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Carfax is a mostly free service which gives you the opportunity to check the history of a used car before you purchase it. This ensures that you can purchase the best vehicle possible with the money that you have. The only information not included in a carfax are names, telephone numbers and address of past owners. The only instance that a carfax history may not be free is if you are purchasing not from a dealership but from a private person. This person may not want to include a free history so you can pay carfax for this.
The information can be found online or their website at carfax.com. A client can search for the car they want to purchase and the results will yield cars at various dealers that are associated with carfax. It enables you to read all the details about the vehicle of your choice online before going into the dealer store. Not only do they provide used car histories but they also provide a buy back feature where after a customer purchases a vehicle if it is found to be defective in a way that was not mentioned, Carfax will buy back the vehicle from them.
The services or reports offered by Carfax are not limited to history reports. They also do free lemon checks, record checks, recall checks and problem car alerts. A lemon check, seeks to find out if a vehicle was designated a manufacturer buy back. This check is done with the vehicle identification number (VIN). Record checks tell you how many vehicle history records are in the carfax report of your car. Information that can be found in this check includes; number of owners, service records, registration information among other things. A recall check provides information on open or unresolved safety recalls on your vehicle. A problem car alert allows you to get information about cars with Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) accidents, salvage titles, flood damage, and odometer rollbacks. These additional services do not provide the same quantity of information found in the history report.
Carfax is a useful tool for anyone in the business of buying a car; they give you history reports including other reports which help ensure that you are getting value for the amount of money you have to spend. This service ensures that you do not get a sour deal as you can know everything about your vehicle up front. The services are free excepting if you require a more detailed report or you are not buying from a car dealership.
In the latter instance the seller may not want to give you a free report but you may request one from carfax at a cost. If you have already purchased a car and did not check out carfax before you can still check it now. It will give you a better understanding of where your car is coming from and may help you diagnose possible future problems. The next time you are buying a car, as they say “ask for the carfax”.
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