Gov website for free vin checks??

[z06bigbird]

I did several search here and elsewhere, but does anyone know the new gov website for free vin checks??

[wtxbird]

Re: Gov website for free vin checks??

Here is the only one i know of.

https://www.nicb.org/cps/rde/xchg/ni.../vincheck.html

[z06bigbird]

Re: Gov website for free vin checks??

Thank you. I am happy to report that none of my vehicles have been reported as stolen or salvaged. (I guess that I could have simply looked in the garage or driveway. LOL)

No, I just bought a vehicle for my son, and I thought I would try that new site. 18k mile, 2004 Buick Century. Still has handicapped tag on it. Little old lady from Roanoke, Va. Red with all options, including chrome wheels. Prev seller showed me a carfax indicating clean title.

[02TBIRD]

Re: Gov website for free vin checks??

I just ran my Land Cruiser that was stolen last July, and
it reports clear. The truck was paid off by the Insurance
Company and should have shown as a theft recovery.

On well!!

See you in Hot Springs!!
02Tbird

[DavidA]

Re: Gov website for free vin checks??

Leave it to the Government to be FAR FAR behind the times. It sholdn't take them a year to update in this day & age. Geesh!!!

[Lonestar]

Re: Gov website for free vin checks??

post 7 negates my comment.

[ChromeDome]

Re: Gov website for free vin checks??

This is copied from their web site. It doesn't appear to be a government agency.

(The National Insurance Crime Bureau is a not-for-profit organization that receives support from approximately 1,000 property/casualty insurance companies. The NICB partners with insurers and law enforcement agencies to facilitate the identification, detection and prosecution of insurance criminals.)

[SixPac]

Re: Gov website for free vin checks??

Thanks Ken.

[wtxbird]

Re: Gov website for free vin checks??

Ken is correct its not a Goverment site but its free. Cant expect much out of insurance companys to report all the damaged ones for free, plus it would knock down there profit when auctioning off there totaled out cars.
Sad but true.

[z06bigbird]

Re: Gov website for free vin checks??

Ins cos are stamping most cars as salvage, rebuilt, or damaged. This is likely the result of a couple of major ins cos getting caught selling salvaged cars and giving them clean titles. Now, most ins cos brand the titles, and the AG general office is relatively happy. You get a fender crunched; you ask agent what it would take to total the car; and bingo. You get rid of car. Then go buy a new car (after taking a hit, of course). Literally and figuratively.

Here is another real kicker. When ins companies report a branded title, they notify the manufacturers. Manufacts then block the warranty, thereby saving a ton of $$. When buying a used car, even from a new car dealer, run a dealer report to see if warranty is blocked. If it is blocked, there is no way to reverse that. Some dealers even refuse to do recalls on vehicles with blocked warranties.