Is It A Good Deal ?

So you’ve probably heard of Carfax, but have you heard of Autocheck? Autocheck gets exclusive data from car auctions… data that Carfax doesn’t have. Data that includes accident and frame damage data. Did I mention Autocheck is cheaper too?

This poor family bought a car they found on Craigslist.com, they did what most people do and ran a Carfax vehicle history report and found a clean report. They then purchased the car and four months later the police were at their door to impound the car. So remember, just because you get a clean Carfax or Autocheck report it doesn’t mean the car isn’t stolen.

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Because of the rising strength in the Canadian Dollar and the decline of the U.S. Dollar many Canadians are coming across the border to buy cars or many U.S. cars are getting shipped and sold in Canada. One major problem arises from all that though and that is some of the cars being taken to Canada are deemed lemon cars in the U.S. but not in Canada. To help identify vehicles bought back by auto manufacturers, used car shoppers can check for lemon brands using the free Carfax Lemon Check at www.carfax.com.

Faulty Air Bag Replacements Put Consumer Lives At Risk

CENTREVILLE, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Industry experts estimate that as many as one out of 25 previously damaged vehicles may have non-functional air bags. Con men purposely replace deployed air bags with anything from packing peanuts to stolen units. This growing scam is threatening the lives of used car buyers everywhere. To help consumers protect themselves, Carfax now makes the air bag deployment information in its database available for free.

“No question, air bags are a lifesaver,” said Larry Gamache, communications director at Carfax. “To best protect yourself, follow these two important steps: Use the free Carfax air bag check and always have your mechanic test the air bag system to ensure it’s functioning properly before you buy. Do not assume your car’s air bags will deploy when you need them, because most victims of this scam may never know until it’s too late.”

According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, nearly 20,000 lives have been saved by air bags deploying in an accident. As the height of used car buying season quickly approaches, consumers need to be on the lookout for scams like air bag fraud that can threaten their safety.

“While we don’t know about every air bag deployment, we want consumers to have access to what we do know,” added Gamache. “We also encourage all of our customers who have information about a previous air bag deployment not currently in our database to tell us so we can further help consumers steer clear of this scam.”

Consumers can log on to www.carfax.com/airbag to access the free Carfax air bag check and can report air bag deployment information using the “Tell Us What You Know” link on all consumer-purchased Carfax Vehicle History Reports.