Searching a car's history online?

Is there anywhere on the Net where having you can search on a cars history
if you have its:

VIN (chassis) number
Engine number
Registration number

I've been offered a car and I need to check if its a private import.

?



thanks guys
Jake

 

www.carfax.com

Although, if the car was in an accident, but the accident was never reported
(no police report), then there won't be any record of it either.

Cheers,

Pete

 

www.revs.nsw.gov.au if its in NSW, or was previously registered in NSW ..

 

If you're in Australia, all cars sold new here since 1970 have had ADR
plates.

Does it have an original manufacturer's ADR plate which matches the rest
of the numbers on the car? If it does, then it's a legitimate local
delivery.

Of course the usual cautions about reborn stolen local cars or imported
cars apply, just as they do with any other car.

 

REVS will only show details like if their is any encumberences against the
vehicle, e.g. finance outstanding.
The RTA online services area lets you do an enquiry and see if the VIN has
ever been listed on the Written Off Vehicle Register.
https://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/clenq/index.jsp

Other than that, I dont think there is much else available.

 

Aside from checking for stolen and money owing, probably not.

Start by looking for a compliance plate. If it was built after about
1970-1972 (depending upon brand) if should have a compliance plate.
If it is pre-7/1988 and has no compliance plate but has been
registered in Oz, it's probably been a personal import.

If the vehicle has an aluminium silver compliance plate, it is a
full-volume locally marketed vehicle (ie sold new here). If it has
a yellow plate, the plate will state that it is personally imported.
If it has a green plate, the plate will state that it was a
low-volume (grey market) import _or_ a make that didn't bring in many
cars per year. Lamborghini, etc. are likely to have green plates,
even if sold new in Oz.

If it has a plate that looks like a compliance plate but doesn't
follow the proper format, eg a plate that says "This vehicle was
rebuild by x" (the typo of rebuild instead of rebuilt is a quote from
such a plate), the car is a re-shell, and is registerable in VIC,
probably SA and QLD but categorically _not_ in NSW.