Exhibit 99.1

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2023-5

Class A-1 5.746% Asset Backed Notes

Class A-2 6.31% Asset Backed Notes

Class A-3 6.02% Asset Backed Notes

Class B 6.16% Asset Backed Notes

Class C 6.43% Asset Backed Notes

Servicer’s Certificate

This Servicer’s Certificate has been prepared pursuant to Section 4.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement among Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2023-5, as Issuer, Santander Consumer USA Inc., as Servicer, Santander Drive Auto Receivables LLC, as Seller, and Citibank, N.A. as Indenture Trustee, dated as of October 18, 2023. Defined terms have the meanings assigned to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or in other Transaction Documents.


Collection Period Beginning:			10/01/2023
Collection Period Ending:			10/31/2023
Previous Payment Date/Close Date:			10/18/2023
Payment Date			11/15/2023
Days of Interest for Period:			28
Days in Collection Period:			31
Months Seasoned:			1

Original

Purchases

Units

Cut-off Date

Closing Date

Pool Balance

Initial Purchase

54,239

09/30/2023

10/18/2023

1,361,497,425.49

Total

54,239

1,361,497,425.49


I. PRINCIPAL BALANCE CALCULATION

{1} Beginning of period aggregate Principal Balance																					{1}			1,361,497,425.49

Monthly principal amounts
{2} Payments Received																			{2}		23,421,289.18
{3} Repurchased Receivables																			{3}		30,557.16
{4} Defaulted Receivables																			{4}		—
{5} Cram Down Losses and Other Principal Adjustments																			{5}		1.04
{6} Other Receivables adjustments																			{6}		—

{7} Total Principal distributable amount																					{7}			23,451,847.38

{8} End of period aggregate Principal Balance																					{8}			1,338,045,578.11

{9} Pool Factor ({8}/ Original Pool Balance)																					{9}			0.982775

II. NOTE BALANCE CALCULATION

												Class A-1		Class A-2		Class A-3		Class B		Class C			Total
{10} Original Note Balance											{10}		100,770,000.00		490,000,000.00		198,900,000.00		149,760,000.00		161,340,000.00			1,100,770,000.00

{11} Beginning of period Note Balance											{11}		100,770,000.00		490,000,000.00		198,900,000.00		149,760,000.00		161,340,000.00			1,100,770,000.00
{12} First Allocation of Principal											{12}		—		—		—		—		—			—
{13} Second Allocation of Principal											{13}		—		—		—		—		—			—
{14} Third Allocation of Principal											{14}		—		—		—		—		—			—
{15} Fourth Allocation of Principal											{15}		—		—		—		—		—			—
{16} Fifth Allocation of Principal											{16}		—		—		—		—		—			—
{17} Regular Allocation of Principal											{17}		35,303,515.99		—		—		—		—			35,303,515.99
{18} Optional Purchase payment amount											{18}		—		—		—		—		—			—
{19} End of period Note Balance											{19}		65,466,484.01		490,000,000.00		198,900,000.00		149,760,000.00		161,340,000.00			1,065,466,484.01
{20} Note Pool Factors											{20}		0.649662		1.000000		1.000000		1.000000		1.000000			0.967928
{21} Principal payment per $1,000											{21}		350.34		—		—		—		—			32.07

III. RECONCILIATION OF COLLECTION ACCOUNT

Available Funds
{22} Principal Payments Received																			{22}		23,421,289.18
{23} Net Liquidation Proceeds																			{23}		(4,961.00	)
{24} Principal on Repurchased Receivables																			{24}		30,557.16
{25} Interest on Repurchased Receivables																			{25}		—
{26} Interest collected on Receivables																			{26}		20,392,461.10
{27} Other amounts received																			{27}		5,177.29
{28} Optional Purchase Price																			{28}		—
{29} Reserve Account Excess Amount																			{29}		—
{30} Reserve Account Draw Amount																			{30}		—

{31} Total Available Funds																					{31}			43,844,523.73

Distributions
{32} Indenture Trustee Fee																			{32}		—
{33} Owner Trustee Fee																			{33}		—
{34} Asset Representations Reviewer Fee																			{34}		—

Servicing Fee

	Calculated Fee	Carryover Shortfall		Change from prior period			Total
{35}	3,403,743.56		—		—			3,403,743.56											{35}		3,403,743.56

Class A Accrued Note Interest

	Class	Beginning Note Balance		Interest Rate			Days		Days Basis			Calculated Interest
{36}	Class A-1		100,770,000.00		5.74600	%		28		ACT / 360			450,352.33						{36}		450,352.33
{37}	Class A-2		490,000,000.00		6.31	%		27		30 / 360			2,318,925.00						{37}		2,318,925.00
{38}	Class A-3		198,900,000.00		6.02	%		27		30 / 360			898,033.50						{38}		898,033.50

Class A Accrued Note Interest

	Class	Carryover Shortfall		Change from prior period			Carryover Shortfall per $1,000
{39}	Class A-1		—		—			—											{39}		—
{40}	Class A-2		—		—			—											{40}		—
{41}	Class A-3		—		—			—											{41}		—

{42} First Allocation of Principal																			{42}		—

Class B Accrued Note Interest

	Class	Beginning Note Balance		Interest Rate			Days		Days Basis			Calculated Interest
{43}	Class B		149,760,000.00		6.16	%		27		30 / 360			691,891.20						{43}		691,891.20

Class B Accrued Note Interest

	Class	Carryover Shortfall		Change from prior period			Carryover Shortfall per $1,000
{44}	Class B		—		—			—											{44}		—

{45} Second Allocation of Principal																			{45}		—

Class C Accrued Note Interest

	Class	Beginning Note Balance		Interest Rate			Days		Days Basis			Calculated Interest
{46}	Class C		161,340,000.00		6.43	%		27		30 / 360			778,062.15						{46}		778,062.15

Class C Accrued Note Interest

	Class	Carryover Shortfall		Change from prior period			Carryover Shortfall per $1,000
{47}	Class C		—		—			—											{47}		—

{48} Third Allocation of Principal																			{48}		—

{49} Reserve Account deposit																			{49}		—
{50} Regular Allocation of Principal																			{50}		35,303,515.99
{51} Optional Purchase Amount																			{51}		—
{52} Distribution to residual interest holder																			{52}		—

{53} Total Distribution Amount																					{53}			43,844,523.73

IV. RECONCILIATION OF RESERVE ACCOUNT

{54} Beginning of period Reserve Account balance															{54}		13,614,974.25
{55} Deposit to Reserve Account															{55}		—
{56} Release from Reserve Account															{56}		—

{57} End of period Reserve Account balance																					{57}			13,614,974.25

{58} Specified Reserve Account Balance (1.00% of the Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date)																					{58}			13,614,974.25
{59} Change in Reserve Account balance from prior period																					{59}			—

V. OVERCOLLATERALIZATION

{60} Targeted Overcollateralization

{60}

395,192,482.49

{i} 27.50% of the Pool Balance of the last day of the related Collection Period AND:

{i}

367,962,533.98

{ii} 2.00% of the Pool Balance as of the Cut-off Date

{ii}

27,229,948.51

{61} End of period Principal Balance of the Receivables

{61}

1,338,045,578.11

{62} End of period Note Balance

{62}

1,065,466,484.01

{63} Overcollateralization amount at the end of the Collection Period

{63}

272,579,094.10

{64} Overcollateralization % at the end of the Collection Period

{64}

20.37

VI. STATISTICAL DATA

Original

Previous

Current

{65} Principal Balance of the Receivables

{65}

1,361,497,425.49

1,338,045,578.11

{66} Weighted average coupon of the Receivables

{66}

17.63

n/a

17.64

{67} Weighted average original term of the Receivables

{67}

71.76

n/a

71.78

{68} Weighted average remaining term of the Receivables

{68}

68.03

n/a

67.27

{69} Number of Receivables

{69}

54,239

n/a

53,702

VII. DELINQUENCY

Units

Dollars

Percentage

Receivables with Scheduled Payment Delinquent

{70} 31-60 days

{70}

1,333

28,545,142.70

2.13

{71} 61-90 days

{71}

71,219.52

0.01

{72} 91-120 days

{72}

14,749.80

0.00

{73} 121 + days delinquent

{73}

—

0.00

{74} Total

{74}

1,337

28,631,112.02

2.14

{75} Aggregate Principal Balance of 60 Day Delinquent Receivables (all Receivables that are 60 or more days delinquent as of End of Collection Period)

{75}

501,389.87

{76} Delinquency Percentage as of the End of the Collection Period

{76}

0.04

{77} Delinquency Trigger

{77}

24.00

{78} Delinquency Trigger Occurred

{78}

VIII. REPOSSESSION INVENTORY

Units

Dollars

{79} Beginning of period Repossessed Inventory

{79}

—

{80} Vehicles Repossessed in current period

{80}

479,707.56

{81} Repossessed vehicles sold in current period

{81}

—

{82} Repossessed vehicles reinstated in current period

{82}

—

{83} Repossessed vehicle adjustment in current period

{83}

—

{84} End of period Repossessed Inventory

{84}

479,707.56

IX. CUMULATIVE NET LOSS RATIO

Units (a)

Dollars

{85} Receivables becoming Defaulted Receivables during period

{85}

—

{86} Cram Down Losses occurring during period

{86}

1.04

{87} Liquidation Proceeds collected during period

{87}

(4,961.00

)

{88} Net losses during period

{88}

4,962.04

(a) Unit count represents # of instances in period per line item

Net Loss for
Period

Avg. Portfolio
Balance (b)

Net Loss
Ratio (c)

{89} Current Period Net Loss Ratio

{89}

4,962.04

1,349,771,501.80

0.00

{90} Prior Period Net Loss Ratio

{90}

n/a

{91} Second Prior Period Net Loss Ratio

{91}

n/a

{92} Third Prior Period Net Loss Ratio

{92}

n/a

{93} Rolling 3 prior month average Net Loss Ratio

{93}

n/a

(b) Average Portfolio Balance calculated using (Beginning of Period Aggregate Balance + End of Period Aggregate Balance)/2

{94} Cumulative Net losses since Cut-off Date (beginning of period)

{94}

—

{95} Net losses during period

{95}

4,962.04

{96} Other Adjustments

{96}

—

{97} Cumulative Net losses since Cut-off Date (end of period)

{97}

4,962.04

{98} Cumulative Net Loss Ratio (Net losses since the Cut-off Date / Pool Balance as of the Cut-off Date)

{98}

0.00

X. CREDIT RISK RETENTION

On the Closing Date, Santander Consumer or another wholly-owned special purpose subsidiary of Santander Consumer retained a portion of the aggregate Percentage Interests of the Certificates in order to satisfy the obligations of Santander Consumer under the requirements of the SEC’s credit risk retention rules 17 C.F.R. Part 246 (“Regulation RR”), as in effect and applicable on the Closing Date. The portion of the Certificates being retained to satisfy the requirements of Regulation RR is referred to herein as the “Retained Interest.” As of the last day of the period covered by this report the depositor or another wholly-owned special purpose subsidiary of Santander Consumer continues to retain the Retained Interest in accordance with Regulation RR.

The depositor and its affiliates pledge retained securities as collateral for loans, repurchase agreements or other financing transactions from time to time. However, Santander Consumer has not transferred or hedged the Retained Interest except as permitted under Regulation RR.

Santander Consumer determined that the fair value, as of the Closing Date, of the Notes and the Certificates is approximately $1,308,580,358, and that the fair value of the Certificates is approximately $207,810,358, which is approximately 15.88% of the fair value of the Notes and the Certificates. Santander Consumer, or an affiliate of Santander Consumer, retained all of the Certificates as of the Closing Date. The portion of the Retained Interest being retained to satisfy the requirements of Regulation RR is 31.48% Percentage Interest in the Certificates, which Santander Consumer determined to have a fair value of approximately $65,429,018 as of the Closing Date, which is at least 5.00% of the fair value of the Notes and the Certificates. There were no material changes in the method or inputs and assumptions used by Santander Consumer to calculate the fair value of the Notes and the Certificates as of the Closing Date from the methods or inputs and assumptions used by Santander Consumer to calculate the fair value in the Preliminary Prospectus for the Notes dated October 4, 2023.

Santander Consumer has not changed the manner in which it retains the Retained Interest, except in accordance with Regulation RR.

The arrangements described above in relation to Regulation RR have not been structured with the objective of enabling or facilitating compliance by any person with any requirement of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of December 12, 2017, as amended or of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402, as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended).

There was no material change in Santander Consumer’s, or an affiliate of Santander Consumer’s, interest in any securities issued by the issuer resulting from the purchase, sale or other acquisition or disposition of securities between the Closing Date and the last day of the period covered by this report.

No assets securitized by Santander Consumer USA Inc. (the “Securitizer”) and held by Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2023-5 were the subject of a demand to repurchase or replace for breach of the representations and warranties during the current monthly distribution period. Please refer to the Form ABS-15G filed by the Securitizer on September 29, 2023 for additional information. The CIK number of the Securitizer is 0001540151.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this monthly Statement to Noteholders as dated below.


Santander Consumer USA Inc., as Servicer

By:		/s/ Mark McCastlain
Name:		Mark McCastlain
Title:		Senior Vice President, Treasury
Date:		November 13, 2023

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust (SDART)

Customer Extensions

Collection Period Ending: October 31, 2023


			Beginning		End of period aggregate
	End of period aggregate		Number of		Principal Balance of		Number of		Extension
Transaction Name	Principal Balance		Receivables		Extended Loans		Extended Loans		Rate⁽¹⁾
SDART 2020-1		179,492,797.09		16,808		2,506,824.50		177		1.40	%
SDART 2020-2		264,402,408.74		24,389		3,015,446.87		212		1.14	%
SDART 2020-3		400,010,333.62		32,956		5,095,438.36		337		1.27	%
SDART 2020-4		359,929,167.48		26,494		4,875,584.98		293		1.35	%
SDART 2021-1		504,367,247.43		36,143		6,709,761.00		392		1.33	%
SDART 2021-2		632,274,863.04		43,297		9,724,978.11		531		1.54	%
SDART 2021-3		837,433,286.81		54,725		13,460,985.96		709		1.61	%
SDART 2021-4		750,594,626.70		41,492		13,003,910.36		592		1.73	%
SDART 2022-1		786,460,792.05		41,672		14,947,447.68		655		1.90	%
SDART 2022-2		988,414,453.53		49,670		19,485,267.07		813		1.97	%
SDART 2022-3		861,964,927.45		46,460		17,457,810.98		771		2.03	%
SDART 2022-4		1,109,326,185.11		54,399		22,047,643.54		908		1.99	%
SDART 2022-5		1,309,113,919.25		62,227		23,792,661.93		956		1.82	%
SDART 2022-6		1,309,550,274.87		56,680		25,813,125.53		981		1.97	%
SDART 2022-7		695,456,395.88		35,960		18,652,898.89		738		2.68	%
SDART 2023-1		997,548,731.42		51,480		25,741,412.91		992		2.58	%
SDART 2023-2		1,305,592,246.52		61,384		3,257,366.91		193		0.25	%
SDART 2023-3		1,562,847,764.70		65,609		3,428,968.24		192		0.22	%
SDART 2023-4		1,323,061,371.79		50,378		4,945,625.62		196		0.37	%
SDART 2023-5		1,338,045,578.11		54,239		1,127,589.86		70		0.08	%

⁽¹⁾	End of period aggregate Principal Balance of Extended Loans as a percentage of End of period aggregate Principal Balance

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2023-5 10-D