View Full Version : can someone with carfax run this vin
drift freaq
11-10-2002, 01:49 PM
here it is JN1MS36P9NW102938
thanks in advance
Yoshi
11-10-2002, 02:10 PM
that car is seriously FUBAR... thats not the one you're selling is it?
The CARFAX database contains a total of 15 vehicle history records on this 1992 NISSAN 240SX (JN1MS36P9NW102938):
DATE
REPORTED ODOMETER
READING INFORMATION
SOURCE GENERAL
COMMENTS
11/25/1991 California
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Title issued
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11/07/1996 41,775 California
Motor Vehicle Dept.
LEMON LAW VEHICLE
Repurchased by manufacturer
Odometer reading recorded on 04/24/1995
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12/10/1996 42,748 Auto Auction
Pacific SW Region
Vehicle sold
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01/06/1997 42,906 California
Inspection Station
Trona, CA
Passed emissions inspection
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02/28/1997 California
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Ownership transfer reported
LEMON LAW VEHICLE
Repurchased by manufacturer
First lien reported
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02/28/1997 California
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Ownership transfer reported
LEMON LAW VEHICLE
Repurchased by manufacturer
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02/28/1997 California
Motor Vehicle Dept.
LEMON LAW VEHICLE
Repurchased by manufacturer
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05/27/1997 California
Motor Vehicle Dept.
LEMON LAW VEHICLE
Repurchased by manufacturer
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12/09/1998 65,198 California
Inspection Station
Upland, CA
Passed emissions inspection
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12/26/1999 42,904 California
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Upland, CA
Title issued
Odometer reading recorded on 01/06/1997
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09/27/2000 81,849 California
Inspection Station
Upland, CA
Passed emissions inspection
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08/02/2001 96,958 Auto Auction
Sold at auction
in Pacific Southwest Region
Listed as
a dealer vehicle
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12/29/2001 99,417 California
Inspection Station
Riverside, CA
Failed emissions inspection
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01/01/2002 California
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Los Angeles, CA
Ownership transfer reported
LEMON LAW VEHICLE
Repurchased by manufacturer
First lien reported
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01/04/2002 99,491 California
Inspection Station
Riverside, CA
Passed emissions inspection
Problem Titles Checked: Results:
Salvage/Junk Checked - No Salvage/Junk Title Found
Rebuilt/Reconstructed Checked - No Rebuilt/Reconstructed Title Found
Flood Damage Checked - No Flood Damage Title Found
Damage Disclosure Checked - No Damage Disclosure Found
Manufacturer Buyback (LEMON) Checked - Manufacturer Buyback Found
Exceeds Mechanical Limits (EML) Checked - No EML Found
Not Actual Mileage (NAM) Checked - No NAM Found
Problems Checked: Results:
Accident Checked - No Accident Record Found
Salvage Auction Checked - No Salvage Auction Record Found
Failed Emissions Inspection Checked - Failed Emissions Record Found
Fire Damage Checked - No Fire Damage Record Found
Crash Test Vehicle Checked - No Crash Test Vehicle Record Found
Grey Market Vehicle Checked - No Grey Market Vehicle Record Found
drift freaq
11-10-2002, 02:17 PM
that car is seriously FUBAR... thats not the one you're selling is it?
well I would not say that. Its not the one I am selling . but I think if it was lemon lawed back in the mid 90's but it runs fine today there is not a problem .
Yoshi
11-10-2002, 02:24 PM
whew! that's good.
the last lemon law transfer was january of this year tho! Seems pretty sketch... also seems to have issues with emissions, but that's pretty minor... anyways, hope that helps.
drift freaq
11-10-2002, 02:30 PM
well it was only bought back once by the manufacturer. the thing is once the title gets the lemon law buy back on it it stays. This is the New Gun Metal grey car I just picked up from an impound auction for $1700
Yoshi
11-10-2002, 03:16 PM
hmm... I guess I don't get how it works then...
I saw 6 entries that mentioned by back from the manufacturer... that doesn't mean that it was called on the Lemon Law each of those six times and recalled? Why do they list it on there so many times if that's the case? I'm confused. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('>
drift freaq
11-10-2002, 06:06 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">hmm... I guess I don't get how it works then...
I saw 6 entries that mentioned by back from the manufacturer... that doesn't mean that it was called on the Lemon Law each of those six times and recalled? Why do they list it on there so many times if that's the case? I'm confused. </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
well two things, first a manufacture would only buy back a car that was considered a lemon if it was under warranty. Something tells me the original owner owed on it because a title was issued , but the buy back was done after 36k which means the dealership may still have owned paperwork on it under lien.
Ok given that a mnuafacture would only buy back a lemon once. If the car was then resold by the manufacture then the lemon issue was taken care of.
It could have been a electrical gremlin is what I would guess.
Carfax is not 100% correct on there stuff. I have looked at so many of there reports I have discovered they make mistakes themselves. especially in smog station listings.
Basically what I think there computer did was keep relisting the Lemon law issue because its probably on the title that the car was a lemon law buy back.
The fact that the car has run to 100k now leaves me to believe the lemon issue is not an issue. Its also quite possible that the title does not even mention the lemon issue at the dmv anymore. Like I said Carfax is not the gospel there reports are actually very rudimentary for the reason that they want to sell you more detailed reports for more money.
Does it mean its not worth using them ? no it just means they can only tell you so much and they do have small errors.
Like I said earlier I have seen them make mistakes on smog station listings making erroneous repetition of details.
Kid Zelda
11-10-2002, 06:19 PM
Go ahead of keep lying to yourself, hahaha j/k <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>
drift freaq
11-10-2002, 06:29 PM
ok I did some research on Lemon Laws and this section of the california vehicle codes states that car can not be sold again by the manufacture unless it can be proven for one year of use that the problem has been corrected.
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">(f) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall sell, either at wholesale or retail, lease, or transfer a motor vehicle transferred by a buyer or lessee to a manufacturer pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 1793.2 or a similar statute of any other state, unless the nature of the nonconformity experienced by the original buyer or lessee is clearly and conspicuously disclosed to the prospective buyer, lessee, or transferee, the nonconformity is corrected, and the manufacturer warrants to the new buyer, lessee, or transferee in writing for a period of one year that the motor vehicle is free of that nonconformity. </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
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