Posted on 10/28/12 by Dana Manner
A Canadian TV broadcast (CBC’s “Marketplace” Canada’s Investigative Consumer Show) exposes holes “big enough to drive a truck through” in Carfax vehicle history reports. This video segment shows how many cars that appear to have clean vehicle histories can actually have hidden damage and prior repairs. Used car dealers can exploit these gaps in reporting, [...]
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Posted on 10/03/12 by Dana Manner
More than 10 years ago, the Washington Post ran an article about former “crash-test” cars that were being sold by the government after the destructive tests were complete, and were rebuilt and their titles “washed” and resold to unsuspecting consumers. The National Highway Transportation Safety Adminstration (NHTSA) took steps to track down some of these [...]
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Posted on 09/15/12 by Dana Manner
Lake Worth Florida used car dealer “Off Lease Only” is suing CarFax in Federal Court alleging that their reports aren’t accurate, reports CBS12 http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_2150.shtml Off Lease Only, touts being the largest used car dealer in Florida by selling more than 600 cars a month, and used Carfax reports when buying cars for resale. The dealership alleges that Carfax reports aren’t accurate and sometimes change [...]
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Posted on 04/05/12 by Dana Manner
The rate of odometer fraud over the life of the vehicle is 3.47%, according to a study performed by the National Highway Transporation Safety Administration “NHTSA”. That is to say that there is a 3.47 percent chance that a vehicle would have its odometer rolled back at any point during the first 11 years of [...]
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