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Originally Posted by Onebadcad
carfax is only as good as items that were reported, it is VERY COMMON on many, if not most, carfaxes that MANY things went unreported.
For instance, your neighbor's body shop fixes your front-end collision, you tell him not to put it on carfax, he agrees as no one else will know.
Another, you take your bent frame pickup truck to vladimar's suspension shop after your wife goes airborne for 50 feet off a speed bump.
vlad advises he can get it back to 90% factory spec, gives you a price, gives you another price, a little higher, so that he will report the damage and inadequate repair, you agree to the higher price as you want to sell it once repair it done. vlad agrees but only if you pay him upfront AND give him a jug handle of smirnoff's, you agree, all is good, the sucka who buys your truck will never know.
carfax IS NOT golden!!
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Nobody said that it's PERFECT. However, in many cases, things like odometer rollback and major accidents will show up. Any time there is a major accident that is included in a police report, it will show on the carfax.
Sure, if someone crashes their car against a post and police is not involved and they fix the car themselves at home, it won't show but that doesn't account for most accidents. In most cases, Carfax gives you a lot of information.