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Old 08-03-2019, 7:37am   #15
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As someone who deals with these every day, I can tell you this. Carfax sucks, and I don't trust a damn thing on them.

Got hit while at a stop light on christmas eve 2015;



Doesn't look too bad, but sub-frame was bent, class III receiver bent down,
over $4k in damage. Took 1 month in the shop to get repaired!
Went thru my insurance initially to get damage repaired.
Other insurance company eventually paid full cost.

Traded the Escape in earlier this year, and the dealer called about 3 weeks later
inquiring about the engine replacement I had done in 2017.
Never any questions about the damage.
So, I looked at the car fax report.
Only mentions in the report were the recalls and warranty repairs I had done at Ford dealers over my 6 years of ownership. Nothing about the "accident".
Carfax is not the most reliable medium.
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