Carfax check
A check of a car’s history through Carfax — accidents, mileages, servicing and title status for cars from the USA.
The history before the purchase
We order the report before any money is paid for the car: accidents, mileages and workshop records are visible in advance.
We read it through with you
An expert explains what in the report really matters and what is an ordinary dealer entry.
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In the USA every car has a biography, and it is documented. Insurers, the police, workshops, registration authorities and auctions have been feeding data into shared databases for years. Carfax gathers it by VIN into a single report — and what a seller would rather keep quiet about becomes visible on paper.
The report tells you how many owners the car has had and how they used it: whether it was a private car, a leased one, a company car, a taxi or a rental. You can see which states it was registered in, how many miles it covered in a year, and whether there were periods when it was simply left standing.
Servicing is a separate part. The report lists visits to a workshop with dates and mileages: oil, brake and tyre changes, and work under warranty. What they show above all is regularity. If the oil was changed every 8–10 thousand kilometres without a gap, that is one story; if the entries are 40 thousand miles apart, that is quite another, and the engine and the gearbox will have felt it.
And finally, the most expensive part: accidents, airbag deployment, damage to the load-bearing structure, the car being declared a total loss, the title status and attempts to roll back the mileage. We run a Carfax check on every car from the USA and Canada before a bid is placed — so that the decision is made on facts rather than on the description in a listing.
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We check the history of every make
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What Carfax shows
Accidents and damage
Dates of accidents, the severity of the impact on a scale, the damaged area on a diagram, airbag deployment and damage to the load-bearing structure of the body.
Title status
Salvage, Rebuilt, Junk, Flood, Fire, Hail and Lemon marks. Marks like these change the price of a car and the terms of its sale for good.
Declared a total loss
Whether an insurance company wrote the car off as beyond repair, and at what point that happened.
Mileage by year
Odometer readings from every source and a direct indication of rolled-back mileage if the figures have gone backwards anywhere.
Owners
How many hands, in which states, how long they owned it and how many miles they covered in a year. The type of ownership is visible too — private, lease, rental, taxi.
Regularity of servicing
Every visit to a workshop with a date and a mileage. An even pattern of replacements is a good sign; gaps between entries are a reason to haggle.
Recall campaigns
Outstanding factory rectifications from the manufacturer — the things you would have to do at your own expense once in the destination country.
Repairs and warranty
Warranty work, repeat visits about the same problem, and a note on whether the factory warranty has been voided.
How this looks in a real example
A 2019 Ford Fusion Titanium, a hybrid with 86 542 miles. The car went at the Copart bidding for 5 800 $ against an estimated market value of 14 567 $. The difference is easily explained: the front end is damaged, there are hail marks, and the documents are a Salvage Certificate of Title.
For every lot like this you receive the full package: the auction lot card with the parameters and the sales history, the Carfax report with accidents and mileages, and all the auction photographs — body, interior, damage, instrument panel.
If the pictures are not enough, we send our own specialist to the site: he takes extra photos and video of the areas that matter and assesses the real nature of the damage and any hidden defects. That way you understand what the repair will cost before you have placed a bid.
Open the Carfax report on this car (PDF)What the report showed on this car
- Model:
- Ford Fusion Hybrid Titanium 2019, saloon, 2.0 l, front-wheel drive
- Owners:
- two: the first — a lease in Michigan from 2018, the second — a private owner in Missouri from 2020
- Mileage:
- 86 542 miles, no rolling back recorded
- How it was driven:
- the first owner — about 8 500 miles a year, the second — around 16 000
- Servicing:
- 9 entries in the service history, the last — an oil and filter change in October 2024
- Hail:
- recorded on 28 February 2025, the damage marked as minor
- Write-off:
- on 2 April 2025 the insurer declared the car a total loss and a Salvage title was issued
- Sale:
- on 14 April 2025 it went at auction, final bid 5 800 $
Photos from the auction
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What is good in the report
- The airbags did not deploy — the interior and the pyrotechnic electronics are intact
- No damage to the load-bearing structure of the body was recorded
- The mileage is confirmed, with no traces of rolling back
- The car is a runner: it starts, it drives, the keys are there
- There are no open Ford recall campaigns
- Regular servicing at dealers, with no gaps visible in the history
What gives cause for concern
- A Salvage title: the insurer wrote the car off and the factory warranty has been voided
- The main impact was to the front end, with hail damage to the body on top of it
- Serious damage is noted in the report under the second owner
- The car is not covered by the Carfax buyback guarantee
- The auction estimate for the repair is 13 209 $ against a retail value of 14 567 $
What it costs to put right
The auction valued the repair at 13 209 $ using American labour rates and original parts. In Russia, approached sensibly, the sum works out several times smaller: some parts are repaired, some are replaced with aftermarket equivalents, and the critical ones with new original parts. Below is a guide based on spring 2025 prices.
| What we do | How | Guide price |
|---|---|---|
| Front bumper, grille, absorber | aftermarket parts + painting | 35 000 – 55 000 ₽ |
| Headlight (one side) | aftermarket or used original | 30 000 – 60 000 ₽ |
| Bonnet and front wing | straightening and painting | 35 000 – 60 000 ₽ |
| Radiators, mountings, small parts | aftermarket, some new original | 30 000 – 60 000 ₽ |
| Hail damage to the body | paintless dent repair (PDR) | 50 000 – 90 000 ₽ |
| Labour: stripping down, reassembly, geometry, adjustments | workshop | 60 000 – 100 000 ₽ |
Approximate total 240 000 – 425 000 ₽
The estimate is preliminary and is given as an example of how the calculation works. The exact sum is known only once the car has been stripped down and assessed: hidden damage can move it in either direction. We work out an estimate like this before the bidding — together with the bid, the delivery and the customs clearance, so that you understand the final price of a running car and not just the price of the lot.
Questions and answers
The history of a car in the USA and Canada: registrations, recorded accidents, service records, odometer readings and the title status. It is the main tool for checking an American car before a bid is placed.
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