CARFAX Vehicle History Report

[dwsykes]

I saw an add for CAR FAX and for fun decided to see what my 2002 Ranger had been through. I have not had it for long, so I wanted to know. It was only $30.00 for one report and I said, "What the heck!" What I found was amazing. It detailed everything. My truck originally came from Ohio, and was wrecked there (owner had it for 1yr. 9mo.). Second owner (had it for 4yrs. 11mo.) had an 'accident' also in North Carolina. Third owner (me) had no idea of these details. I wish I would have known.....I would have paid less, repeat would have paid less for this truck! I will use CAR FAX in the future dealing with my purchases of used vehicles. I would suggest everyone use something like this. The damage to the vehicle was repaired along with various seals about the truck, but the only thing I notice is the cab and bed being crooked. A alignment shop should be able to fix that though.....still glad I bought it!

 

[Ronv]

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I recently purchased a truck on E-bay and had the,"Car-Fax" report. It was interesting to see the vehicle came originally came from Indiana and then moved down to Fl. where I picked it up. The vehicle had not been involved in any accidents and appears to have been leased to the first owner.

I drove the truck home to Nv without any incidents. but I agree when buying something liket his you need to use something other than a ,"salesman's" word about the vehicle. Of course a used car salesman never streches the facts about the car he is trying to sell you does he

 

[dwsykes]

So True.... and now you know how they drive around in a 2009 vehicle with all the options & their kids have one too!

 

[Toms01PSD]

I recently purchased a truck on E-bay and had the,"Car-Fax" report. It was interesting to see the vehicle came originally came from Indiana and then moved down to Fl. where I picked it up. The vehicle had not been involved in any accidents and appears to have been leased to the first owner.

I drove the truck home to Nv without any incidents. but I agree when buying something liket his you need to use something other than a ,"salesman's" word about the vehicle. Of course a used car salesman never streches the facts about the car he is trying to sell you does he

I went and looked at a green 98 4x4 off-road today the guy completely bs'ed about. He told me he rebuilt the tranny and had done all this work and gone over the truck. I test drove it, tranny slipped, front end had lots of play, pulled hard to the right, had some funky ass noises.

 

[dwsykes]

I did one time go to a body shop and test drove a 1990 Ranger XLT Supercab with the 4.0L and auto trans auto hubs/4x4. The guy told me how he fixed all these problems and that he wanted $2195.00 for it negotiable. I tried to crank it, but the starter ground the first two attempts. His reply, "It never do that before?" finally cranked and I drove. It had slow acceleration, lack of power, and bad alignment + lots of white dog hair?! Later I tried to engage the 4x4 and it did nothing not even a click. I offered about $800-$1000 and got this look they basically treated me like a hostile alien for the rest of my stay.