Saturday, January 16, 2016
Service Info missing from carfax?
I'm looking to buy a F150, and I found a nice 2008 F150. The dealership provided a free carfax. In the carfax, there were 2 owners. During the Owners history, you can see the oil change services that happen on a normal basis. But for the second owner's history, it shows one or two oil change services and a bunch of registration reports. The carfax states it was guaranteed by both owners there was no accidents, floods, structural damage, etc. The only thing that stands out to me is they replaced a rear wheel bearing seal during the second ownership, bed that was fixed at a Ford dealership. The truck has 105,000 miles, its a 2008, first owner was corporate, second owner was personal, first owner drove it for 20,500 miles and had it for 3 years, second owner drove it for 84,500 miles and had it for 4.75 years. Im going to look at it in person, but from the pictures (a lot of pictures) the exterior and interior are in great condition. The engin compartment doesnt look too bad, can really tell from one picture. I showed it to my dad (has more car buying experience than me) said its a really nice truck, but he was the one who pointed out the missing service history from owner 2. But he does think I should buy it.
Heres the carfax link: http://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory/p/Report.cfx?vin=1FTPW14V48FA12718&csearch=0&partner=GAZ_0
It looks like it just drove off the lot, not color matching issues, which is a little scary. But can I get other's 2 cents on what they think?
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