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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Explorer / June 2006CARFAX Question.
Can someone with a carfax account run a carfax on vin #5DF55$WS@@#... Sorry, just kidding. Here's the real question: I bought my car in CA from the original owner. Registered it there under my name. Then moved to TX and registered it here in TX. CARFAX shows 3 owners for the car. The original owner, myself when I registered it in CA and then myself again when I registered it in TX. Shouldn't it show only 2 owners? Thanks, zoti Carfax tells you how many times a title has been issued. You have 3 titles issued to your car. > Can someone with a carfax account run a carfax on vin #5DF55$WS@@#... > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks, > zoti I know that I have 3 titles but on the carfax report it states 3 owners which is not true. > Carfax tells you how many times a title has been issued. You have 3 titles > issued to your car. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Thanks, > > zoti I'm wondering if 1st owner would have been the dealer to whom the car was first issued. Manufacture to dealer may constitue "ownership" Theretically, the car was transferred from factory to dealer. Searcher No. First owner was private. When I bought it I ran a carfax on it and it had one title issued. The dates for the second and third owner match the date I bought the car and the date I titled it in TX. > I'm wondering if 1st owner would have been the dealer to whom the car was > first issued. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Searcher You answered your own question. It showed one title when you bought it. That equals one owner. When you bought it and titled it in CA that's the second owner. When you titled it in your home state, that's the third owner. Carfax thinks of title changes as change in ownership. Three titles, 3 owners. > No. First owner was private. When I bought it I ran a carfax on it and it > had one title issued. The dates for the second and third owner match the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >> Searcher So you expected the Carfax computer to figure out that it was you re-registering the car in Texas, just because the name matches? And if the last name matches, but not the first, perhaps to figure out that you have a brother in Texas? Come on! > No. First owner was private. When I bought it I ran a carfax on it and it > had one title issued. The dates for the second and third owner match the > date I bought the car and the date I titled it in TX. Yes. I actually do expect it to understand that people move from state to state and register their car in the new state. It should say that there was a new title issued. Not a new owner (which sounds like someone else bought the car). > So you expected the Carfax computer to figure out that it was you > re-registering the car in Texas, just because the name matches? And if the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > had one title issued. The dates for the second and third owner match the > > date I bought the car and the date I titled it in TX. Start your own company and you can run it the way you'd like. If not, stop complaining about how someone else runs their business. If you don't like the Car Fax method, then don't use it. > Yes. I actually do expect it to understand that people move from state to > state and register their car in the new state. It should say that there [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> > the >> > date I bought the car and the date I titled it in TX. Who broke your blend door? > Start your own company and you can run it the way you'd like. If not, stop > complaining about how someone else runs their business. If you don't like [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >> > the > >> > date I bought the car and the date I titled it in TX. Why would you expect Car Fax to know that you titled your vehicle in another state? They look at Motor Vehicle records. They do not look at the "NEW" owner's name, nor would these individual names be available from the DMV. > Who broke your blend door? > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >> >> > the >> >> > date I bought the car and the date I titled it in TX. I guess what I would prefer to see on the report is that the vehicle had 3 titles issued to it under 2 different owners. I hope it makes sense. > Why would you expect Car Fax to know that you titled your vehicle in another > state? They look at Motor Vehicle records. They do not look at the "NEW" [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >> >> > the > >> >> > date I bought the car and the date I titled it in TX. Apparently carfax equates titles to owners. It does not verify that if title went from John Doe to John Doe that it's the same person. It just assumes a different person with the same name.  Signature- Zilla Cary, NC USA (Remove XSPAM) > I guess what I would prefer to see on the report is that the vehicle had 3 > titles issued to it under 2 different owners. I hope it makes sense. [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > >> >> > the > > >> >> > date I bought the car and the date I titled it in TX. |
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