GTA 5 Simeon Repossession Missions: The Complete Guide

Simeon Yetarian sends Franklin (and later every GTA Online character) after cars that missed a payment. This guide covers every vehicle recovery job tied to Simeon: the two story missions early in GTA 5, and the repeatable Export Requests and Premium Deluxe Repo Work in GTA Online, with gold medal requirements and current payouts.

Essentials

• Two story missions use Simeon's repo work: "Franklin and Lamar" (the game's opening job) and "Repossession" (the third story mission).
• In GTA Online, Simeon's Export Requests unlock at Rank 9 and refresh every 24 hours with a personalized list of five vehicles.
• Standard repo payouts run $18,300 to $19,860; Premium Deluxe Repo Work pays a base of $23,100, and Rockstar periodically triples both during promo weeks.
• Wanted stars must clear and the car must be resprayed at Los Santos Customs before delivery, or the mission fails to pay out.

Who is Simeon Yetarian?

Simeon runs Premium Deluxe Motorsport, a used car dealership on Los Santos's west side that doubles as a front for a repo and export racket. He never gets his own hands dirty: Franklin, and every GTA Online character after him, does the actual driving, lock-picking and occasional gunfight. Simeon's an unreliable boss who underpays and overpromises, which the story leans into for comic relief, but the missions themselves are some of the most replayed vehicle jobs in the game.

The two story missions

Franklin and Lamar (the opening job)

This is the first mission Franklin plays in GTA 5. Simeon sends Franklin and Lamar Davis to repossess a car from a client who stopped paying, only for it to turn into an improvised street race back to the dealership after Lamar takes a second vehicle. The Gold Medal objectives are:

• Not a Scratch - deliver the repo car with minimal damage.
• Focused Driver - use Franklin's special ability (which slows time while driving) for at least 7 seconds.
• Winner - beat Lamar back to Los Santos Customs.

Either the Dewbauchee Rapid GT or the Obey 9F Cabrio is available for the drive; the Rapid GT accelerates faster, the 9F has a slightly higher top speed, but neither changes the outcome meaningfully. Hold a lane, activate Franklin's ability on the open stretches, and the medal is straightforward.

Repossession (mission 3)

A few missions later, Simeon sends Franklin and Lamar to Vespucci Beach to grab a motorcycle from Esteban Jimenez, a client who is behind on payments and has friends. It escalates into a shootout and a chase after a fleeing Penumbra. Gold Medal requirements:

• Time - finish within 6 minutes 30 seconds.
• Trail Blazer - shoot the gas trail leaking from the fleeing Penumbra to blow it up.
• Headshots - land 6 headshot kills.
• Accuracy - finish the mission with at least 70% shooting accuracy.

The trail-blazer objective is the one players miss most: the Penumbra only starts leaking gas after taking enough damage, so tag it a few times before going for the explosive shot.

GTA Online: Simeon's Export Requests and Repo Work

Story mode covers two jobs; GTA Online turns Simeon's repo racket into a standing, repeatable source of income.

How Export Requests work

Simeon's Export Requests unlock once a character hits Rank 9. From then on, Simeon can text a vehicle request roughly every 24 hours. There are eight possible SMS lists in rotation, each naming five models drawn from a pool of twenty, and the list is personalized per player - stealing a car from someone else's list in a session does not progress your own request unless that same model is also on your list.

The loop for each request:

1. Find and steal one of the five listed vehicles anywhere in Los Santos or Blaine County.
2. Lose any wanted level before approaching Premium Deluxe Motorsport.
3. Drive the car to Los Santos Customs and pay for a respray - an unsprayed vehicle will not be accepted.
4. Deliver it to Simeon's dealership on the Strawberry/Little Seoul boundary for the cash and RP payout.

Premium Deluxe Repo Work

Repo Work is a variant with a higher base payout and a harder brief: instead of a plain steal-and-deliver, the target car usually needs to be defended from other drivers or delivered under time pressure. Rockstar runs promo weeks (frequently tied to Simeon-themed events) that triple the cash and RP on both Export Requests and Repo Work, which is the best time to knock out several in a row.

Payouts

Job type	Base cash payout	Notes
Standard Export Request	$18,300 - $19,860	Varies by the specific vehicle requested
Premium Deluxe Repo Work	$23,100 base	Higher-risk delivery, higher floor payout
Either, during a 3x promo week	Up to 3x the base	Announced on the Rockstar Newswire

Tips for faster, cleaner repo runs

• Keep a garage slot free. If you're grinding several requests in one session, you'll want somewhere to stash a backup vehicle - see the full GTA 5 garage capacity guide for how much space each property holds.
• Check Los Santos Customs before you commit to a delivery. A respray only costs a few hundred dollars, but showing up unsprayed voids the whole run and you'll have to bring the car back.
• Compare it to other Online income. Export Requests are a low-effort side income, not a primary earner; for bigger paydays, heists still pay more per hour - see the GTA 5 heists gold medal guide for the highest-value jobs.
• Pick a fast car when you have a choice. If the listed model has a known-slow variant, a detour to check the fastest cars in GTA Online can save time on a run where cops are already involved.
• Go for 100% completion carefully. Both story repo missions count toward the story's completion percentage; if you're chasing the full checklist, the GTA 5 100% completion guide lists every mission and side activity that counts.

Common mistakes that cost a payout

• Skipping the respray. The single most common reason a delivery gets rejected is showing up at Premium Deluxe Motorsport in a car that still carries the owner's paint job or a wanted flag. Route through Los Santos Customs every time, even if the car "looks fine."
• Grabbing the wrong trim. Some Export Request models have multiple liveries or variants in the world; only the exact model on your personal list counts, so double-check the name in the SMS before committing to a chase.
• Fighting the mission's escort requirement. On Premium Deluxe Repo Work jobs, other NPC drivers will actively try to total the car before you can deliver it. Prioritize losing them over winning a firefight; a wrecked vehicle fails the job outright.
• Ignoring the promo calendar. The Rockstar Newswire posts the 3x weeks for Simeon's jobs in advance. Stacking several requests during one of those windows is worth far more than grinding them at the base rate.

Why these missions still matter in 2026

"Franklin and Lamar" and "Repossession" remain two of the most-replayed early missions because they're short, teach the game's driving and shooting systems without much risk, and pop up in nearly every 100% completion run. The GTA Online version has stayed relevant even longer: Export Requests are still one of the easiest recurring payouts Rockstar has never removed, over a decade after GTA Online launched. Both jobs also fold naturally into a wider vehicle habit - most players who chase Simeon's list end up building a personal collection, which is where the GTA 5 garage guide and the Los Santos Customs modification guide come in handy again outside the missions themselves.

With GTA 6 confirmed for 19 November 2026, expect a similar repo or export loop to return in some form. Rockstar has reused this kind of low-stakes, replayable side job in every open-world game since GTA San Andreas, and Simeon-style contacts, whether or not the character himself returns, are a near-certainty for keeping players logged in between story chapters.