sero wroteHello
I am planning to buy a used car and I have one in mind. I got the car's carfax and I have some questions.
carfax link:
https://www.scribd.com/document/369501971/Carfax
In the history section I can see a "Total Loss reported" for owners 1-2, a severe damage for owner 3 and a severe damage for owner 4.
does this mean the car was in multiple accidents (3 severe accidents to which one of them was a total loss)?
I am asking this because in the detail History, I can only see 1 Damage Report on 01/14/2016 for owner 2
The car dealer (relative of mine) said that the car was in a rear-end accident, and showed me the car's images before shipping to Lebanon. The accident is not severe and slightly damaged the rear-end only.
Would you recommend this car?
Did it have 1 total loss accident? or 3 accidents?
01/14/2016 Total Loss
Basically the car got into an accident here and the insurance company paid the claim on it rather than fixing it. The car was probably sold by the insurance company to an auction.
02/24/2016 Salvage Title/Certificate Issued
A salvage title car has been substantially damaged (usually in an accident), deemed a total loss by the owner’s insurance company, and had its title “branded” as a salvage. So here, the department of motor vehicle in the US changed the title of the car to Salvage since it was reported as a total loss by the insurance company.
10/13/2016 Rebuilt Title
Once a vehicle is fixed after earning a salvage title, it's given a rebuilt title. In most cases, a rebuilt title is only provided after the car has been fixed and inspected by the state or jurisdiction that issues titles. So here, the car was repaired and inspected and got a rebuilt title.
10/24/2016 Salvage Title/Certificate Issued
The car got into another serious accident here just like above. It was probably sold at an auction again.
12/2/2016 Rebuilt Title
Same as above. It got repaired and inspected again and got a new rebuilt title.
So yes the car was in multiple accidents. If you post the car's VIN, I may be able to get you all the pictures of the accidents.
Maybe what you were shown were the pictures of the last accident, but not the first one.