Carfax

[PappaGun]

Does any one know how and what threshold, if there is one, of a repair shows up on a Carfax report?

Does the insurance company report it?

Does the body shop report it?

Is it major repairs only or is there some other threshold?

I was looking at a used vehicle that I think had some work but it's not showing up on the Carfax.
While I'm no longer considering the vehicle, it made me wonder about the reports.

[knotquiteawake]

It depends on where the repair happened. I work in the automotive industry and I know that some shops invoicing programs will have a link to carfax so that that date/miles/vin/repair name (no customer information ever though) are automatically uploaded to the carfax site when a vehicle is taken in for repairs. So there is no "threshold" exactly it just depends on who has connections/links to Carfax. I believe that body shops and insurance companies and the DMV (or DPS or whoever controls vehicle registration in your state) all have similar connections to Carfax.

[Wisewr]

I had two seperate incidents with one of my cars, both back around 2001-2002. Neither one of the incidents shows up on the car fax report. I had the work done at a local, reputable body shop. Maybe they didn't report to Carfax back then, I'm not sure.

But to answer your question, there is a possibility that the car has been in an incident and still has a clean Carfax.

[PappaGun]

Thanks.