90% of the time the salesman doesnt know. so they usually wont know if it has or not. unless it was done on the lot or repaired on the lot...

90% of the time when a salesman says "i dont know" or "not that i know of " they are telling you the truth.... they really dont know

 

When I traded-in my 1990 300ZX for my 2005-Z, I was asked to indicate on a form if the car had been in any accidents. I did so. You may have a case against the person who sold the car to the dealer.

 

Did you not get a car-fax?

 

Of all the professions in the world, Used Car Salesman are the least trusted.

 

edit......not even worthy of a reply

 

Damn, good read! I'm learning alot of useful information.

TSG

 

i forget the law its called, but on the original bill of sale it will list it before it gets to the dealer

 

No offense, but haven't you ever heard of Carfax??

I bought a used car for my son the dealership got a Carfax for me.

 

you should ask ANY DEALERSHIP for a carfax of the car you want to buy.. if they wont do it then you dont buy it...

truth be told half the time a car is taken in on trade, it is taken in site unseen and the saleman and dealership didnt know it was wrecked

 

+1

 

Carfax won't do ****. If a wreck/repair isn't filed there is no record of it ever happening, besides your receipt from the body shop.

 

ok so dont get one ... thats the smart thing to do!

if you have a clean carfax you have 100 times the chance of getting a clean car as buying one without a carfax

 

okay they repainted a couple of things. Why is this bad?

 

Nevermind I was thinking stupidly. Just because a car has been wrecked and had a claim filed doesn't mean it has a salvaged title. I had a momentary lapse of thought there. My bad.

 

Did You Run The Vin Number On Car Fax ???
If It's A Bad Report You Can Check On Lemon Law In Your State ! ..and Resale Issues ..

 

Oh my god, it was probabally fender bender. What would the dealer know about it? Why would they care? Why do you care?

Stuff happens, if the car was flodded, or salvaged (like mine, and I don't care, of course I knew....) I could see you being mad, but calm down. As for a car that was broken in to, again, why is the dealer slimey for not telling you, again, I'm sure they didn't know, and, if if they did, why does a little glass under the seat matter?

 

carfax really doesn't tell you anything. The car could have been rear ended which it looks like because the two rear quarter panels and the rear bumper have been repainted. As long as it didn't get claimed on insurance and the person paid out of pocket it wont go on carfax.

 

not true.... if it was done at a body shop then the bodyshop is required by law to report it

 

I've never heard of that law and don't see how it could be true. That means the shop would have to report every vehicle that came through the shop. We never did that the whole time I worked at a shop.


Also what makes you think the quarters and bumper cover have been painted? Overspray, bad blending, etc? Chances are if it was hit hard enough to paint the quarters the bumper cover would have been toast. Most shops will get a good enough paint match that they won't have to blend the panels for a bumper cover?

 

The shop DOES have to report every car that comes through the shop if the repaired it. And I doubt because you may have worked at a body shop that you know every job detail of every employee in the bodyshop. ALL REPAIRS must be reported