Free Carfax reports 2/22 - 2/24

[veryape]

<< are these reports reliable? i checked both of my cars, both came up with the 5000 dollars guarantee for clean history, now one of them has been in multiple accidents, i dont know why it isnt showing up on the records.

oh well why am i complaining, thats good for me. >>

A clean title does not necessarilly mean that the car has been in no accidents, what it is really good for is to make sure that someone doesn't sell you a car with a salvage title on it, in which case you can't register it if it is under ten years old in most states and never in some. Accidents will only come up if they have been reported to the insurance companies, not just the police.

 

[boomer6447]

Wow...what great timing! I haven't bought a new car for me or the family for at least 3 yrs.
Yesterday, I go get a 96 Taurus that I'm thinkin bout buying from my brother, for my soon to be driving daughter, and POW....free carfax report.

Thanks again for the great find.

BTW....Clean title on my (soon to be) car

 

[Manoverboard]

Thanks for posting this wish I would have seen it sooner...bought a 1990 Bronco II from a dealer in Scam Diego which Carfax says has a odometer rollback. Dealer said they got it from someone in Nevada on trade. Can I go after dealer or am I SOL

 

[wluk]

great...thanks!

 

[armando416]

<< Thanks for posting this wish I would have seen it sooner...bought a 1990 Bronco II from a dealer in Scam Diego which Carfax says has a odometer rollback. Dealer said they got it from someone in Nevada on trade. Can I go after dealer or am I SOL >>



I would think you could go after the dealer. First of all, even if he didn't do it himself, do you really believe that he didn't know? I'm sure he found out eventually. Also, no matter who did it, the car wasn't "as advertised." This makes the deal null-in-void. Of course, it depends how long it has been. I think the law only gives you a certain amount of time to do this. Of course, maybe someone else here can tell you different. I've only had a year of business law for my finance degree, and that was a while ago.

 

[tommyz]

I used this for my car. It doesn't show the car was in 2 accidents. Both were reported to the insurance company, police, and state(because damage was over $500).

Tom

 

[Ns1]

<< I used this for my car. It doesn't show the car was in 2 accidents. Both were reported to the insurance company, police, and state(because damage was over $500).

Tom >>




i second that

 

[aknuj]

THANKS...........

 

[GnatGoSplat]

This doesn't know if a car has been wrecked.
My car was damaged badly ($3800 estimate) several years ago, and this didn't show up in the Carfax report. The next time, it was rear-ended, $800 damage. Both times was reported to insurance (the other party's insurance) and the time it was rear-ended, the police came out and took a report.
The only way to check to see if a car has been wrecked is to go over it carefully and look for signs of repaint, overspray, wrinkled looking frame parts, etc.

This only checks for salvage title - if the car got totaled out at one time, and also odometer rollbacks.

 

[bbarnes]

Thanks! Been needing to do this for quite a while now, but didn't want to pay.

 

[GooberedUp]

<< This doesn't know if a car has been wrecked.
My car was damaged badly ($3800 estimate) several years ago, and this didn't show up in the Carfax report. The next time, it was rear-ended, $800 damage. Both times was reported to insurance (the other party's insurance) and the time it was rear-ended, the police came out and took a report.
The only way to check to see if a car has been wrecked is to go over it carefully and look for signs of repaint, overspray, wrinkled looking frame parts, etc.

This only checks for salvage title - if the car got totaled out at one time, and also odometer rollbacks. >>



Absolutely true. My car suffered almost exactly the same stuff to it. Not a word,

 

[wfay]

thanks, my car checks out just as i expected, which is good

i know you guys say this report isn't worth much, but its nice to have printed out when you're trying to sell your car -- i saved the webpage and intend to use it when i sell my car in a year or so...

--wayne

 

[Tanner]

that was really kewl

thx!

 

[GPz1100]

As others have posted, this report doesn't really show accidents.

My car was in an accident 4 years ago, almost 12 gran in damages, reported to the police, repairs paid for by insurance. Not a mention.

I guess its good to show a potential buyer, but common sense dictates as a buyer, one SHOULD go over the vehicle and look for things mentioned in an earlier reply.

As a buyer though, in the future, its unlikely i'll ever consider carfax as a reliable indicator of condition of a used car.

 

[ResearchEverything]

Regardless of the validity of the report and how accurate it migt be, I find this to be a HOT post. I really liked to be able to see things about my cars that maybe i didn't know. Awesome post. Thanks a grand.

 

[IgorTs]

nice

 

[OSUdrunk]

CarFax is not supposed to be used to find out about accidents.

I was shopping for a car a couple months ago and ran a ton of CarFax reports. I can tell you that you can learn alot of valuable info from them. For instance:

-Check what kind of registration the car had. If it was a Commercial, Rental, or Fleet vehicle, there's a much higher chance that it wasn't taken care of as well as if somebody had bought it. There are probably more dings, stains in the carpet, etc. and probably wasn't maintained as well.

-Look at the mileage reports to see how it was driven. For instance, a 3 year old car that has around 30,000 miles might look like it has been driven less than average. BUT, I saw a few cars where they were driven around 2,000 miles total in a year, then driven 20,000 or 25,000 miles in the next 8 months. Definitely an irregular pattern of driving, and anytime you put a large amount of miles on a car in a short time it's not great for the car.

-If the car is at a dealership, usually you can tell how long it's been there by looking at the last date in the Title History. If you see one that's been at the dealership for over a couple months, chances are you can get a great deal if you haggle with them. Just tell em you've noticed it sitting there for a few months, and remind them they are losing money every day they don't sell it. Once they know you're not a moron they'll usually cut you a good deal to get it of their hands.

 

[orion19981]

i hope you guys have an idea, i ran this on my car just to have, it shaow another title issued after mine.......what should i do or how can i follow up on it?

 

[OSUdrunk]

What exactly does it say?

 

[orion19981]

under titleing, i have a rebuilt car i know this i did it, i live in tn, car had come from AL, any i got it in oct 99 did not title till feb/mar of 2000 shows that then after that in aug 2000 shows titled in AL but for city lists Atlanta GA, how can i check into it more?

 

[Syrex]

anyone know how to save the webpage without losing the icons? It doesn't save right on my machine, anyone else?

 

[scsiguru]

Is this deal dead??

 

[Rab]

<< i hope you guys have an idea, i ran this on my car just to have, it shaow another title issued after mine.......what should i do or how can i follow up on it? >>



What kind of car? An expensive one?

(Could be Title cloning, a very bad thing, ESP. if the "cloned" car is stolen/reported stolen and they charge you with the crime.)

And do you have a loan to pay for it or something?

 

[CirekL]

Jeeebus!!! My car was once a rental!!! glad I just bought a new one... too bad I spent $15 on a car fax report last week, but thanx for the find!

 

[slunk]

Totally clean! cool. thanks.