Car History Data

teddies on 08/04/2021 - 16:06
Last edited 08/04/2021 - 16:23 by 1 other user

Hi OB's,

I was wondering if anyone would be able to shed any light on where car history websites where you can search on a cars rego or VIN to find out if the car has been reported written off or stolen, vehicle’s sales history, rego status odometer readings etc are sourced from?

The reason I ask is that I purchased a car from a dealer 18 months back and performed a basic check that checked on all the things mentioned above minus the odometer reading (the government website did not provide this).

I'm now selling the car and on ordering a car history check from the carhistory website I noticed that the some of the reported odometer readings were slightly off from previous reading and indicated an alert indicating possible odometer rollback. The variances in the readings are minor, differences in 100-500km either side of the previous read, almost like poor manual data entry. The dates of these happening are throughout the previous owner.

Am I able to get further clarification on these differences? Is there then the possibility to rectify these? Anyone looking at these reports would be suss or even turned off from proceeding with a purchase.

Thanks in advance

Automotive

Comments

  • Muzeeb on 08/04/2021 - 16:13
    +1

    Which car?
    What year?

    If it more than 10 years old you are going to too much effort.

    Let prospective buyers do the ground work.

    A variation in 500km - pfffffft

    I'm now selling the car and on ordering a car history check

    How much are you paying for this?

    • teddies on 08/04/2021 - 18:06

      The car is a 2017 Jeep. And the carhistory report is about $37.
      The funny thing is that a majority of the readings ~12 occur in the previous owners ownership. Then the only record in my time was put in today by myself.

      • Richardc on 08/04/2021 - 19:02
        +1

        Why go for a Jeep?

        • pegaxs on 08/04/2021 - 19:50
          +7

          Couldn't burn money fast enough the regular way…

          • SF3 on 08/04/2021 - 20:14

            @pegaxs: OP better start upvoting all positive Jeep comments in forums…

            • pegaxs on 08/04/2021 - 20:37

              @SF3: Along with the other 3 Jeep owners in Australia…

              • SF3 on 08/04/2021 - 20:38

                @pegaxs: Rarer than lambos, must be good.

            • Muzeeb on 08/04/2021 - 21:12

              @SF3: Even those older than 30 days

              • SF3 on 08/04/2021 - 22:31
                +1

                @Muzeeb: The price one pays to own a Jeep.

        • skillet on 09/04/2021 - 10:45
          +1

          Unless it's a SRT

      • OpayuOnam on 09/04/2021 - 19:32

        Honestly the 12 readings over 4 years is much more of a concern than the slight discrepancy. Considering usually these readings are entered into database upon
        sale or insurancee claims or issue on manufacturers side…

  • spackbace on 08/04/2021 - 16:14
    +4

    Most people will just do the $2 PPSR, not the $20+ 'reports' from other sites.

    Rip up the report you have, and just sell the car.

  • brendanm on 08/04/2021 - 16:23
    +3

    Ask yourself why someone would alter an odometer to read 100-500km under?

    • teddies on 08/04/2021 - 18:20

      Yep I see it being little to no value whatsoever. But the question remains where are these readings being sourced from? They're minor differences but potentially an entry could be due to button mashing "124567" when the actual reading is on 22,000. Which would look suss, right?

      • brendanm on 08/04/2021 - 18:38

        Generally they will scrape it from times the car is advertised for sale, and it's recorded when a car is regod or transferred. No idea if the government records are actually available to them.

        The point to my question was that the odometer hasn't been wound back, and there is nothing to worry about.

        • teddies on 08/04/2021 - 18:50

          Thanks. I can see that in those cases it would be susceptible to poor data entry and interesting that it would still be included within these reports

          • brendanm on 08/04/2021 - 18:57

            @teddies: The reports are junk, they provide no valuable information.

  • Hithere on 08/04/2021 - 16:31
    +4

    I'm now selling the car and on ordering a car history check

    Why?

    • teddies on 08/04/2021 - 18:08

      Selling the car because it's just a cruiser car and realistically my partner and I can share a car.
      And I thought otdering the reports and having them on hand would be more appealing and convenient to prospective buyers

      • Muzeeb on 08/04/2021 - 18:18
        +1

        Sounds like you've been sucked in by carsales.com.au upselling

        • teddies on 08/04/2021 - 18:26

          Mmmm, definitely not selling in carsales. Their pricing model kills me.
          I believe these reports are useful and gives potential buyers piece of mind.

          • Muzeeb on 08/04/2021 - 18:32
            +1

            @teddies: Ahh yes. The old piece of mind. Which piece is that again? 🙂

            • teddies on 08/04/2021 - 18:46
              +1

              @Muzeeb: The frontal lobe?
              Thanks for your thoughts.

  • Brian McGee on 08/04/2021 - 16:52

    People dont roll odometers back , they just pick n payless one with fewer Kms.
    At one point (in 2006) I worked at a holden dealer where we had the cheapest VY Commodore in sydney (it had 400K km) at $4500. One of the mechanic bought it and put in a new cluster, programmed to 80K kms and drove around for a few years before selling for $8Kish.

    • teddies on 08/04/2021 - 18:11
      +1

      Newer cars and this one (2017 Jeep) has a digital odometer too.

      • brendanm on 08/04/2021 - 18:40

        Digital odometers are generally the easiest to change, unless BMW or Merc.

        • godofpizza on 08/04/2021 - 21:11

          was shopping for a used nissan and the dealer was upfront about the odometer being faulty and swapped for one with slightly lower km's. They were happy to provide paperwork to prove it too .

    • Muzeeb on 08/04/2021 - 18:31

      The VY was from 02-04, so someone was doing 100,000 km per year. Jeeeeezus

      • Brian McGee on 08/04/2021 - 23:07
        +1

        We had a few reps that did a lap of NSW every month.
        Saw one guy every 4-5 weeks with his VT berlina, thing had about 500 clicks by the time he traded on a VYII berlina.

      • skillet on 09/04/2021 - 10:49
        +1

        273km per day 7 days a week. If the person worked 365 days a year.
        Just saying…

  • HelpMeiCantSee on 09/04/2021 - 08:15
    +1

    Always use the PPSR.gov.au website. The government one. Only costs $2 and gives the same info as dozens of other companies charging way more.

  • doctordv8 on 09/04/2021 - 11:41
    +1

    Towies dream…another Jeep.

  • Zachary on 13/04/2021 - 16:17

    no one tracks odometer spec.

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