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How to Check Car Accident History?

You can check car accident history at AutoHealth by clicking on the website’s 'CarCheck' tab and then following the three steps mentioned below:

1. Enter the vehicle’s license plate number

2. Pay for the report

3. Download the AutoHealth CarCheck Report in PDF format

What Kind Of Information Can I Get While Checking Service History?

When you check the service history of a pre-owned car by buying an AutoHealth CarCheck report, you would get the following information, among others —

Flood Damage

Every year, due to excessive rain, cars in India often get flood-damaged. These cars, after a bit of fixing, end up in the used car market, and buying them is a bad decision. With the help of a vehicle history report, you can ascertain that you are ending up with a car in your garage and not a liability on wheels!

Accident Damage

You need to check car accident history of a pre-owned vehicle before buying it. If the previous car owner chose to get their damaged car fixed at the local garage, instead of the OEM service center, then the vehicle might have fitment issues, cheap parts, or hidden structural damage. To avoid buying such a car, check its history and ascertain that the vehicle was fixed at an OEM service center.

Parts Replaced

Information found in the car accident history section of a vehicle history report can also point out whether the car’s parts are OEM-made or made by aftermarket manufacturers. Why is this important? Well, carmakers spend billions to develop a car and the technology that goes into it. Aftermarket spare parts makers, on the other hand, do not spend a lot of time or money to develop their products. The outcome is that a car outfitted with aftermarket spare parts is less reliable, as they can break down at any moment!

Odometer Reading Authentication

Car owners willing to sell their old cars or used car dealers often get in cahoots with ill-minded mechanics and perform odometer rollback – an illegal act where the odometer of a used car is rolled back in a bid to market it as a ‘low mileage car’, thereby justifying its high sticker price.

To prevent yourself from getting duped, pay attention to the car’s service records or service history receipts. Cross-check the mileage of the car recorded on those receipts with the current odometer reading of the used car. If the car is quite old, and has run for several thousand kilometers, but from the last yearly servicing, the car has run just a few hundred kilometers, then this is a red flag and can be used as circumstantial evidence that the car’s odometer has been rolled back.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Car Accident History?

A chronology of a used car outlining whether it was ever in an accident (severe or not), followed by details of the type of repair work done on the car, is known as a car crash history.

Why is it Important To Check A Used Car’s Accident History?

When you check vehicle for accident history before buying it, you are ensuring the used car is safe to drive, will entail affordable ownership costs, and will retain its market value when you decide to sell it off.

How To Find an Accident History Online Portal Near Your Location?

That’s easy! Just go to the ‘CarCheck’ page of AutoHealth India’s official website. Type in the license plate number of the used car you are planning to buy, and pay for the vehicle history report. The digital document will contain the pertinent accident history of the car.

Can A Repaired Car Still Be Safe To Drive?

Yes. A repaired car is safe to drive, but there’s a catch – the repair work had to be done on the car by experts at an OEM Service Center. If a car that was in an accident was fixed at a local garage, then the overall safety of the vehicle, goes down by several folds!

Does A Car Accident History Affect Resale Value?

Of course it does! A car that has a clean history will have high resale value. On the other hand, a car that has been in an accident and had major repair as well as part replacement work done on it will have reduced market value.

Is It Possible To Hide A Car’s Accident History?

Yes, sellers can hide a car's accident history by avoiding insurance claims and using cash payments at independent garages. They also focus on cosmetic repair to avoid creating an official paper trail!

How Do Insurance Companies Use Accident History?

Insurance companies use accident history data and designate a used car as a ‘high risk’ case or a ‘low risk’ case. A car that often was in the midst of a road mishap would entail steep insurance premiums due to it being at ‘high risk’ of being in an accident. On the flipside, a car whose owner has never claimed insurance payout is deemed a ‘low risk’ case, thereby entailing low insurance premiums.

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