A seller states in his ad that the car he is offering is fully functional, accident-free and in perfect working condition. When you go to see it on location, it turns out that this has little to do with the truth. You have to spend a lot of time finding a good used car. Our Crash Status service will help you save a lot of time. Thanks to us, you will eliminate flooded and post-accident cars right away. You will do it quickly and completely free of charge. How does our service work? How to check a car using its VIN completely free?
Every seller wants to sell his used car at the best possible price. Every car wears out over time. Let’s not fool ourselves, there is no such thing as a perfect car. Competition in the used car market is very high. Therefore, very often the seller has to describe the car in a way that will attract your attention. You will learn that the car he is offering is in great technical condition. You will certainly like the attractive photos, which can be taken by a professional who knows how to show the car in an attractive way. The seller can also take advantage of free filters and even use artificial intelligence, which will help him enhance the photos appropriately.
There is only one goal. You’re supposed to fall in love with a particular car and be keen to buy it.
Our data, collected over the years, shows that 8 out of 10 sellers lie when describing the technical condition of their car.
You will see this when you go to see the car on location. You often have to drive tens of kilometers. You lose time and money. And disappointment awaits you on the spot. Because upon closer inspection of the car, it turns out that the vehicle was involved in an accident or a flood.
There are people all over Europe who make their living selling used cars. They may import specifically ordered used cars, or they may run a dealership. Such a person often pretends to be a private seller. Why? Because then it will be easier for you to believe that he is selling his own, perfectly good car.
Cars offered by such people often include accident or post-accident cars. They are repaired at the lowest cost and then put up for sale.
Take a look at the photo below. Perhaps for you it is a worthless piece of junk that is only suitable for scrap. Believe us – there are people who are able to repair such car in a cheap way and then put it up on a classifieds portal as accident-free.
A post-accident car means a lot of problems
Car repairs are expensive. High-quality replacement parts and services are expensive. Sometimes you can save money and legally install used body parts in your car.
But you need to know about the fact that a dishonest seller could install other disassembled parts in your car. Such as used airbags, transmission, engine, suspension parts, steering. Sometimes a post-accident car can be so badly damaged that standard repair methods (such as straightening out sheet metal on special machines, cutting out damaged parts and welding in new ones) are unable to restore it to full working condition. It is enough that there is damage to the mounting points of suspension parts, engine and transmission mounting points, stringers and other elements responsible for the rigidity of the body. Or damage to the factory anti-corrosion coating, which will cause thousands of problems with corrosion attacks in the future.
In the worst cases, a dishonest seller assembles one car from two or three. You certainly don’t want to buy such a car.
Thanks to our Crash Status service, in most cases you won’t have to spend money to go to the dealer and inspect the car.
Do you think that every car that has been flooded, as the one in the photo, is scrapped afterwards? You’re wrong. It is enough that the engine did not take in any water (then it would have seized). The owner will collect the compensation and the insurer will sell the car at auction. A dishonest dealer will buy it and then mask the signs of any flooding.
A car with flooding history is a real disaster on wheels
A car can experience flooding if a flood occurs in an area. But you also need to know that flooding can occur in other situations. Flash floods happen all over Europe, after very heavy, local rainfall. All it takes is for the car to be parked in a low-lying area. Car flooding can also occur due to driver carelessness. An open window or an open sunroof during heavy rain – and we have a disaster.
A flooded car is one big source of problems that will never end. Stinky upholstery and carpeting. Constant electronic failures – every connector and every electrical and electronic component that water has previously gotten into will break down. On top of that, there will be constant and growing corrosion problems. Corrosion will appear in all places previously penetrated by water.
If the seller had honestly written in the ad that his car had flooding history – would you want to buy it? Of course you wouldn’t. That’s why no one will write that the offered car has experienced flooding. You will only find out when you have the car inspected by a specialist.
You will lose time and money. On top of that, you will still be disappointed.
Take advantage of the free Crash Status service by checking the VIN number for free.
Every car that travels in Europe must have mandatory liability insurance. What happens if the car is involved in an accident or is flooded? Its owner, the perpetrator of the accident or the victim of the accident, must report this fact to the insurer, so that the insurer covers the damage and pays compensation. Any such damage, such as an accident or flooding, is registered in the databases of car insurers.
How does the Crash Status service work? It uses access to the world’s largest database of car insurers.
All you have to do is enter the VIN number of the used car you want to buy in the appropriate box. In a short time you will receive (completely free) information about whether any damage has been recorded on the car. This tells you whether the car was involved in an accident or was flooded.
This will save you a lot of time and money. You will be able to inspect only used cars without any damage history.
Remember that checking a car using its VIN number is only the first step in verifying a car before buying it. Use help of an auto appraiser or a good auto repair shop.
If the seller has not provided the VIN number of the used car in the ad, or does not want to give you such a number – don’t buy this car.
Remember that you can also purchase a paid VIN report from Crash Status. It will give you a great deal of basic information about the car, which will be crucial to verifying its history.
