VIN check

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by laurent75tx, Oct 11, 2005.

  1. laurent75tx

    laurent75tx Guest

    I'm about to buy a new Elantra, but when I ran the VIN in carfax, they told me 4 records for this vehicle..
    What does that mean

    Since I don't really trust the dealer, can someone check the VIN for me

    KMHDN46D25U14061

    Thanks in advance
     
    laurent75tx, Oct 11, 2005
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  2. laurent75tx

    hyundaitech Guest

    According to Hyundai:

    The vehicle was delivered to the original owner by Best Hyundai in Texas
    on 8/25/05. That seems rather late for an '04, but that could simply mean
    the dealer had difficulty getting rid of '04 models for any number of
    reasons.

    There are no open recalls.

    There have been no warranty repairs since the original pre-delivery
    inspection.


    It's hard to say what carfax has as it's 4 records. You should probably
    figure that one is the original titling. Another could be for an emission
    test. Maybe ask the dealer to run the carfax and show you. Many dealers
    run carfaxes on all their cars now.
     
    hyundaitech, Oct 12, 2005
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  3. In my case, in the heat of the car purchase, I didn't notice that even
    though the Carfax report had all those nice green dots, almost the
    entire history of the car was missing!

    With a lot of diligence and refusing to accept their "nos," I was able
    to get them to go to my DMV to get what I paid them for. First, they
    spent $20 to retrieve the data that they already had. Then, they spent
    $80 to get what was missing. So, three months later, I had an informal
    summary from them: my car was bought and sold among dealers three times
    in three months just before I bought it from a car flipper posing as a
    private party.

    My car's OK.

    But what I learned is that you can't completely trust Carfax.

    Richard
     
    Richard Steinfeld, Oct 12, 2005
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