While I always encourage getting some type of VIN Report or Carfax when purchasing ANY car, you can’t always trust that they will be 100% accurate.
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Up to state report. Cars in Tennessee generally will not show up on Carfax accident reports unless totalled out, regardless of police reports.
Also, if a car started as a rental, and was sold with under 15,000 miles, automatic red flag. Rental companies do not repair cars. They send them to Mannheim Auto auction, will have clean titles. Uses to buy them wrecked at auction.
The other thing you didn't mention is when people don't have collision insurance. I don't carry collision once my car reaches an older age. So after that, there would be no insurance payout if/when I got in an accident.
@6:12 It is a self-insured rental company that want to maximize profit in the salvage auction.
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Hello I'm trying to get a permit to take my car to Mexico and they did a carfax and it says it was in an accident but was never repaired when I bought the car it was new didn't show any accident issues they won't give me the permit due to car being in a wreck what do I do? How do I fix the issue?
I bought car based on the CarFax BUT a year afterward when i ran the VIN again, old incidents from years bf my purchase, suddenly appear causing loss of value to me. Who must you know, to get that info delayed.
I used to haul cars for a paint and body shop that would buy totaled and rolled over cars from car rental company auctions with clear titles. The paint and body shop would have me haul the same cars the following week to the Orlando auto auction. If you ran the history on these cars they show up clean on carfax. The worst I saw was a van with around 200 miles on it that had been rolled over, roof cut from another van , painted and two weeks later sold as if was never wrecked. This was about 15 years ago so I don't know if it still works the same way.
Hello does carfax only work for cars in American continent only or any car vin numbers? I want to import Mbenz from Japan but kinda of suspicious about the mileage mann.
what does it mean when. it says …Accident other ?
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My 2001 Honda Civic has a clean title but it shows signs of it being in a accident. 1 head light is newer, there are signs of frame work (body looks clean but there is crinkling and clear signs of damage repair).
Love the vid! Wanted your advice on something. I found this new company (Collision Sciences) and it seems like it can show all the accidents on a vehicle (even the ones not related to insurance claims.) Is it just a scam? It seems to use EDR data? Not sure what that is, or if it is even credible. Anyway, awesome vid as usual, and would love your thoughts before I buy a car. I put the link below
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What is a reconditioned car? Could that be a major mechanical overhaul or minor fixes? I have seen some Carfax reports have that.
I ran several of my cars and former cars through CarFax.  It's set up for car dealers, I guess, because they ALWAYS showed the car as being a one-owner car even if the car had several owners (including myself). One had been wrecked … I filled out the accident report myself…. and it didn't show up on the CarFax report. It's sheeyit.
Hey i have a car that has clean title but when i check the car-fax say total loss “ how could this happen is clean tittle and look like was salvage “
Brother-in-law once bought a big fancy 1 year old truck that was a trade in that had a clean Carfax report. The truck had huge decal stripes, which he took off and some paint managed to come off, too. Come to find out, the paint was not yet cured and the truck had been in a major accident that the body shop estimated cost $20,000 to repair.
I couldn't get the research.com di come up that you are using in this video.
VERY true!!! In 2001 I purchased a 300ZX with 21,000 miles and an absolutely squeaky clean Carfax. Several years later I received a notice from the Florida Attorney General's Office that several states AGs' offices were filing suits against an insurance company that was selling cars with clear titles when they should have had branded titles. My car was affected and I was required to take it to the inspection place on Hillsborough Avenue, surrender my clean title, have it inspected and, since it passed, have a branded title issued. CarFax guaranty was useless as it only covers records they missed and my issue was not on record. At least I received a check from the pool of money the AGs collected, but I have a car with a salvage title. Oddly, there was/is no evidence the Z had been involved in a crash. It did have some broken interior trim pieces and the bottom was covered in red dirt when I picked it up in Arkansas, but that's it. And Go Gators!!!!
Carfax sells incorrect information and takes no responsibility for it.
this is why i hop out and tell them ill pay for the damage out of pocket xD screw getting insurance to help then you have more on insurance cost
Front end on my Acura Tl was repainted and headlight was damaged and bumper was fixed and half fast repainted. Never knew until that leaky headlight was replaced and front bumper had hardware missing and paint was peeling off. Carfax stated It was accident free vehicle
Are you Doug’s long lost son?
Doug the type of guy to raw dog it, throw it a plan B and hope for the best.
Kelly Blue book is the one that determines the value of a car, not Carfax. As long as that car was properly repaired in a shop, it should never affect the value of a vehicle. If a salesman trys to tell you carfax is the one that determines value on a trade in , run dont walk away. If they try and tell you that any accidents the car was involved in, even if it was repaired at a repair facility and they say it affects the trade in value, run, dont walk away. I have found sales people will lie and tell you ANY type of accident depreciates the value of a vehicle, even if it was repaired at a dealer bodyshop using certified parts. Clearly, if the vehicle has a salvage title, it is up to you to decide if the vehicle is worth what it is being sold for. Most salvage title vehicles are sold for cash because you cannot get an auto loan on a salvage titled car, ever. A personal loan mabe, not an auto loan.
So basically Carfax is pretty much useless and overrated.
You’re a dumbass. Carfax is the best right now.
Which site might you believe more? I have a vin check that shows no issues on a vehicle but an Auto Check shows "NOT ACTUAL MILES, REMOVED ON LATER TITLE" and rental. Copart lists and the dash shows mileage at 104k but it shows on the Auto Check reports 189k. It jumped in one month though it does not drop back down. Once a vehicle is branded with NOT ACTUAL how can it be trusted and later returned to ACTUAL? I am still learning. I have purchased auction cars, just not from Copart. I have a bid on this vehicle and I am guessing I cant cancel it now that I found this new info?
AWESOME Sam. Thanks for the enlightenment on this. I got burned a bit ago and this helps.
I notice Salvage Title cars being sold by insurance companies with only minor damage. like dents and scratches. Does anybody know the story behind this scenario?
Beware of CarHistory.com. They offer a $1 vehicle report, but then bill you 12 months for $18.95 per month. They tell you that when you agreed to pay for the $1 report you also agreed to be a volume discount customer for $18.95 per month. If you promptly complain the company says the monthly charges are withdrawn and your account activated. Even so, you need to keep an eye on your credit card reports for later billings.
What really surprises me is the clean vehicle history reports on bio-hazard cars. Found two vehicles listed on copart and the we're clealy vehicles in which someone committed suicide. Body fluids in driver's seat and floorboard with a dozen empty boxes of sleeping pills in the back seat and another with what looked like brain matter and blood splattered on the dash and windows. Yet both vehicles showed clean histories on vehiclehistory.com Maybe carfax would pick it up but I'm not going to pay to find out. Just crazy to think things like that don't show up in the vehicle history. https://www.copart.com/lot/47807647 https://www.vehiclehistory.com/paging-vin-report-data/new-report.php?vin=5UXZV4C5XBL407346
My brother bought a 25th Anniversary Edition Subaru Legacy in 2004. There were no accident reports on it despite the entire passenger side and hood having been repainted. It was pretty obvious too. The paint stripes on the driver side had three lines with three different shades of gold/tan. The stripes on the passenger side only had two different shades with the top two thinnest being the same color. He kept the car until 2011 at which point the clear coat on the hood scoop was starting to flake, but the rest was spotless. Another dead giveaway.
Good information,one thing you don't mention is the dollar value loss by having an accident show up on a carfax after you bought it with a clean car fax.In my case,I went over the car with a fine tooth,and can spot repairs like a pro.But sure enough,went in to trade after about 2 years ownership and low/behold reports now show an accident.My car went from a good trade in to dealer didn't even want it because of the tainted carfax.Also what you don't mention is a dealer can hold repairs info until after they sell the car which is what I think they did in my case.And carfax did not help me one bit to try and bring a suit. Lastly,another scenario if you give a negative review about your dealer on-line,whats to say they don't get revenge by putting an accident on the carfax making your car loose $$ in value. Carfax and dealers are too in-bed together.they work for their good and not comsumers.
I worked for a Nissan dealer that would buy damaged rental cars at auction because they had clean titles and no accident reports. They did very shoddy repairs to the cars on top of it. Mind you this was a bigger dealership not a small mom and pop dealer.
I'm an idiot, I was lazily looking at his shirt while listening to what he was saying and thinking "Why is he wearing a Flo' Rida shirt with an alligator on it?" lol
My 2010 Jeep Wrangler, which I bought used in 2011, had a clean carfax. But, upon inspection, I found body shop dust inside the vehicle. I’ve worked in body shops so I know sanding dust when I see it. I still dont know the extent of the damage but have never found anything that leads me think the damage was very extensive.
We recently ran a CarFax report for a truck we were privately selling. We purchased the truck new and it has been extremely well maintained. We have all maintenance and repair records. The CarFax report indicated that in 2016 there was "damage" reported, but didn't reflect who the source was or what was damaged. We sent an inquiry to CarFax about this entry as the truck has never been damaged. They emailed back saying that the "CarFax Data Research Team" indicted that the report was correct. However, they could "not release details due to source confidentiality." Emails went back and forth wherein we contested the entry. As the owner of the truck, we contended that it was inappropriate (and should be illegal) for CarFax to withhold information about our private property (especially when it negatively affects its value). CarFax steadfastly refused to provide any information and said that we could submit any receipts, invoices or other paperwork for them to review. We unsuccessfully tried to impress upon CarFax that it's ridiculous to keep asking for paperwork related to their entry when we dispute it's accuracy – there aren't any receipts or invoices to submit – the vehicle had never sustained any damage! We even emailed CarFax's legal department regarding them playing "hide and seek" with the source and description of the alleged damage. Their legal department's response followed their "party line," and they said we could submit documents for their review. Their absolute refusal to identify the source (so we could determine if the report was accurate) or at least what the damage was doesn't help the consumer, seems to violate an owner's rights, and should be illegal. If you look online, there are hundreds of complaints against CarFax and their policies.
Sam for the love of god please stop making vids with that gator shirt on. It makes me want to 🤮. Roll tide baby!!!
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