Carfax Reports
Carfax Vehicle History Reports on an Evaluation
A declared accident does not only lower the offer. It lowers the offer after you have signed, if you did not surface it first. A Carfax report on the evaluation puts the history in front of your wholesalers before the number is set.
Attach a Carfax vehicle history report to an evaluation by pasting its link. Your wholesalers get a clickable “Open Carfax Report” on the unit, so they price the car with the full history in hand instead of finding the story later.
What a Carfax report tells a wholesaler
A vehicle history report is the unit’s paper trail: reported accidents, declared damage amounts, registration history, and odometer readings over time. To a wholesaler, it is a risk sheet. A clean history supports a strong offer, and a declared accident changes the math. A history a buyer discovers on their own, after purchase, is among the fastest ways to lose that buyer permanently. Carfax Canada is the report most Canadian buyers expect to see.
How you attach a Carfax report in VFT
You paste the Carfax report’s link into the evaluation . From then on, the report travels with the unit: when you send the evaluation to your wholesalers, they get a clickable “Open Carfax Report” and read the full history themselves at Carfax. There are no screenshots and no waiting for a follow-up message. The buyers price the car with the history in hand.
Vehicle Fair Trade keeps the link on the evaluation and surfaces it to the buyers. It does not rewrite or summarize the report. The wholesaler opens the original report, which is what they want anyway.
Why surfacing the history up front protects your number
As a rule of thumb from the desk, when a Carfax shows damage, wholesalers deduct roughly a third of the declared damage amount. This is the math, not the buyer being difficult. The common mistake is hiding the history, or not knowing it, and finding out after the papers are signed.
Put the history in front of the buyers up front, and the offers you get are honest offers on the real car. The country-of-origin digit and the book value tell you part of the price. The history tells you the rest.
When the report isn’t the whole story
A clean Carfax is not a clean car. Not every incident is reported, and a report says nothing about curb rash, worn tires, or corrosion on the rocker panels. The history is one input, not a verdict. The walk-around inspection still matters.
FAQ
How do I add a Carfax report to an evaluation?
Paste the Carfax report’s link into the evaluation. It then shows up as a clickable “Open Carfax Report” for your wholesalers when you send the unit.
Do wholesalers see the full report?
They get a link to open the report directly at Carfax, so they read the complete history themselves rather than a screenshot or a summary.
Does VFT store or rewrite the report?
Vehicle Fair Trade keeps the report’s link on the evaluation and shows it to your wholesalers. They open the original report at Carfax, which is what a buyer wants anyway.
Does a declared accident really change the offer that much?
As a rule of thumb, wholesalers deduct about a third of the declared damage amount. Surfacing it up front keeps that from becoming a dispute after signing.
Does a clean Carfax mean the car is clean?
No. Not every incident is reported, and a report says nothing about current condition. It is one input. The walk-around inspection remains your responsibility.