Has anyone ran a carfax and been surprised after buying the car?
I bought a Jeep for my wife last year and had the carfax run at the car lot and it came back clean as a whistle. Well sometime goes by and I noticed that the rear door was re-painted and the hood latch replaced. The car was recently totaled and I got the report(Vinguard) that the insurance company uses and it shows the vehicle was in two accidents prior to me owning it. Both of the accidents had claim numbers so they were reported to the insurance company. How much damage I'm unsure, but do know that I would have never bought it if I knew this.
The point of all this is that just because it comes back clean does not mean it was not in a wreck. I know the next vehicle we buy, I'll use the service only if it's offered but would be reluctant to purchase it.
Thoughts??????
I bought a Jeep for my wife last year and had the carfax run at the car lot and it came back clean as a whistle. Well sometime goes by and I noticed that the rear door was re-painted and the hood latch replaced. The car was recently totaled and I got the report(Vinguard) that the insurance company uses and it shows the vehicle was in two accidents prior to me owning it. Both of the accidents had claim numbers so they were reported to the insurance company. How much damage I'm unsure, but do know that I would have never bought it if I knew this.
The point of all this is that just because it comes back clean does not mean it was not in a wreck. I know the next vehicle we buy, I'll use the service only if it's offered but would be reluctant to purchase it.
Thoughts??????