ARE THERE ANY FREE WEBSITES LIKE CARFAX?

Question

I have a Ford Windstar (vin is 2FMDA58493BA15551) that I would like to check out for prior damage, does anyone know where I can do this for free?

Answer 1

If you are looking for the history of a specific vehicle - than there are no free sites. Nobody is going to collect all that data, pay for all the computers to run the site and all the employees to run the computers - and give it away for free.

Sellers can buy a vehicle history report and share it with you!

On cars.com, on AutoTrader.com and on many other sites you will find dealers who have run Carfax reports are providing thousands of reports "free to you." Many dealers also provide these on their own web sites.

Also you can visit carfax.com and look under Find a Car and they show the reports that dealers have already paid for.

There is an NICB service which reports on total car loss only - pretty limiting.

Carfax reports on  

Most, but NOT ALL, accidents.

Salvage/Junk titles

Flood damage

Odometer readings

Lemon histories

State emissions inspection results

Pass/fail inspection status

Damage reports from accidents

Major repair and maintenance data

Police-reported accident detail

Open Recalls

City/State of owner

Original vehicle use (rental, taxi, lease, etc.)

Lien information

Maintenance/service data

Vehicle registrations

Junk Titles

Stolen Vehicles

Odometer Rollbacks

Autocheck tries to do the same - but they have a couple hundred sources of data compared to Carfax's 20,000 sources.

Answer 2

you could check out http://samplekingdom.com/automotive.html i look there all the time and find free automotive stuff they just might have what you are looking for...

Answer 3

https://www.nicb.org/cps/rde/xchg/nicb/h...

NIBC vin check is free. This is really an insurance company check to see if the car has claimed for flooded or total lost or stole. If the car has been in accident but not reported to insurance, you won't find it here.

None of the other website gives you a FREE report. http://www.autocheck.com is another website as carfax, it seems to be a little cheaper than carfax. Most people says it is pretty good as well.

The free report only shows u how many records on the car. this particular one has 13... it sounds more than an accident free car will have. (but who knows... they may report maintence from dealer soemtime, so it is still worth to pay the price to check if you seriously buying it. in any cases, the report won't have the details of the accident. )

Answer 4

free VIN check

https://www.nicb.org/cps/rde/xchg/nicb/h...