Vehicle History Report and CARFAX Reports

CARFAX - Vehicle History Reports

A Vehicle History Report is a must if you are buying a used vehicle. If a car has been reported stolen or in an accident, a Vehicle History Report will reveal it. Reported odometer fraud, fire damage, and flood damange are also revealed in the vehicle history report. The CARFAX unlimited vehicle history reports offers you THE SAME information as it does to car dealers about a used car. Here is just some the information revealed in Vehicle History Report:

Totaled in an accident
Salvage/Junk titles
Flood damage
Odometer readings and/or rollbacks
Lemon histories
Junked Titles
State emissions inspection results
Lien information
City/State of owner
Original vehicle use (rental, taxi, lease, etc.)
Stolen vehicles (where available)

Flood titles
Lemon titles
Vehicle registrations
Problem titles
Manufacturer Buyback (Lemon)
Maintenance/service data
Location of inspection site
Pass/fail inspection status
Major repair and maintenance data
Damage reports from accidents
Police-reported detail
Open Recalls

When ordering a vehicle history report, you will need the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). If you don't have the VIN of the used car, you can order a CARFAX Unlimited History Report and run the report later when you locate the VIN. Here are the basic steps involved:

Search for the Vehicle History Records by entering the vehicle identification number (VIN). The Vehicle ID Number (VIN) can be found on dashboards and title documents. All cars and light trucks built after 1981 have a unique 17-character VIN.
Read your "Free Record Check Results". CARFAX searches it's database to find records about the used car and gives you a limited amount of information for FREE.
Order either the Unlimited Vehicle History Reports or the Single Vehicle History Report.