roaniecowpony
Well-Known Member
Just wondering....is the title a "Salvage"? In the upper right hand corner of the title there is a box entitled "Vehicle History". If it was "revived" from a salvage vehicle, the title will be on the regular blue bordered paper but that box will have "Salvage" in there.
If the vehicle is written off by an insurance company and not yet repaired/restored, the title will be on red bordered paper.
Another concern area is a Lemon Law buyback, where a manufacturer had to buy the vehicle because of a Lemon Law issue. It's required that a vehicle buy back in California get a title with a Lemon designation. But it may not happen if a dealer works a deal with a dissatisfied customer and allows a trade-in for another vehicle. That vehicle may qualify as a Lemon, but it never got the formal classification and title designation. A Carfax may help weed out these by examining the repair history for repetitive trips to a dealer for the same thing.
If the vehicle is written off by an insurance company and not yet repaired/restored, the title will be on red bordered paper.
Another concern area is a Lemon Law buyback, where a manufacturer had to buy the vehicle because of a Lemon Law issue. It's required that a vehicle buy back in California get a title with a Lemon designation. But it may not happen if a dealer works a deal with a dissatisfied customer and allows a trade-in for another vehicle. That vehicle may qualify as a Lemon, but it never got the formal classification and title designation. A Carfax may help weed out these by examining the repair history for repetitive trips to a dealer for the same thing.
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