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Vehicle History Report
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free Vehicle Event Summary

easy-to-read report layout

Comprehensive database will show you if a car has a history:

  • Salvaged or stolen
  • Flood or hail damaged
  • In a fire or accident
  • Had an odometer rollback
  • Used as a police car
  • Used as a rental or taxi

free record check: enter a VIN and you'll get an immediate note confirming the make and model as well as the number of records CARFAX has about the car.

(see this note on lemon checks)

report is packed with valuable information about the car. for any given car, the information may include:

  • Totaled in an accident/Salvaged
  • Flood damage
  • Odometer rollbacks
  • Lemon histories
  • Junked Titles
  • State emissions inspection results
  • Lien activity, and/or
  • Vehicle use (taxi, rental, lease, etc.)

includes police data so minor accidents sometimes show up (other reports only show major accidents)

data

National Vehicle Database covers 500 million vehicles with data from a variety of public and proprietary sources in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Canada

"over 4 billion unique records, updated monthly"

other
features

BuyBack Insurance: Pays you back for what you paid for the car, PLUS up to $500 in accessories. Gives you a real insurance policy that is regulated by state agencies and can't be cancelled. With a full year of coverage.

CARFAX Buyback Guarantee
With this guarantee, CARFAX will buy back any vehicle from the buyer if a severe problem (major accident, fire, flood, odometer problems or lemon history) was reported by a DMV and not included in the CARFAX report. If you find that any of these severe problems were reported by a DMV and not included in your vehicle history report, CARFAX will buy back that vehicle.

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CARFAX Vehicle History Reports
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