CARFAX - New & Used Cars

We all know CarFax is great, and because I had a list of priorities when finding a car: no accidents, less than 10 years old, under 45k miles, performance package, manual, one owner, within 150 miles, and under 23k. In that order. I was able to quickly sort through cars using CarFax. ~~~ Pro tip: learn everything about the car you want and don’t label any specific trims or options. Often times the dealer won’t actually know what they have because they will just look at a trim and not pay attention to the options. Sometimes they even mislabel the trim! ~~~ I used this to find my car. I was able to actually find one where the dealer wasn’t very knowledgeable on the car, so I basically got a performance package for free. They didn’t know it was on there, they only labeled the trim, not paying attention to options. It was ~2k under KBB value, not including the performance package, adding that in I saved almost 5 grand! I did have to end up driving a bit closer to 200 miles though but it was worth it! I really wish I was able to give 6/5 stars!!!

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Was in the market for a car and wanted vehicle history report. As with all good car deals, they don’t last long, so I needed the report ASAP. I purchased 5 reports for $85. Money was withdrawn immediately but I didn’t have access to reports right away. I emailed customer support to see what the hold-up was. Not only did it take them a week to respond, which I think is unreasonable for customer support, but the reports weren’t accessible for an entire week too. Had to rely on Autochek instead, which provided immediate access to reports. Purchased a car after using Autochek and no longer needed CARFAX, but now I can’t get refunded for the $85 because Apple has identified CARFAX report purchases as a non-refundable purchase. Seems quite convenient for CARFAX. Very disappointed that CARFAX can’t do more to refund my money. Therefore I can not recommend their services and will be going with Autochek in the future.

I got this app so I could check out the prices of cars in various places. I want to know what the going rate was for cars that I am interested in and see if there were any vehicles that peaked my interest. I’ve never actually bought off of this site before but the whole purpose of this site is just to show you what’s available out there. They haven’t sold my information to my knowledge and they aren’t pushy for you to buy a car. The only time you ever deal with a sales person is when you want to and you reach out to them. It’s also nice to know that the car that you’re interested in has Carfax’s note of approval.

I will not buy a used car without a CarFax Report. It is priceless to find a 1-Owner car, with documented oil changes, locally owned and serviced, and no accidents. I also use the app to look at detail of the service history. If I see repeat issues over a period of time or miles, I avoid the car. Sometimes the service history will show multiple wheel changes and multiple alignments over a year or two. That points to a suspension issue that is not adjusted properly. Sometimes the history shows numerous, repeat electrical issues. Ownership location of the vehicle is also important. Prefer not to purchase a used car from a “Rust Belt” State, MN, WI, MI, northern OH, NY, etc... I have been using Car Fax fir almost two decades! I preferred when I could purchase unlimited checks over a 3-month or 6-month period. I’m a patient shopper. Sometimes it takes that long to find and screen for the right car.

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I would gladly give this five stars if it was formatted for an iPad. As it stands now, you are much better off going to CARFAX on a web browser than using this app on an iPad. It looks horrible. What is especially sad is that it could be so much more useful for car shopping on an iPad than it is on an iPhone, because the iPhone formatting is very condensed (which is to be expected because they have relatively smaller screens). I am happy that the separate myCARFAX app does have formatting for an iPad. It looks and works great! I wish the developers would use that success to turn around this app, which iPad users should avoid since a web browser works/looks so much better.