How does stuff get reported to carfax

A CARFAX report will tell you whether the car was used by an individual driver, for lease, for ride-sharing , or for commercial purposes. And any accident that happened within the last few days won't appear on the report either. Auto shops tend to report what they fixed, not what happened to making fixing necessary.

It could indicate that the vehicle has been in an unreported fender-bender if you notice that a bumper has been replaced but there's no corresponding information on the CARFAX report. Make sure to have an independent inspection done on the vehicle, and take a test drive before you decide to buy it. You can also buy multiple reports at a discount. Consumer Reports. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.

Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. There's just no way that one of these reports can be all-inclusive. Since CARFAX relies on information that is reported to the company, anything that doesn't get reported either to the company or to any of its data sources won't show up in the report.

We ordered a report on a vehicle that we knew had extensive collision work performed on it five times. The report showed only one minor collision. In another case, we purchased reports for four other vehicles we knew were repurchased in North Carolina by the vehicle manufacturers as 'lemons' under the North Carolina Lemon Law.

It's also listed on a car's title, inspections records and insurance policies. Your vehicle's VIN has been with it since the beginning, and like your credit history, a look into its recorded past can reveal some dark episodes. Where does all this information come from? When gaps have been found in the information provided in a vehicle history report, CARFAX has traditionally acted quickly to remedy the situation and provide more comprehensive and useful reports for consumers.

Following an investigation by CBS Atlanta into dealers who sold previously wrecked cars as clean even though mechanics working at auction houses -- where most used cars pass at some point -- had discovered wreck damage, CARFAX began partnering with auction houses to make sure that information was included on CARFAX reports.

At Carfax headquarters, in Virginia, Communications Director Larry Gamache proudly said millions of consumers all over America mention the company by name when they're car shopping.

However, he added, "we don't know everything about a used car's past. But is that what used car salesmen tell you when you try to buy a car? ABC News producers with hidden cameras went to several used car dealers to find out. At a dealership in Union Township, N.

The salesman mentioned Carfax within minutes. It basically gives you the history of the vehicle of where it's been and stuff like that. You know, we don't keep anything on our lot that has accidents," he said.

In fact, according to one of Carfax's competitors, Autocheck, the Hyundai had been in a rear-impact collision. And the Mazda had been in a multiple-impact collision -- the police report said it had been hit in the front and the back.