How CARFAX Works: Why a Clean CARFAX is So Important

When purchasing a used vehicle, it is so incredibly important to know where the vehicle has been and how it’s been treated. Most vehicle transactions occur where the buyer and seller of a particular vehicle never meet – and that’s ok! Thanks to a comprehensive CARFAX report, you can learn everything you need to know about a vehicle’s maintenance schedule, accident history, and title status. The CARFAX can likely tell you more about a vehicle than the previous owner would even be able to!

Thinking about purchasing a pre-owned vehicle and want to look over the CARFAX? We provide a FREE CARFAX report with every used vehicle displayed on our website! Explore a few CARFAX reports on our vehicles and be impressed with all the information provided!

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CARFAX is the most comprehensive vehicle report you can get on a used car. CARFAX receives information from more than 112,000 data sources including every U.S. and Canadian provincial motor vehicle agency plus many auto auctions, fire and police departments, collision repair facilities, fleet management and rental agencies, and more. The CARFAX vehicle report is available on any car from the model year 1981 and later. Using the vehicle’s 17-digit Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), you can instantly generate a report from a database with over 26 billion records.

Every CARFAX Report contains information that can impact a consumer’s decision about a used vehicle. Some types of information that a CARFAX Report may include are:

• Accident and damage indicators, such as airbag deployments
• Point of impact and a severity scale for damage events
• Title information, including salvaged or junked titles
• Flood damage history
• Total loss accident history
• Odometer readings
• Lemon history
• Number of owners
• State emissions inspection results
• Service records
• Vehicle use (taxi, rental, lease, etc.)

There is also an exclusive CARFAX Buyback Guarantee. If the CARFAX Report fails to include a DMV-issued branded title (such as salvage, fire or flood damage, and odometer problems), CARFAX may buy the vehicle back for the full purchase price.

CARFAX reports can get costly if you purchase them on your own but if you’re looking at a vehicle at Hebert’s Town and Country in Shreveport, LA, we make sure to provide you with a CARFAX report for any pre-owned vehicle that you are interested in purchasing from us. Looking to purchase a used car? We can make the process extremely simple with our online shopping program! Learn more about the online shopping program by clicking here. Feel free to contact us with any questions you may have regarding our used inventory or CARFAX reports!