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Old 10-28-2003, 07:24 AM
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If a car is salvaged title, would you be able to know what happened to the car (wrecked or thief recovery) by checking the vin?
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i think if the car has a carfax it will tell you
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yes, if i am correct they stamp the title, and it is recorded in the bmv(or dmv depending on ur state) files
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you can check everything with a carfax right? you just have to run the vin?
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recorded what happened to the car??
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 5gccord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you can check everything with a carfax right? you just have to run the vin?</TD></TR></TABLE>

It won't always show the entire history of the car (primarily accidents), but title changes should be shown.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by clm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

It won't always show the entire history of the car (primarily accidents), but title changes should be shown.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yup carfax only shows those that have been reported to the DMV.. we all know if the accident was more than $500 you have to but most of us dont.
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Another loophole in carfax is if the car changes states it doesn't pick up on things that happen in previous states.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SLOAZZ94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yes, if i am correct they stamp the title</TD></TR></TABLE>

That is correct. When buying a car and are unsure about its history, ask to look at the original pink slip and it'll tell you right there whether it's salvaged or not.
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Default Re: salvage title? (5gccord)

Yeah be careful with that because you never know what really happened until you look into it further.......I know here in PA you can have a salvage title and it could have been either stolen or wrecked.
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Carfax is really overrated.... but worth the money for the info that it does provide... so i guess it's not so overrated after all..... just don't think that since you have the Carfax report, you know everything that has happened to the vehicle
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