What does this item in Carfax mean?
06-30-2006, 01:45 PM
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What does this item in Carfax mean?
I am looking at a 2003 E320 Wagon. I ran carfax and found nothing special except the last item of the carfax. The last two items in carfax is as below:
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06/30/2006 Mercedes-Benz USA, Inc. No recalls open for repair
06/30/2006 CARFAX Advisor Be sure to buy this vehicle from a licensed dealer. A curbstoner is a person who purchases vehicles at volumes that require a dealer license and then poses as a private seller to sell to unsuspecting buyers for a large profit. Curbstoning is illegal in most States.
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The "No recalls open for repair" appears everytime I ran carfax for different cars. But the "Be sure to buy this vehicle from a licensed dealer" one makes me a little concerned. It does show on some car's record but not all. Why does carfax warn me to "Be sure to buy this vehicle from a licensed dealer"? Does carfax have any record showing the dealer who I am buying from has a kind of "red flag"?
Thanks!
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06/30/2006 Mercedes-Benz USA, Inc. No recalls open for repair
06/30/2006 CARFAX Advisor Be sure to buy this vehicle from a licensed dealer. A curbstoner is a person who purchases vehicles at volumes that require a dealer license and then poses as a private seller to sell to unsuspecting buyers for a large profit. Curbstoning is illegal in most States.
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The "No recalls open for repair" appears everytime I ran carfax for different cars. But the "Be sure to buy this vehicle from a licensed dealer" one makes me a little concerned. It does show on some car's record but not all. Why does carfax warn me to "Be sure to buy this vehicle from a licensed dealer"? Does carfax have any record showing the dealer who I am buying from has a kind of "red flag"?
Thanks!
06-30-2006, 02:50 PM
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Carfax does not know who has the car now. Carfax only knows transactions - the car is transfered - the car is registered. A dealer does not have the car transfered into/through the dealership name until after the car is sold or wholesaled to another dealer. Also, carfax gets the transfer / registration information from the state which can mean the information is several months old.
