2018 Silverado with carfax issue

[yzinger]

Hi folks, so my search now is ending up at this truck:  2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT Crew Cab 4WD at $33995 for sale in Truro - Zacks Auto Sales

 

I like the mileage and the truck in general (although i really wanted to Sierra).  Carfax shows this however:

 

2020 Aug 23	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
		Estimate: NON-COLLISION | Estimate Date: 2020 Sep 28	$7,236.00
		Claim: Miscellaneous	$5,793.00

 

Would you guys quickly walk away from it due to the claim?  Non-Collision means it wasnt in an accident.  You can see from pics a few dents in bumper and looks like lower valance was twisted up.

 

Whats the forums general thoughts on this one?

 

Thanks

Zinger.

[rav3]

Personally, I'd keep looking. Just my opinion. Good luck

[BCMoto]

Its prolly due to theft, maybe a break in and things stolen. If you can wait just keep looking if it feels wrong to you but i would ask what the claim was for

[mikeyk101]

I'm not a big fan of Carfax after a personal experience. Years ago, I bought a used car and it was about 4 years old. Any issues should have popped up and Carfax gave it a green light. 5 years later, I decided to trade it in. As I was checking out all kinds of other vehicles for reports, I did check the Carfax again and it still showed up as clear. The dealership ran the VIN through Autocheck. Lo and behold, this report showed frame damage and the dealership started questioning me after me saying it had never been in an accident. I ended up loosing several thousand on the trade. I decided to investigate the info on the Autocheck. I found out that before it was ever titled, it was involved in an accident in the rail yard inn Michigan. It did end up sustaining frame damage. I then found out the person who I purchased from, bought it used from one of the auto auctions and knew of the damage but never disclosed it. As 5 years had passed, there wasn't much I could do. So my point is, don't rely just on Carfax when buying but spend a few bucks and also run VIN's through Autocheck as well. 

Edited March 3, 2021 by mikeyk101

[YYC-SIERRA]

I'd keep looking.

 

You'd own that "incident record" for the life of your truck. If you ever wanted to sell it, you'd have a harder time.

 

IMHO the price isn't low enough to consider this a deal to put up with the future hassles.

[yzinger]

yeah I tend to agree unfortunately. Frigg sakes, the other issue is due to Covid trucks are selling a ton.

[JimCost2014]

1 hour ago, yzinger said:

yeah I tend to agree unfortunately. Frigg sakes, the other issue is due to Covid trucks are selling a ton.

This one looks like a much better truck (at least in the photos), see if they will come down in price.