How much does a CARFAX report cost?

The price on carfax.com

A single CARFAX report costs $44.99 when you buy it from carfax.com. CARFAX also sells multi-report packages on its own site; their prices change, so check carfax.com for the current offer.

Free from the seller

Many dealers show the CARFAX report on the car’s listing or hand it over when you ask. Always ask first: if the seller already has a report, you can read it for free. Check that the VIN printed on it matches the car (dashboard, door frame and title), and look at the date it was run: anything reported after that date isn’t on it.

Less than retail here

We buy CARFAX reports at a wholesale rate and sell each one for $8.99. You get the same report, delivered to your account and by email, usually within a few minutes.

If you’re comparing several cars, a pack brings each report down to $6.29. Pack reports never expire.

What the price buys

• Title brands reported in any state: salvage, junk, rebuilt, flood, lemon buyback.
• Accidents and damage reported to CARFAX, with dates.
• Odometer readings over the car’s life, to spot a rollback.
• Number of owners, how the car was used, and registration history.
• Service and maintenance records reported to CARFAX.

A report only lists what was reported. Repairs paid in cash at a shop that doesn’t report won’t appear, so a clean report is a reason to inspect, not a reason to skip the inspection.

Free checks worth doing first

• NICB VINCheck: theft and total-loss records from participating insurers.
• NHTSA recalls: open safety recalls for the VIN.
• Our free VIN decoder: year, make, model and factory equipment, so you know the listing describes the right car.