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About Caribou

Caribou is an online lending marketplace that specializes in auto refinance. Fill out a quick form online to be matched with the best loan options for you. The company also helps with auto insurance, extended warranty plans, key replacement, total loss protection and cosmetic care packages. Checking your rate with Caribou will not impact your credit score.

Pros
  • Pre-qualify without affecting credit
  • Rates as low as 5.48%
  • No DMV paperwork
Cons
  • Not available for motorcycles
  • No auto lease buyouts

What is Caribou?

Caribou is a loan marketplace that specializes in vehicle refinancing to help customers lower their monthly payments. After you fill out a form on the website, the company uses an algorithm to match you with the best loan offers for your situation. Checking your pre-qualified offers through Caribou won’t affect your credit score, and the company offers auto insurance, total loss protection, extended warranty plans, key replacement and cosmetic care packages as add-ons when you refinance with the company.

When you refinance, Caribou takes care of paying off the old loan and retitling the vehicle, saving you a trip to the DMV.

How does Caribou work?

To get started with Caribou, fill out a form on the website with your general information, current auto loan and VIN. Your Social Security number isn’t required to check your offers. It takes just a few seconds to get the matches from its lending partners — once you receive your offers, the next step is to apply for the loan of your choice. At this point you’ll need to provide documents to confirm your income and provide your Social Security number. You can submit these documents online, by email or by text message. Loans are finalized by electronic signature. Caribou will pay off the old loan and take care of the paperwork to retitle your vehicle.

During the refinancing process with Caribou, you can add a second person, or a co-borrower, to the new auto loan.

Caribou fees and rates

Caribou does not charge a customer processing fee. It does charge the lender a $499 processing fee to cover the services to help close a loan, process documents and retitle a vehicle. The lender may the processing fee, as well as other fees, in your refinanced loan amount. The interest rate depends on your lender, the amount financed, the payment terms and your credit score and income. Fill out an application to check your rate.

Frequently asked questions

How do I qualify for a Caribou loan?

To check rates with Caribou, fill out a form on the website and provide your vehicle information. To qualify for a loan you’ll need to provide your Social Security number and proof of income, along with additional personal information.

Does Caribou do a hard credit pull?

Caribou does not do a hard credit pull when matching you with loan offers. When you apply for a loan, however, Caribou will need to perform a hard credit pull.

What type of vehicle can I refinance with Caribou?

Caribou provides refinancing services for personal automobiles, SUVs and trucks. MotoRefi does not work with commercial vehicles or motorcycles.

Can I pick my Caribou loan term?

When you get matched with multiple loan offers from Caribou’s lending partners, you can choose to apply for the one(s) with the terms that best fit your needs.

Can I add gap coverage to my Caribou loan?

If your refi is eligible, you can add on gap coverage or total loss protection when you accept an offer through one of Caribou’s partners.

Is Caribou legit?

Caribou is a great place to start if you want to refinance your car loans. It’s free to get matched with offers, and it won’t affect your credit score. It’s a nice bonus that Caribou also takes care of the paperwork on the automobile’s title if you accept a loan offer from one of its lending partners. If you want to compare rates from other lenders that aren’t partnered with Caribou, however, you’ll have to do your own research.

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    TechSales & MarketingLoan Process

    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2025

    All easy...UNTIL you read your contract.....sneaky sneaky. APR jumps 2% from the fixed number they use during their sales slime. Some of us do read. And 2% is a lot of fees on a 4.74% loan! Caribou will be gone within 5 years...BET!

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      Customer ServiceStaff

      Reviewed Sept. 22, 2025

      This company has unfair practices which include not letting customer know about the documents required and their process. They also force their employees to call customers 2-3 times a DAY asking for documents (different people) with their goal being push as many files to bank as possible - not about making it a smooth process for us customers. They do not care about the customer or our privacy or respect our space - they are a harassment company that only cares about money. They should be reported to BBB for harassment, not providing clear information upfront and hiding details until you are too deep into the process to cancel out.

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      Customer ServiceBilling

      Reviewed Aug. 7, 2025

      Application said save 4 months but only saving 2 from 38 to 36 and payment would increase making my final total 2k more. I called 2x and the 1st guy was only able to say I don't know how that works. 2nd call I was told by manager "AND? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? CANCEL?" instead of fixing numbers as per my statement not credit report. Waste of time, waste of points too with hard credit check, waste of time. Low class people with 0 math skills and even even less customer service manners. I'm disgusted.

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      Customer ServiceStaffLoan Process

      Reviewed July 10, 2025

      Decided to refinance through these guys. These are middleman that work with lenders. I knew this. To sum it up, I signed legal documents, sent notarized DMV paperwork and heard nothing FOR A MONTH!!!! The loan officers ignore your emails and phone calls/voicemails. Inbound is a call center based in india and they cannot help you at all. After opening a case with BBB, I heard back and they stated I was not approved. Yet I signed legally binding paperwork and all. THey did not even report my correct income on the application. Went with another company NALN (Nation Auto Loan Network) and successfully got refinanced in 2 WEEKS!!!! Check already made it to current lender. Caribou is a trash company. Don't waste your time and don't waste the hard inquiry on your credit.

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      Customer ServicePriceLoan ProcessRates

      Reviewed July 3, 2025

      Complete waste of time. Accepted an “offer” for Auto loan refi terms of 4.94% across 84 months based on information provided. Submitted all of the necessary documentation and then sat in limbo for a week. When I didn’t hear from Caribou, I finally called them, sat on hold for 25 minutes, answered the same questions AGAIN, and then was quoted a rate of 7.5%! I have flawless credit, a very low debt to income ratio, and that’s a much worse rate than I’m paying today. Thanks for wasting my time!

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      Customer ServiceStaff

      Reviewed April 30, 2025

      This company Caribou is a waste of time. It's fraud. Don't upload your information. Don't give them your personal information. They are fraud. They don't even help you. They are a London network which they're not the direct lender to make the decision so don't waste your time calling them because they don't know. They're fraud. I would never recommend nobody to them

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      Customer Service

      Reviewed March 4, 2025

      I was hounded by text from Caribou to refinance- I did, uploaded documents then heard nothing- Had to call and see what was going on and was told they had no offer for me / rude- Waste of time and credit pull - Do not use them - Horrible service!!!!

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      Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsTimeliness

      Reviewed Feb. 17, 2025

      Caribou took my information and I never heard back, the number they gave was a voice recorded message and no one ever available. Would not contact me with any information. I think it a horrible business. I had to pay for additional protections because Caribou left me vulnerable with no response. My advice is not to use this business.

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      Loan Process

      Reviewed Jan. 22, 2025

      They added 10% to my principal. Do not use them, very deceptive. I had a $500.00 loan I wanted to refinance. Now I owe $10,600.00. How do they keep doing business. I really hope people read this review so they go away.

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      Customer ServiceStaffTransparency

      Reviewed Dec. 28, 2024

      Absolutely horrific! On 2 different occasions I attempted to complete a refinance that was approved. Either the agents are rude and dismissive or just plain absent (unreturned phone calls, ignored texts/emails, no updates). The car refinance broker model seems great, but someone leading the agents is not doing their job and demanding excellence from them. I would highly recommended you check elsewhere.

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