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I am looking into purchasing a used car from a private seller. The seller has shown me the Carfax report along with the transfer title from which he purchased it. There is about a 10,000 mile disparity between what is listed on the transfer title and what is recorded on the Carfax. In other words, there are less miles on the odometer than what is on the Carfax. I don't want to rule this out completely as a odometer rollback, but at the same time, I want to be able to investigate this further before making a buying decision.
CarFax can only print what has been sent to them, Who I have no idea
I had a manufacture buy back a vehicle, I sent CarFax a note
so nobody else would get stuck with it, they stated that they
would not accept anything from an owner even though I sent
them the VIN# and title#
I'd suggest you drive the vehicle for no less then 20min
and have a reputable automotive shop do an inspection
even a brand new vehicle may have a few surprises but
they have a warranty unless the manufacture is unable
to repair it as was with my case.
Generally, accidents will show up because there are too many legal channels they have to go through to remain hidden...
But anything else? Eh. Big city chains usually report it, but smaller independents rarely do.
I've been in some major accidents.... and when I checked years later, none of them appeared on Carfax. So no you shouldn't trust Carfax 100%.... maybe 20% and have the cars always inspected by a mechanic.
If there is no police report on the accident, I think the chances of it getting to carfax are extremely slim, since it seems like most auto body shops do not share data with carfax.
As for that mileage discrepancy, it could always have been a typo on someone's part. I'd take it a little more seriously since it is related to the title transfer and not just from a service event, etc. If this is already a high mileage car already, I don't think I'd care though - whether the car has 130,000 or 140,000 doesn't really matter much at that point.
Had one vehicle hit while parked and Progressive covered the claim and it was in Carfax, and very accurately reported. Had another vehicle hit at a red light, customer paid the repair shop the 2K to fix, and it was not in a carfax report.
Well our Carfax on our "purchased new" 2014 Subaru Forester would probably scare people away if we sold it today. Its has never been to the dealer or a shop. All DIY. It currently has 26K+ miles on it and I am the only person who has touched the car mechanically.
Carfax report would come back very bare with only yearly registrations on it.
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