Carfax error

I don't have really much help in this, Though I can say I've delt with a carfax error before.

In 1999 I drove a 89 Ford Mustang, and was hit while entering a parking lot (with the stop light) by someone cutting across the lot, and going way too fast.
My car was a total loss, and insurance paid me, took the car and all was well.

About 4 moths later I recieved a letter that My Drivers license was going to be suspended for non-paid parking tickets. Tickets that were issued in a town i had never been in. I called my insurance company and they had to do a force title change and all was taken car of.

Though about a year later i had purchased a new car and had carfax (ahh i miss the unlimited reports) so i ran some old VINs I had and that old mustang was issued a clean title!

Anyway... I'm sure your insurance company will be able to sort it all out.... Hopefully it won't take too long!
Good Luck!

 

Carfax reports should be taken with a grain of salt. With Dirtnapper's issue, it's clear someone reported it wrong and those things can take time to fix. Hope they can clear up that problem for you.

I recently bought a used Prius (getting it tomorrow) and I bought 5 Carfax reports. I used 4 of them during my search and had one left over. I decided to run my own car and it's missing information.

Two years ago, a deer T-boned me at 75 MPH. Yes, the deer T-boned ME! The entire left side of my car was damaged and the total cost of the repair bill was $4000. It was brought to a repair facility my insurance company approved of but this was nowhere to be found on the Carfax report.

I think sometimes people get a false sense of security when viewing a Carfax report.

 

I had no idea a deer could run that fast.

 

:deadhorse::car: Let me clarify. Exhibit "A" hit exhibit "B" or something like that

 

Double post

 

I think there is a misconception of what a CarFax report is for. It does not care about who was at fault, only the extent of the damage. In your case, there was an obvious error in the data entry regarding this. I had a jerk back into my car in a parking lot. I filed a police report, and sure enough, CarFax showed that my car had been in an accident, reducing the resale value by about $650 (it is a Saab). As an aside, when we recover damages from the insurance company, it is only for the physical repair to the car, not the reduced value. I wonder if the other party can be sued for the diminished value.

 

Deer have been clocked at over 140 mph, dropped from a helicopter.

Tom

 

My mistake ... I thought he was t-boned on the side, not the roof.

 

Perhaps he was driving on his side?

I stole that line. It was one of my favorites from Dave Barry, who said:

Tom