The word on the street is that over 3.5 million used cars were sold online last year alone. “Now that’s a lot of cars”, you may think. But, what did all of these cars have in common other than being used? According to several online news sources, every single one of these cars had unknown recalls – which means that consumers unknowingly bought faulty, potentially dangerous vehicles. Since there is no such thing as a refund after you buy a new or used vehicles, these consumers are stuck to face the consequences - which, in this case, probably won’t cost them much (if a vehicle is less than 10 years old and has an open recall, the repairs and replacement parts will be covered by the manufacturer).
How could this be? Don’t people know that they can find out everything there is to know about a used car when they run a CARFAX® report? The thing is, even if a majority of these people ran a vehicle history report from CARFAX®, there would be no guarantee that they would be able to see any information regarding open recalls. Even CARFAX® has acknowledged that it’s impossible to know everything there is to know about a used vehicle’s past. So where does this leave the consumer? Should we accept this big name brand’s mediocre response and just cross our fingers?
Thankfully, there are other vehicle history data providers that can provide consumers with up-to-date, real time vehicle incident details that can inform a consumer as to whether or not they are about to purchase a lemon. One such provider is called instaVIN. This company has been around for over 5 years, and specializes in providing customers with real-time vehicle reports at a fraction of the cost. For only $2.99, you can find out whether or not a used vehicle was ever involved in a theft, flooding, a fire, or was ever listed as a total loss. For only $4 more, you can find out a multitude of critical details regarding a used vehicle, including recall info.
CARFAX® charges over $30.00 per report, and they cannot guarantee whether or not you will get the information you need. If instaVIN can’t find the used vehicle data you are looking for, they’ll issue you a refund right away. They get a majority of their data from the NMVTIS, one of the most reliable vehicle data sources on the market today. And since this database was designed to help protect consumers from buying faulty vehicles, you can assume that instaVIN also has the buyer’s best interest in mind.
Find out more about instaVIN by visiting their website today. www.instavin.com