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Take Carfax reports with a grain of salt. Had a lot of trouble trading in a Jeep Wrangler we owned from new & could't figure out why we were getting really low-balled on trade-in value until one dealer showed us the Carfax said it had major collision damage.

Turns out several years earlier my wife was clipped by a car who ran a red light. There was no damage to the Jeep at all, not even a scratch, but the Cop who filed the report filed such a horrendously incorrect report. There were 3 vehicles involved & at different times in the report our vehicle was listed as vehicle 1, vehicle 2 or vehicle 3. The color was also wrong & the damage report was wrong.

In the beginning when it was listed correctly as vehicle 2 it stated no damage. However, when it was listed incorrectly as vehicle 1 it was listed has having front end & rear end damage.

Carfax wouldn't amend the report and the Police Dept. wouldn't amend their report. Thankfully, I keep very detailed records of all my vehicles and was able to sell private party for $15k more than what I was being offered on trade.

Carfax also doesn't show DIY maintenance, unless the owners have an account and enter it in.