Carfax for Motorhomes

Carfax is junk science. My 3 vehicles gain milage every day sitting in the driveway!! I have them set up on MYcarfax so I can adjust the service and milage every 3 months or so. The one car that has dealer service is Cfaxed by them, the other 2 and the motorhome by me
When I last sold a car the prospective purchaser accused me of turning back the odometer because Carfax showed 180,000 wheras actual was 130,000. I serviced it myself and did not know about mycarfax.

I had a heck of a time selling a car because Carfax said it had been in a pretty bad wreck plus some other negative information. The car was actually in next to new condition. Took quite a bit of work to get Carfax to correct the report. I consider Carfax near worthless. Hire a reputable mobil RV repair guy to give it a good inspection. A couple hours of his time is worth more than an unreliable piece of paper.

carfax is next to worth less, I,ve found out more by running the vin # at a dealers shop

Car Fax is not accurate, my last motorhome a 02 Flair on the car fax it showed one year the mileage jump 100,000 miles than the next year it went back down, seems who inserts the info can make mistakes, now what if someone never corrected the mileage, than I would have been calling the dealer for my money back.

When shopping for a used truck the dealer was quick to offer a CarFax report. I looked at it and it did not show any accidents. When I took the truck for a test drive it had something loose in the right front suspension area and pulled really hard to the right. To top it all of it was a dealer certified used vehicle which should have meant it went through an inspection process and repair of any faults.

I looked carefully at the right front and began to see signs it had been in and accident. From what I could tell the right front had been damaged and repaired.

I was willing to buy it because the repair was very well done. The dealer agreed to align the front and fixed whatever was loose. I didn't take the deal because the dealer was a no negotiation dealer. Wouldn't even consider a lower than quoted price.

Moral---- CarFax and certified didn't mean a thing with this vehicle

Had the same for my RV. The title trail is helpful particularly if the coach has changed ownership several times very quickly or if a past owner might have lived in a disaster area. Potential red flags. I suspect the RV Service Centers are not part of the CarFax system.

No service organization is required to report anything to CarFax. About the only use I've found for them regarding RV's is a title trail since they get that from public records.

WyoTraveler wrote:
I would ask to see PO owner service records. If none offer less assuming little or no service. Dealer called me several years sgo. Had a good buyer no service records. I furnished them. I do my own service but keep good records. Most owners do

I mean no offense but owner records can say anything you want them to say. A hand written document can indicate a lot more maintenance than was actually done.

I would ask to see PO owner service records. If none offer less assuming little or no service. Dealer called me several years sgo. Had a good buyer no service records. I furnished them. I do my own service but keep good records. Most owners do

Carfax service records are spotty at best, they only show up if the place you take your RV (or car) to for service, reports it. One dealer might report it, one might not, one might now but not anything older because they just started reporting to carfax....it varies greatly...not even all accidents show up because not all insurance companies report to carfax.