jade97

The repair facility, the insurance company, or police would have needed to report it to CarFax for it to show up. If no one reported it, it will show clean/no accidents.

Moose08

Fact I missed that huge sticker is embarrassing

digitaltrucker

So are there issues with the truck or are you just upset you missed it? Had they told you, would you have still bought it after seeing what you see now?

jhelrey

Carfax is a joke. If I am buying a vehicle and they refuse to bring it inside and put it on a lift, I won't shop there.

Some dealerships give you X many days to return it... so if it bugs you and you had that wrote in your contract, return it. Sister bought a Honda Civic. She brought it over and showed it off. The front of the car had been smoked. New battery, holder, parts on motor, fenders, supports, radiator, but they reused some parts that were obviously damaged but worked. She returned it, got her check back, and left. Sales people argued saying it had a clean Carfax. Right...

At the same time, at least they used Ford parts for the repair vs some of the cheap crap that is out there.

Look closer at the bolts that hold the hood on, fenders, doors, etc. and see if there are tape lines or obvious signs that bolts have been impacted on and off.

FerdinandF150

CarFax digs for information, they aren't given it. They read public records and DMV reports. It can take months for an accident to show up on a CarFax because it's all dependent on the speed of work of CarFax employees to find it. Along with the speed of processing the police reports and DMV reports.

Moose08

Occasionally air bag light in gauge cluster comes on. They checked it out a month after I bought it but it went out driving to the dealer and no codes logged. I would have more then likely still bought it but I would have told them i want a year warranty on that air bag light. That's it. Why I was asking to see if I have a case to tell them Hey this thing was wrecked the work you did was top notch visually but ya didn't say it was wrecked and when that air bag light comes on and I can get it to you before it goes off feel you should have to fix it because safety issue.

Only seen one bolt that paint was scuffed. Wasn't obvious like was taken off wth impact. My parents neighbor owns body shop and says looks like fender was touched up but did good job blending it. Visually I'm happy with truck. Just more concerned about air bag light off and on occasionally. Came on twice in 3 month I'm going call them Tuesday and see what they'll do

digitaltrucker

Since you took it in for the issue, I would take it back and push them saying something like "I sure hope I am not in an accident and the air bags don't go off, someone is going to be responsible! "

jeffinthebag

My wife's car had over $4,000 in rear quarter panel damage all fixed and repaired. When we traded it in a few years later, the carfax report came back all clear and never showed it.

Sherlock

iTrader: (1)

When I bought the 2010 Lariat, that I am presently driving, the dealer told me it had hit a deer, gave me a copy of the damage estimate, and told me if I had "any" problems to return it.

It did have a carfax report with it, that showed the accident.

Steve83

Carfax & other reporting agencies receive information from a WIDE range of sources. Including but not limited to: manufacturers, OMV registrations, police, insurance companies, banks & loan companies, dealerships, and independent repair/maintenance facilities. Most of it is transferred automatically - not manually entered by Carfax. A friend of mine owns a small repair shop, and he uses a popular auto repair application to manage his repair orders, inventory, & parts-ordering. It automatically transmits certain information back to the software company which then transmits it to the various reporting agencies. A local used-car lot found some bad info on Carfax about a vehicle my friend's shop had repaired (before he owned the shop). After a little research, they found the error in the mileage entered on an old repair order for that car, corrected it, and within a week, Carfax had updated its report with the right info.

So if the truck in question was repaired under a repair order at that dealership, the repair should appear on Carfax. But if they took it in as a trade, and (for example) an employee bought it, took it home, repaired it, and then sold it back to the dealership - there would be no paper trail.