Can my CA DL Be suspended again for failure to continue paying?

My license has been suspended because of a failure to appear on a fix it window tint ticket. I now owe like $580 and I was told if I start a payment plan and put down 170 that the court will notify the DMV to release the hold.

My question is if I put this 170 down and do not make my monthly payments will my license be suspended again for failure to pay?

I heard that the DMV does not suspended licenses anymore due to failure to pay.

I am out of the state right now and the earliest court date they wanted to give me was in January. I have defenses as to why I was not able to resolve this but since they wanna give me a court date so far away I feel like the fastest way is to just start a payment plan,

A lawyer wants to charge me 250 so that's not even worth it.