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Originally Posted by stbm5
shops say they don't report to carfax but my experience is that somehow it still gets on there.
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The software that body shops use to generate estimates for repairs sells all collected data, which typically includes the VIN and customer Personally Identifiable Information (PII) such as name/address/phone number to a data aggregator via a “data pump” who then sells it to CarFax. This is how it will end up on CarFax even if a body shop tells you they don’t report to CarFax or even if you only receive an estimate and do not proceed with the work.
Take a look here
https://www.autobodynews.com/news/ci...istory-reports
It’s extremely hard to avoid and happened to myself when I went to get an estimate from a body shop for minor bumper damage in 2018. I only found out it was reported to CarFax when I sold the vehicle five years later.