This is my first time buying a car imported from the US. I got the VIN number and got this carfax.

What my friends told me that sometimes, a total loss in the carfax doesnt necessarily mean the car is actually total loss. Its just the insurance doesnt really want to fix it. Having being told that, it didnt make any sense at all to me as its stupid and they had no clue what they are talking about.

here are the pics from the car fax. Can you guys please advise me as I am new to this car fax and what would you suggest? Thx




Appreciate all ur help guys. Oh and if someone can tell me exactly where the X3 TCU is located?

 

Sounds to me like the car was in a wreck and either deemed "totalled" by the insurance company or the cost to repair it was worth more than the insurance value of the car. The owner then took the insurance check, bought the wrecked car, and then rebuilt it himself (or paid a shop to do it).

If you ask to see the car's title, it would probably say "salvaged" or something to that effect. This is required by law.

I wouldn't touch a salvaged car unless I really trusted the person who repaired it. GL

 

A lot of salvage vehicles deemed not-sellable in the United States find their way into the export market place.

Laws and motor vehicle regulations vary by country. Salvage vehicles can be repaired to be drivable if done correctly but as someone has already said, without knowing the ability of the shop who did it the cosmetics may be perfect but the underlying important items like structural integrity and such are a gamble.

If you are willing to take some risk you may do OK ... if it were me, I'd walk away and find a clean straight example.

The dollar you save today may cost you 10 tomorrow! You were smart to CarFax it!!

 

The car was hit rear/left which most likely caused frame bending... you might run into transmission problems down the road.... suspension problems....problems...

 

walk away... the headach aint worth it

 

Don't do it. You don't want to inherit someone's headache.

 

The X3 is junk anyways IMHO, the build quality is shocking......take an X5 over the X3 every day of the week.

 

For an X3 to be deemed a total loss, there had to be a considerable amount of damage. I would keep looking.

 

thank you guys. guess ill keep looking. appreciate all the help you guys have given me.

its unfortunate, since the dealer is a good friend of my aunt, how people would try to sell us such a car to close friends.we were this close to buy it but told my self to carfax, even if we trust this guy. Truly, no one is trust worthy IMO.

anyhow, if close friends are able to do such a thing, i dunno wht would a stranger do. I guess its off to the honda dealer for a brand new 2009 CRV. i think its the same price as a used X3 3.0i.

 

RUN as fast as you can. if you insist on buying, save your energy. i see a lot of walking to the bus stop in your future

edit: ^just read your last post.