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#33
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One, I have no reason to care if anyone else values Carfax more than I do. My initial comment was in response to ThomasGS4 giving the OP grief for not using it. I said I consider Carfax a waste because of the inaccuracies, so I don't blame anyone for not using it. See the difference? Additionally, my experience is not an isolated incident. A very large number of people have reported similar inaccuracies.
Two, while I admit I was vague on the topic, you read into more than what was said, which tells me you already made up your mind on one side of the debate. I didn't pay the $40 to look up what I already knew. I paid it while shopping for the second car, and I still had either free checks or time left on the subscription (I don't recall which way they did it 10+ years ago), so I ran it on my nine year old single-owner car out of curiosity.
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I look at carfax reports and autocheck (auctions use this report) reports everyday. Here are the truth's (as some people have already stated).
1) Carfax is only a reporting service. Not the bible and not everything gets reported.
2) Some things show up on Carfax but not on autocheck and vice versa
3) Some accidents take years to show up...if at all. I bought a Lexus that I knew had a replaced fender...it took several years for the accident to show up on carfax
4)Service stations that do the inspections are the biggest offender of reporting the wrong mileage (I once saw 123,456 written down as the mileage)
5)Reports can be corrected but you will need documentation. Carfax might not erase the entry but they will remove the mileage reported if you can prove your case.
1) Carfax is only a reporting service. Not the bible and not everything gets reported.
2) Some things show up on Carfax but not on autocheck and vice versa
3) Some accidents take years to show up...if at all. I bought a Lexus that I knew had a replaced fender...it took several years for the accident to show up on carfax
4)Service stations that do the inspections are the biggest offender of reporting the wrong mileage (I once saw 123,456 written down as the mileage)
5)Reports can be corrected but you will need documentation. Carfax might not erase the entry but they will remove the mileage reported if you can prove your case.
#36
Since there were so many issues with the early Lexus vehicles there was a lot of cluster swapping going on to get needles, lighting, etc to work again.
Either way, we can get that mileage back to what it should be on nearly any vehicle.
Either way, we can get that mileage back to what it should be on nearly any vehicle.
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#37
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I look at carfax reports and autocheck (auctions use this report) reports everyday. Here are the truth's (as some people have already stated).
1) Carfax is only a reporting service. Not the bible and not everything gets reported.
2) Some things show up on Carfax but not on autocheck and vice versa
3) Some accidents take years to show up...if at all. I bought a Lexus that I knew had a replaced fender...it took several years for the accident to show up on carfax
4)Service stations that do the inspections are the biggest offender of reporting the wrong mileage (I once saw 123,456 written down as the mileage)
5)Reports can be corrected but you will need documentation. Carfax might not erase the entry but they will remove the mileage reported if you can prove your case.
1) Carfax is only a reporting service. Not the bible and not everything gets reported.
2) Some things show up on Carfax but not on autocheck and vice versa
3) Some accidents take years to show up...if at all. I bought a Lexus that I knew had a replaced fender...it took several years for the accident to show up on carfax
4)Service stations that do the inspections are the biggest offender of reporting the wrong mileage (I once saw 123,456 written down as the mileage)
5)Reports can be corrected but you will need documentation. Carfax might not erase the entry but they will remove the mileage reported if you can prove your case.
you can also go to the toyota/lexus owner website and enter your vin number and pull all the dealer records. that will also give you an idea of the mileage if it was ever taken in for service at lexus or toyota.
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Thanks for all the info everybody!
Life lesson carfax a vehicle before buying 👍
Really considering now swapping it to a manual and DD it, but then again a few extra grand in the pocket is always nice 😆
Life lesson carfax a vehicle before buying 👍
Really considering now swapping it to a manual and DD it, but then again a few extra grand in the pocket is always nice 😆
#39
As previously stated, you CANNOT always trust a carfax, its just a reporting agency. I had a 2005 Mustang GT a few years back. The car was factory yellow(hideous i know) but i got it for a really good price and it only had 14k miles on it. Long story short, i had been in a few accidents with it before I let it go. None of these accidents were my fault. Car was custom painted two tone(top black,bottom white) when i traded it in at the dealership I had bought it from in South Carolina. Not a single one of those accidents i mentioned were reported to car fax. It all comes down to if the repair shop chooses to report them. By law, if i am not mistaken, they ARE required to report any work on a vehicle. Both of these accidents were a minimum 6k in repairs. So they were not minor fender benders!
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As you can see from the picture above, NOT a minor fender bender. This wreck never showed on the carfax for the car.
...and the final product. Miss this car dearly, but im falling hard for my sc4
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As previously stated, you CANNOT always trust a carfax, its just a reporting agency. I had a 2005 Mustang GT a few years back. The car was factory yellow(hideous i know) but i got it for a really good price and it only had 14k miles on it. Long story short, i had been in a few accidents with it before I let it go. None of these accidents were my fault. Car was custom painted two tone(top black,bottom white) when i traded it in at the dealership I had bought it from in South Carolina. Not a single one of those accidents i mentioned were reported to car fax. It all comes down to if the repair shop chooses to report them. By law, if i am not mistaken, they ARE required to report any work on a vehicle. Both of these accidents were a minimum 6k in repairs. So they were not minor fender benders!
What i meant to say next car I buy im getting a carfax Lol
And for the Mustang dang haha
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I guess if we get down to details and inspect every part then sure, it has its flaws but for a majority of the public, its at least a start. A way to see even the most generic events in a cars history. I'd say your odds of finding a mostly accurate carfax about a car are pretty good on any vehicle mayb e less than 10 years old. Maybe the older the car gets, the cheaper it gets to repair and there's no need for insurance claims or body shops etc etc...
#43
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Its easy to get around , they simply rename 'tampering with the mileage" to " odometer correction"
Im sure it comes in real handy if the odd chance you actually legitimately need to correct your mileage, but as we all know 95% of the time that's not the case.
Im surprised the site itself allows odometer tampering to be allowed on its own forums.
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