Lewis Maudlin Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 I have been looking for a used car. Some guy on here recently purchased unlimited carfax reports. I was using carfax. I just found out that carfax misses some damage. I was looking at a particular car which carfax shows as having no accidents and no damage. Autocheck shows it has or had frame damage!!! That is pretty serious. I looked it up online and carfax apparently does not receive reports from certain places. http://www.cbsatlanta.com/investigates/19086976/detail.html WOW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 My truck was hit in the 1/4 panel pretty good and went through insurance. I ran a carfax on it and it didn't show up. Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-Noob Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Thanks!!!! I just ran an autocheck as well. The car Im buying still checks out. The autocheck prices are MUCH better also. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogie Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I have found they miss alot of information. It only works as good as the people that report the damage (which in the case of my pathfinder and dakota it showed nearly nothing wrong). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 carfax only reports the stuff that it gets from CLU and DMV databases. I sold my friend's totalled m3, but if you ran a carfax on it, it'd come up clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Carfax has missed damage on every car I have ever owned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglist Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Carfax has missed damage on every car I have ever owned. Same here. My 350Z got pounded 4 months after I got it brand new in 04/2003 as some guy in Richmond, VA ran a red light at 50mpg, t-boned a solara in the intersection and both cars slid into my drivers side and slid down the entire side. Damage was estimated at $12,500, all body & wheel damage...no suspension/frame damage. Carfax never showed a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.INSANE Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I bought a carfax for my AW11. Waste of money they tell you next to nothing about the history of your car. The carfax basically told me everything I already knew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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