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Last year, Jennifer Dicks bought a Chevy Cavalier, she says, from a company that promised a 100% approval rate on auto loans. Then times got tougher, and now she's checking her pots for bunny stew.In January, after she fell two months behind on payments, her car was repossessed despite the fact she...

As if being behind on a car loan payment isn't bad enough, auto lenders now have the technology to remotely shut off the offending car's engine when payments are late.Sales of the shut-off devices by one manufacturer, Littleton, Colo.-based Passtime, are up 33% over last year, and the company is...