How can I check vehicle history of any car?
Depends on the country the car is in. If it’s in the US, you can use Carfax or AutoCheck. Both of them are used by car dealers too, and have comprehensive details about accidents, ownership transfers and service records.If you are in India (where I am), you can check some details here- | V A H A N | National Register e-Services | It won’t include service records or information around accidents though. There is an API that lets you get more details, but it’s restricted now.
How does Carfax get service history?
Carfax, like other car report providers, acquires their data from multiple sources, namely:Manufacturers - for basic vehicle specifications like make, body style and dimensionsGovernment Agencies - for title brands, ownership and registration recordsCar Dealerships - for sales records, price range and some repair recordsState Police - for stolen units and units used for criminal activitiesInsurance Companies - for insurance premium dataJunk & Salvage Yards - for salvage recordsCollision Repair Facilities - for accident and repair records
When a Carfax vehicle report doesn’t show a service history, does this definitely mean it didn’t get serviced? Or do some local mechanics not report the maintenance they perform?
The latter. Not all performed services are fed into the database that Carfax derives its reports from. An extreme example would be the expert home mechanic* – he or she would have performed the necessary maintenance activities competently, better than most shops even, but those events would never have made it into the Carfax database nor report.* Yes, they exist because I know at least two.
Car Warranty - no service history. Is it void?
I bought a car last month (from a second hand car dealership) which they stated had 3 years full manufacturers warranty as it is only 2 years old (Hyundai Santa Fe) I can't find any service history on the car, so is my warranty now void? It has done 27000 miles, florida.
What are the challenges in aggregating the used car service history in India? Is there any such startup?
The first place to check is the Car Manual and then the car Service company stickers. Once you have found the service company you can contact them , to verify. next check the insurance papers and call the company for a vehicle history. In all cases unless manufacturer certified try to contact original buyers to check for service history. Dealers, may work through other dealers and this may reduce your chances of getting all the documents. When buying from owner ask them for any issues and repairs, cost of maintenance, and the estimated service interval. Then ask him to show service bills and service history. This also tells you if the services were done at authorized workshop or locally. And also lets you know if the odometer has been tampered with. There are no startups however manufacturers have a record of history which they share with their authorized resalers.
In my car service history, what does "last serviced at 89,000 miles" mean?
As the prior response stated its the last time the car was serviced, what was done is the bigger question. Also a car can have 100,000 miles on it and you can look up records that could say “last serviced at 89,000 miles” because the information has to be entered into a database for the vehicle. A personal example is that I had oil changes done at a small Mama/Papa service station for years and during that time also had service work done at a large Honda Dealership, I discovered a database of records for my car on the web and the records for the small shop were entered but nothing from Honda, So if someone wanted to see all your service records maybe prior to a purchase of the car they might not see all the work thats being done…
Why do you need the service history to make an insurance claim on a stolen vehicle?
Possibly to see if cars protection mechanism was severed and owner did not get it serviced on time and fixed the issue.For eg. If because of faulty wiring central locking has been damaged and it's easier to hack into it because of which cars probability of getting stolen increased. Or for eg door was not shutting properly but it was not worked on hence making it easier for theif to get into the car and steal it.Insurance company wants you to take the financial hit if your negligence of not maintaining the car caused the car to be stolen.And I think they are justified to do it.
What does "Vehicle Serviced" mean in Carfax Report?
Vehicle Serviced means that at that time and mileage the car was in the shop, (most likely at a dealership, as the dealer records are the only ones usually available). This is good to see that the mileage is not altered, but it really tells little else. Depending on the make of the car, you may be able to have the service department at a dealer pull up the service history. This will show what work was done, if it was done at a dealership!
How to find Chevy service records?
Any Chevrolet dealer can check it for recalls and recall compliance and any Chevrolet dealer can access the GMVIS service records of warranty work performed. But other than warranty work, the service records of non-warranty work performed is stored locally at the individual dealerships performing the work. Dealers are not linked to a central data system storing the service records of non-warranty work and those records would have to be obtained from the individual dealerships who performed the work.