CARFAX Question > "Accident Indicator Reported"
NoOpt...@aol.com
her a clean '03 Ford Focus with 30K miles on the odometer. After
giving the car a good lookover and test drive, we had the dealer print
us out a CarFax report. The report listed a "Accident Indicator
Reported". The detailed vehicle history part of the report shows the
car was checked in to a collision repair facility about 2 months/3,000
miles after the car was first purchased in March of '03. Then it shows
it had a regular service stop 10 days/100 miles later, and again 1
month/1,500 miles later. After that, just regular service intervals
until it was sold at an auto auction as a fleet vehicle. The rest of
the CarFax report is clean and it lists the car as being a 1-owner car.
As for the body, all the gaps between the panels are equal. The hood,
hatch and both doors shut the way they should. There aren't any
cracked lens or trim pieces, and all the paint matches up. While it
does have a few very small dings here and there, the only real
noticeable descrepancy is the corner of the hood on the driver's side,
up by the windshield isn't flush with the top of the fender.
The car runs, stops, and handles good. It tracks well, doesn't pull or
pulsate when you stomp the brakes, and it doesn't leak or smoke. The
engine itself is spotless.
We have the car for the rest of the weekend, so tomorrow I'm going to
put it up on some ramps to get a better look underneath.
So far what do you think? And do you think the Accident Indicator
Reported is a concern? Or do you think that whatever happened was
27,000 miles ago and if handles and runs good, don't worry about it...?
Probably just a minor fender bender, right...? What's your thoughts?
Patrick
'93 Cobra
Jack Dotson
<NoOpt...@aol.com> wrote in message
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See if you can find out about the accident. Could have just been something
minor, i.e. bumper, scraped paint, etc.
abbotsf...@hotmail.com
lmfao
only IDIOTS buy a focus
just wait till them wheel brngs get noisey
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Mark C.
inspect it. It would be on your own dime but it's worth it.
--
Mark
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"I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates who once said, "I drank
what?". " Val Kilmer in Real Genius.
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Brian
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What's wrong Charley? Can't spell bearings? You didn't even try.... "LMAO"
NoOpt...@aol.com
> lmfao
<snippage>
> lmfao
Hurc,
I don't have time tonight. Go fuck yourself.
Patrick
'93 Cobra
NoOpt...@aol.com
> You should consider brining the car to a reputable shop so a tech could
> inspect it. It would be on your own dime but it's worth it.
Thanks for the advice folks!
I put it up on ramps today and looked it over/under. Everything looks
okay... there aren't any visable signs of prior damage.
More to come on this developing story...
Patrick
'93 Cobra
abbotsf...@hotmail.com
>Mark C. wrote:
>> You should consider brining the car to a reputable shop so a tech could
>> inspect it. It would be on your own dime but it's worth it.
>
>Thanks for the advice folks!
>
>I put it up on ramps today and looked it over/under. Everything looks
>okay... there aren't any visable signs of prior damage.
>
>More to come on this developing story...
>
>Patrick
>'93 Cobra
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lmfao
just wait till ya find out ya get 20K to a beake rotor
LMFAO
has the rear bearing recall been doon
i still dont think that little bolt will hold the bearing down
lmfao
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>> <NoOpt...@aol.com> wrote in message
MckinneyStang
that had been traded in to Carmax. I pulled the carfax and it had been in
an accident. We took the vehicle to a collision specialist. He was kind
enough to do a thorough once over for us at no charge. He could tell us
exactly where the car had been hit and the extent of the damage. We felt
relieved. It sounds like the focus will be a good buy.
@mindspring.com Snowy Rose
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> See if you can find out about the accident. Could have just been
something
> minor, i.e. bumper, scraped paint, etc.
>
>
I agree, it could just be a little bit of touch up work or something to that
effect or something like what happened to mine (which by the way, I visited
today at the body shop... mah baby pony got her new windshield, a buffing,
and awaits the paint to dry on the new bumper as well as the new airbags).
So, if it was in an accident, the person could have lucked out and just had
cosmetic damage (unlike the other Focus as the body shop.... :( crumpled
hood, smashed axle, and no airbag deployment... total loss). It's a good
little car, it gets you from point A to point B then to point C and back
nicely. Not a Mustang or a Wrangler, but good 'nuff.
Good luck with it...
patricia
NoOpt...@aol.com
> >Mark C. wrote:
> >> You should consider brining the car to a reputable shop so a tech could
> >> inspect it. It would be on your own dime but it's worth it.
> >Thanks for the advice folks!
> >I put it up on ramps today and looked it over/under. Everything looks
> >okay... there aren't any visable signs of prior damage.
> >More to come on this developing story...
> lmfao
> just wait till ya find out ya get 20K to a beake rotor
"Breake rotor"? Speak, Hurc, speak... get it out man!
> LMFAO
> has the rear bearing recall been doon
"Doon"? Dune...? What are you trying to say? Try harder... c'mon
Hurc, chimps can be taught to speak better English than you.
> i still dont think that little bolt will hold the bearing down
"Think"... whoa! No way! Not you... you haven't shown any signs of
brain function since you've been here.
Patrick
'93 Cobra
'03 Focus ZX3
6whiteb...@hotmail.com
>"Think"... whoa! No way! Not you... you haven't shown any signs of
>brain function since you've been here.
>
>Patrick
>'93 Cobra
>'03 Focus ZX3
lmfao
retards like you pay for my kids university
LMFAO
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i bet ya need a brake job soon
LMFAO