auto history reports
Where to find a vehicles history
The more you know about a used vehicle, the more informed purchasing decision you can make. Does it have a flood or salvage title? Was it rebuilt or stolen? Is the mileage accurate? Could it be a lemon?
Carfax provides the answers and can give you peace of mind.
CARFAX is the most trusted provider of vehicle history information, relied on
by millions of consumers each year. Using the unique 17-character vehicle
identification number (VIN) found on vehicle dashboards and title documents,
they instantly generate a detailed Vehicle History Report on any used car or
light truck.
CARFAX Vehicle History Reports™ provide information that can impact a
consumer's decision about a used car or truck. A
CARFAX Report may include :
- Title information, including salvaged or junked titles
- Flood damage history
- Total loss accident history
- Odometer readings
- Lemon history
- State emissions inspection results
- Number of owners
- Service records
- Lien activity, and/or
- Vehicle use (taxi, rental, lease, etc.)
Their unique database contains more than three billion records. They receive
information from thousands of public and private
sources including all Departments of Motor Vehicles (DMVs) in the United
States and Canada, as well as many vehicle inspection stations, auto auctions,
fleet management and rental agencies, automobile manufacturers, and fire and
police departments.
Click here for a free CARFAX record check
The exclusive
CARFAX Buyback Guarantee reduces the risk involved in buying a used car. If
CARFAX fails to include a DMV-reported incident (salvage, fire, flood damage,
odometer problems, lemon history) in a CARFAX Report, they may buy the vehicle
back for the full purchase price.
While they'll never know everything about a particular car, a CARFAX
Vehicle
History Report combined with a test drive and an inspection by a qualified
mechanic is a consumer's best protection when buying a used car.
What Makes Them Unique
The
CARFAX vision is to be the leading source of vehicle history
information for buyers and sellers of used cars. Today
carfax.com is one of the
top five websites that consumers turn to for vehicle information, and receives
millions of visitors each month. Thousands of auto dealers nationwide subscribe
to carfaxonline.com.
While the Vehicle History Report is at the heart of their business, used car
buyers and sellers access other innovative products such as
CARFAX Hot Listings™ , Safety and Reliability
Reports™, and the
CARFAX Safe Teen Drivers Program to name a few.
Used car buyers find cars that are eligible for the CARFAX Buyback Guarantee
just listed for sale in their area through CARFAX Hot Listings. Each car listed
comes with a free CARFAX Vehicle History Report. CARFAX Safety and Reliability
Reports include crash test results, safety recalls, reliability ratings, and
warranty information. The CARFAX Safe Teen Drivers Program provides parents free
information, tips and safety measures from safe driving experts to help them
coach their teen to be a safe driver.
Get your free CARFAX vehicle history check
here.
How to read an Automobile History
Report?
The auto
history report is separated into four sections:
Vehicle Information -
This section identifies the vehicle associated with the vehicle identification
number submitted. It includes attributes such as: year, make, model, body type,
engine type and country of manufacture.
Problem Checklist - This
section reports on potential problems for the vehicle inquired about. Categories
analyzed include:
- DMV Record Adjustment - events
recorded by a department of motor vehicles such as bonding, titling or
registration renewal.
- Damage - records
of fire, hail or water damage, major insurance loss (50% or more), motor
replacement, rebuilding or reconditioning, junked, salvaged, scrapped or
destroyed and un-rebuild able.
- Fleet - company
vehicles, driver education, governmental, municipal or police, rental and
taxi/livery.
- Forfeiture - abandoned
or repossessed.
- Gray Market - vehicles
manufactured for non-U.S. markets that may not comply with emission and/or
safety standards. Does not include imports originally made for the U.S.
market.
- Lemon - vehicles
unable to be satisfactorily repaired after several tries. U.S. Lemon Laws
vary from state to state about the number of repair attempts. Not all states
have a lemon title classification (brand).
- Non-Manufacturer Assembled - specially
constructed or a kit vehicle.
- Odometer Reading - mileage
reported from registrations, inspections, auctions, insurance
administrators, discrepancy in readings, not actual miles and unknown
mileage.
- Odometer Problem - reports
of broken, exceeds mechanical limits, excluded or exempt vehicles,
discrepancy in readings, not actual miles and unknown mileage.
- Theft - reported
loss or recovered from theft.
Odometer Problem Check - This
section reports on whether or not there are any mileage discrepancies in the
reported odometer readings.
Vehicle History Detail - This
section reports on the vehicle’s title history. Title classifications are
called ‘brands’. A brand code glossary is available for your convenience.
Click
here to get your automobile history report.
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