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The NHTSA estimates odometer fraud affects 450,000 vehicles sold in the US every year. That number is probably low, it counts detected cases. The ...
Flooded cars are a predictable problem after every major hurricane or coastal storm. FEMA declares a disaster, insurers total thousands of vehicles, and a ...
The 9th character of a VIN is not a random assignment. It's a calculated value derived from the other 16 characters using a formula NHTSA standardized ...
The first character of a VIN tells you which region of the world the car came from. The first three characters together, called the World Manufacturer ...
Before 1981, every manufacturer used its own VIN format. Some had 11 characters, some had 13, some had 17 with completely different encoding. There was no ...
Buying a stolen car can leave you out the entire purchase price plus the vehicle. When law enforcement traces a stolen VIN to a registered owner, the vehicle ...
A VIN decoder and a vehicle history report sound interchangeable, but they answer two different questions. A decoder tells you what the vehicle is its factory ...
A safety recall means the manufacturer or NHTSA has identified a defect that creates an unreasonable risk to safety. According to NHTSA, roughly one in four ...
The Vehicle Identification Number is stamped, etched, or printed on every motor vehicle in at least four locations. Three are on the vehicle itself, and one ...
A salvage title means an insurance company has declared a vehicle a total loss after an accident, flood, fire, or theft.The vehicle may still run, but its ...