all,” she said.
Steward and other American Car Center customers News4JAX spoke with questioned the company’s legitimacy.
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