When buying a used car, it is important to know if it was involved in an accident. It is very difficult to visually determine this fact, since the vehicle is being seriously prepared for sale. Therefore, before purchasing it, it is necessary to check the car for an accident using servers, where the fact of an accident that occurred with a particular vehicle is recorded.
There are two ways to check if a car has been in an accident. First of all, you need to check with the owner of the car its Vin-code. It is the number assigned to the vehicle at the factory. It is entered into the database of the traffic police or the insurance company, where information about accidents is stored. Numbering is used to designate them. However, information about the accident by the number of the incident is available only with a personal visit to the traffic police.
visual inspection
How to find out if a car has been in an accident using visual inspection, the expert will tell. He will conduct a thorough examination of the car for defects. If it is not possible to contact him, you can organize an inspection yourself. In this case, it is necessary to proceed in stages.
- Examine the car cover. Pay attention to the roof, hood and sides. The latter are best studied by squatting down. This makes it easier to spot the defect.
- View the quality of the joints. Their width should be uniform throughout the connection.
- If it seems to you that there is putty on the car, attach a magnet to the suspicious place. Falling, he will confirm your guesses.
- Try opening and closing doors. If the body geometry is broken, your actions will lead to the formation of an extraneous sound.
- Pay attention to the uniformity of painting the car.
- Check the manufacturing dates of the glasses against the stamps located on them.
Inspection of the car is carried out in good light and there are no time limits. In this case, the vehicle must be clean. It is necessary to check the car for participation in an accident using the database, even if no defects are found.
Online traffic police check
Checking a car according to the VIN code for an accident through the traffic police is free of charge. To take advantage of this opportunity online, you need to perform the following steps.
The information becomes available after the captcha is entered. The database stores information about road accidents committed no later than 2015 and recorded by the traffic police. If at the time of the accident the owner vehicle did not resort to their help, information about this incident will not be there.
The easiest way to check the car for participation in an accident is through the server of public services. It has already entered everyday use and additional registration is not required to obtain information. You just need to go to the "Transport and driving" section and enter the VIN code of the car.
Checking for an accident through the State Services website will not take much time. It performs work with one operation no more than 2 minutes. here is compiled on the basis of information received from all government departments of the Russian Federation.
Can I contact an insurance company?
You can check the car for accidents by contacting insurance companies. They created their own database (RSA OSAGO), which contains all the information about the accident. However, only insurers have access to it.
Checking an accident under the OSAGO policy is carried out if the client has a copy of the car insurance policy for which information is requested. If it is not there, then the information about the insurance policy is obtained through the Russian Union of Motor Insurers. In this case, you need to know the VIN code of the car, its register sign, body and chassis numbers.
Is it possible to check by license plate
It is impossible to check the car for an accident by license plate for free. The official website of the traffic police, which provides free information, offers to enter not only the state number of the vehicle, but also its code. Other Internet resources can provide the necessary information, but you will have to pay for it. However, the cost of such a service, as mentioned above, does not exceed 500 rubles.
One of the servers where you can check the car for participation in an accident by license plate number is Avtobot. He provides a full report, sending it by SMS or email after payment using a Yandex wallet or bank card.
The server is very convenient and fast. However, the information obtained with its help is relevant until the end of the car service at the dealership.
Another way: driver check
Checking the driver for an accident on a driver's license is another way to prevent the purchase of a broken vehicle. The official website of the traffic police is best suited for this, where all information about fines and deprivations is collected. Once on the server, you need to perform the following steps.
After a while, data on fines and deprivations will appear on the screen. confirms the participation of the car in the accident.
You can find traffic fines by car number through other servers. This is a public services website, Yandex browser and mobile applications. However, in addition to the license plate, they ask for the series and number of the vehicle registration certificate.
Visual inspection of the car is best left to a professional mechanic. If it is not possible to contact him, then this procedure can be organized by yourself. A thickness gauge will help in determining defects. It shows the thickness of the paint applied to the car, which allows you to draw conclusions about the participation of the car in the accident.
If a program is used to check a car for an accident, then here you need to pay attention to the reliability of the source. Searching for the facts of an accident that happened to a car on the Internet and through a personal visit to the traffic police are equally reliable. Only the Internet allows you to save time and does not require a pile of documents.
When buying a car, you should pay attention to the clarity of the Vin-code. If its contours are poorly visible, it is possible that it is fake. It is better to check a car with such an identification number especially carefully.
In our time, there are quite a few scammers who make money on the sale of broken or stolen cars. Therefore, it is very important to have services that systematize and store data about machines for a long period.
In Russia on this moment there are several services for checking a car for participation in an accident and other violations: a service on the traffic police website, private checking sites, a single database of insurance companies.
Not all services are available ordinary citizens, but still, now when buying a used car, you can find out if it was involved in accidents and how much it was repaired after that.
What information is entered
There is an online traffic police accident database through which you can get some information about the car. This data is also used on the Avtokod website, where in Moscow and the region you can get information about a car registered in this region.
The database contains the following information about the car:
- general information (year and place of issue, brand, the lineup, engine parameters, etc.);
- previous owners (their number, without indicating names and surnames, only the nature of ownership - legal or natural person);
- participation in an accident (date, place and type of accident, nature of the damage received);
- prohibitions and restrictions on the car (search, being in pledge, etc.);
- date of inspection;
- use of cars for taxation (officially);
In the future, the Autocode service plans to expand to other regions of the country, as well as supplement the information entered into the database on the configuration of the machine and its service.
The traffic police database allows you to find information about a car and an accident with it throughout Russia, which is quite convenient.
True, the information is not as complete as in Autocode:
- information about participation in an accident;
- being wanted;
- prohibitions from the court, customs, social protection or investigation;
- prohibition when changing ownership;
- fines and violations.
Also, according to the traffic police database online, you can check driver license person.
Who is leading
The traffic police database is maintained by authorized employees of the organization, changes are made immediately after the incident and are displayed in the database.
If a person has a violation or has become a participant in an accident, this will be visible during the check. Therefore, many are wondering - who can remove an accident from the traffic police database, but this is not done officially.
Of course, everything depends on the nature of the violation - if an accident is classified as an administrative violation, then information about it is stored for at least 2 years, and often longer. Criminal offenses are not removed from the database.
The Autocode portal also belongs to the state portals, which is being developed by a special department based on data from the traffic police, banks and insurance companies.
Auto manufacturers give data about cars according to their VIN numbers m. The portal is still quite new, because the information in it is constantly updated.
The site has Feedback, so if the check reveals flaws, you can always write to the developers and fix the error.
The database from insurance companies is controlled and maintained by the Russian Union of Motor Insurers, which collects information about cars in various insurance companies.
The disadvantage of this accounting is the still low number of insurers in the database, therefore it is not always possible to track a person according to his previous policy.
Information about a new contract or its change is received from the database participants within 15 days, which is immediately displayed in the system.
How to check a car
When buying a car, the new owner becomes aware of his VIN-number, according to which the car is registered.
If the car is used, then its previous owner has already registered the car with the traffic police, therefore, knowing the registration certificate number and VIN number, you can find out information about the car in the Russian traffic police database online.
This will help to verify the honesty of the owner, as well as find out if the car was beaten in an accident and whether it has fines, court injunctions, etc. unpleasant things that will cause a problem with new registration and car ownership in general.
Information can be provided directly to the traffic police when contacting the department, which will take some time, but it is much more convenient and faster to do this online.
The service for checking cars has been operating on the traffic police website since February 2018 and allows you to find out all the prohibitions imposed on cars, fines and participation in an accident.
To do this, on the traffic police website, on the right, select the check section of interest in the "Online services of the traffic police" - "Checking the car":
The verification will start after entering the VIN number and the generated verification code. VIN code is indicated in the documents for the car (registration certificate or PTS). If the VIN number cannot be found, you can enter the chassis or body number.
It takes a maximum of 1 minute to search for information. If there are violations, this will immediately be displayed on the screen.
By the same principle, you can check a car for fines, but for this you need to enter its license plate. For check driving license you need to know its series and number, as well as the date of registration.
Since 2018, another verification service has been operating - Autocode at avtokod.mos.ru, but only for the Moscow region. The portal is unique in the information it provides, which displays the entire history of the car since it was purchased, not just information about accidents and restrictions.
This is a connecting portal between the traffic police and insurance companies, combining a lot of information. It belongs to the state and plans to expand it to the entire territory of the country.
To check the car, you need not only the VIN number, but also a vehicle registration certificate.
If there is no VIN number, you can enter the license plate of the car. Only registered users or users of the State Services website can use the portal.
There are also many private portals on the Internet for checking cars, and they are not always free. They work on the basis of traffic police databases, but they are not as accurate as the original source. But there is no guarantee that the data provided is up-to-date and generally real.
Is it possible to find a car that fled the scene of an accident
If road accident participant fled the scene, you can only find him if you remember him state signs. This cannot be done online, as the request requires the number of the registration certificate or the VIN number of the car.
This restricts access to the database of accidents by car number to just anyone, making it possible to monitor your vehicle or check the car before buying.
But in the traffic police department, by the number of the car and the corresponding request, they can easily find the missing participant.
Database of accident insurance companies
Earlier Insurance companies when their client got into an accident, they reduced the cost of his insurance, so the driver simply changed the company and received insurance in a new, full amount.
Now insurers have decided to create their own single database to check the client's history, because if a person has had frequent insured events and accidents, he receives fewer bonuses from the company and pays more for insurance.
It is even supposed to accrue bonuses to diligent drivers who did not participate in traffic accidents and accidents, and to those who often get into similar situations, there will be disbonuses on the contrary.
Go to new company, if it is a member of the base, it will not change anything, because insurers in this case only benefit from unfavorable clients.
If a person has bought OSAGO insurance, the data on him gets into the database within 15 days and is stored. All emergencies and accidents are also displayed when checked by a company employee.
In the absence of an accident with the driver, he is annually given a bonus discount on the policy, which can reach up to 50%. The driver rating can only be corrected after 2 years without precedent.
With three accidents per year, for example, the price of insurance will be increased by 2.5 times. But more than three times, insurance companies have no right to increase it.
This database can only be used by insurance companies, it is not available to ordinary people. The passport data of the driver, the number of his certificate, the policy number and the accident rate are not entered in, which makes it possible to set the price for a new policy.
Checking a car based on an accident database makes it possible to monitor your own state of affairs regarding driving, as well as avoid buying a car that has been beaten in the past, or a car that is under some kind of ban from the state.
If the car was stolen, the check will show this information as well. It is best to receive data on state portals - traffic police and Autocode, they display real situation cases and are free.
This speeds up the verification of the purchased car, and also makes it possible to avoid a long trip to the traffic police to obtain this data.
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When buying a car from the hands of a new owner, the question of whether the car was in an accident or not is of interest.
Previously, the verification process was simple: it was possible to purchase a car only after deregistration by the previous owner, and by registration numbers it was possible to find out the whole history of what happened to the vehicle.
Today, to buy a car, it is enough to draw up a contract of sale, while former owner has every right to keep registration numbers. For this reason, it is impossible to reliably know whether the car was in an accident.
In order to increase the cost of a car, its history is usually embellished, including deliberately hiding the fact of accidents. High-quality repair work helps in this, hiding damage after an accident. However, it is still possible to calculate whether the car has been in accidents.
Traffic police database check
When contacting the traffic police and providing an insurance policy and technical passport car, you can get comprehensive and reliable information about whether it was car accident And what were her injuries? The only problem this method- cost a large number time for verification.
Check at the service station
If new owner knows at which service station the previous one was serviced, then you can talk with the service personnel. They can tell you how often the repair was carried out, for what reasons and what details were changed.
On the official website of the State traffic inspectorate, you can find out the history of a car by its state numbers and VIN code.
It is advisable to check the car before the sale and purchase transaction is executed in order to avoid trouble in the future.
On the official website, the VIN number of the car is driven into a special field. In its absence, you can use the body or chassis number. After some time, the service will provide full information about the car.
The advantage of this verification method is its availability throughout the country. The only negative is that the service often cannot withstand the influx of a large number of visitors, which is why it is not available at the right time.
The report provided on the official website of the State traffic inspectorate contains the following information:
1. Information about spare parts and components;
2. Vehicle mileage;
3. Information about the participation of the car in an accident with photographs of damage and their detailed description;
4. Whether the vehicle was used as a taxi;
5. Whether the Ministry of Internal Affairs is on the wanted list;
6. Whether it is collateral property of credit institutions;
7. Repair activities carried out with the car according to the insurance company.
If the car was imported into Russia from another country, then you can use special international sites that provide similar services.
Self visual inspection
Not every person has free time to visit the traffic police, service stations or access to the Internet. In this case, you can inspect the vehicle for damage and defects.
1. Machine inspection is best done in daylight hours days - in the afternoon or in the morning, always in clear and sunny weather.
2. The body must be painted uniformly, without transitions and differences in shades. Different colors and tones on the surface may indicate local repainting and, accordingly, damage to the body as a result of an accident. If the car has not been repainted, then the paint on the body will shine evenly.
3. It is worth inspecting the side of the car from the rear of the body. The side surface should be even, without bulges, dents and waves - such defects also indicate an accident.
4. You can use the old verification method - a magnet. In those places where the body was puttied and repainted, the magnet will not hold.
5. When inspecting, special attention should be paid to bumpers and fenders - during an accident, it is these parts that suffer the most and most often. Despite the fact that today the restoration of the car is carried out on the highest level on closer inspection, you may notice signs of damage.
6. The gaps between the doors and the body are inspected. If the car did not get into an accident, then they will be the same. If there was an accident, then even the most quality repair can't hide the difference in distance.
7. Doors are tested by swinging them open. If they walk too easily and do not spring, then there is a high probability that they have been changed or rearranged.
8. Checking the shock absorbers is carried out by pressing on each of the corners of the car. In their normal state, the car will swing and return to its original state, in case of malfunctions, it will spring for some time.
9. It is desirable to carry out at least a visual inspection of the engine. Its surface must be clean, free of oil stains and other secretions. Similar symptoms indicate that the motor needs repair, and most often a major one.
You can check whether the car was involved in an accident using a special database. Thanks to the recent resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers, from 04/09/2016 it has become available base car from the public services portal https://igov.org.ua/.
After authorization on BankID, fill out the form, and very soon you will receive basic information about the car for free. Service about additional information, including whether there was a car in an accident - paid. But the game is worth the candle, because buying faulty car, which will be impossible to ride, you risk losing much more.
Such a service provides information only about the fact that the car was involved in an accident, but not about specific damage. Therefore, do not rush to conclusions. It is possible that the car remained unscathed or with minor scratches. It is important for you to understand whether its integrity is damaged.
Self check car
To find out for sure whether the car was in an accident, conduct an independent study. For this, nothing supernatural is required. Just a thickness gauge and knowledge about the device of the car. And the car itself. Let the seller be present during the inspection. If the vehicle fails the test, feel free to look it in the eye and refuse to buy.
Machine research steps:
- Checking the integrity of the body geometry.
- Checking vehicle documentation.
- Engine check.
- Automotive electrical equipment research.
- Gearbox inspection.
- Travel by car.
- Service check before purchase.
About the thickness gauge
Getting to the inspection, arm yourself with a thickness gauge and patience. Self-study will take a little time. The thickness gauge is a device that allows you to measure the coating layer on the machine. With it, you can check the degree of its damage.
If the car was in an accident, the seller, in order to hide traces of damage, applies a thick layer of putty and paint. Thanks to the lacquer coating, the car acquires a marketable appearance and ... the buyer is deceived. This device helps to check whether there is solid metal and paint or damaged metal and putty under the varnish coating.
There are such types of devices:
- magnetic;
- electromagnetic;
- eddy current.
Eddy current is somewhat different from magnetic and electromagnetic devices. It can only test cars with aluminum parts. Other types of thickness gauges are simply not suitable for such a car. However, the eddy current apparatus is not able to accurately measure the coating thickness of machines with iron parts.
The gauge is pretty easy to use. Attach the device to the part and evaluate the result. If the part is not damaged and there is no thick layer of paint on it, the figure that the device will show will not exceed 1.8 mm.
In order to understand whether car parts were painted or not, you can use an ordinary magnet. If the owner tried to "patch" the car, the attraction will be weak.
Checking the integrity of the body geometry
Check for dents. The integrity of the car body is the main indicator that the car was not in an accident. If the integrity is broken, more than one repair will not help such a car. A car with a damaged body is like a person with a broken back. It is impossible for a person to walk with such an injury.
Carefully examine each detail of the car with a thickness gauge. If the seller claims that the car was not covered with paint at all or only the bumper was covered, and the device shows the opposite, then you have a scammer.
Under the hood, pay attention to the spars. Bruising is an indicator that the car was involved in an accident.
Vehicle documentation check
Check the data specified in the vehicle passport and service book. Both documents are required. Pay attention to mileage. It should be small. If everything is in order with the data, it is not necessary to examine the electrical equipment of the machine.
If there are doubts about the accuracy of the data or the seller refuses to provide service book proceed to the next step of the inspection.
Engine check
We check the bolts. Look at the amount of oil, and after turning off the engine, remove the dipstick after a couple of minutes. If the amount of oil corresponds to the norm (shows a special mark), proceed to the quality check. The probe must not be covered with a thick film. And no lumps! If they are, the motor is worn out.
Start the car and check that the engine has a normal start. Then let the seller step on the gas. If from exhaust pipe no blue or black smoke comes out - everything is in order. Otherwise, it’s better not to buy a car so that after the purchase you don’t have to spend money on repairs.
Examine the neck for pouring oil. The presence of a dark coating or rusty spots indicates that the engine was very hot, and the oil was filled with poor quality or they forgot to change it at all.
Auto electrical equipment research
Examine the car from the inside. Turn the air conditioner on and off. See how the mirrors are adjusted, the lights turn on, turn signals, how the door opens and closes. Check if the lock is correct. Raise and lower the windows, try to wash them.
Do whatever you see fit. Don't think of a salesperson who is annoyed by your pickiness. Broken or damaged parts are then repaired for you.
Brakes and steering need to be checked. There should be no knocking when the steering wheel is turned.
Gearbox Inspection
Checking the box is checked depending on which transmission is meant in the car. At automatic box depress the brake, move the handle from "parking" to "back". Move to neutral, then drive.
Take back again. Return to the "parking lot". You feel a push - the gearbox is faulty. Having become the owner of such a car, you will puzzle over where to get money for its repair.
At mechanical box gears should not seize the clutch at the end. When shifting gear, in the event of an unusual noise, ask the seller what's wrong. Squeeze and release the clutch - the gearbox should make even noise.
Ride with the wind
Insist that the seller let you drive the car. Discuss this stage of verification in advance. So you can learn much more about the purchase before you get the money out of your wallet.
But on flat road there is no point in checking the car. It is better to foresee an uneven road, unusual for comfortable ride territory. When driving extraneous sounds should not be heard.
Service check
If you are satisfied with the examination of the car and are not tired yet, it's time to look into the service center (don't forget the seller). Better than your own inspection is a professional inspection. Even if you are sure that the car was not in an accident, still go to a service center.
You can ask a lot of questions to specialists, learn about the features of the vehicle, confirm or dispel any doubts. If you are a risk-taker and are ready to buy a car with a breakdown, the center employee will acquaint you with the prices for repairs and difficulties in the process of operation.
Feel free to bargain with the seller. Especially if independent or service check identified a defective part, and you are still ready to buy a car.
Buying a new car is not cheap, so Russians still prefer to shop online. secondary market. According to the results of 2016, transactions with used cars exceeded sales of car dealers by almost 4 times (5.3 million and 1.4 million). But those who want to save money need to remember that buying a used car is fraught with many risks.
And the most common of them is the purchase of a vehicle after an accident, the consequences of which are carefully retouched by the seller. Only motorists with great experience, but for beginners, fortunately, there are now several available ways car accident checks.
○ Visual inspection.
Not the most reliable way examinations for accidents, as used in the repair and painting modern technologies are able to almost 100% eliminate all visual flaws. However, this step should not be neglected.
For a successful visual inspection, it is important to create the right environment:
- Good lighting (daylight or bright artificial).
- clean car to prevent damage to the body from being masked by dirt.
- Sufficient quantity time, because in a hurry you can miss important details.
It is good to involve a person who understands car repair to the inspection. If this is not possible, study the car yourself, following this algorithm:
- Examine the coating for deformations. Side surfaces It is convenient to inspect while squatting. Special attention take the roof and hood.
- Examine the joints of the parts, they should be uniform in width throughout their entire length.
- If you suspect the presence of putty, attach a magnet wrapped in cloth to the doubtful area. Its fall will tell about an impressive layer of coverage.
- Check door mechanisms. If the geometry of the body part is violated, the opening and closing of the doors will be accompanied by extraneous sounds.
- Inspect the body parts, they should be uniform in color and without traces of the previous paint.
- Find the stamps on the glasses and check their production dates.
Even if no visible signs of an accident were found, the history of the car is still worth checking with the help of special services. The easiest way to do this is by its unique code.
○ Check for an accident by VIN code.
Vin code is assigned to the car by the manufacturer. This is a unique seventeen-digit number, consisting of numbers and Latin letters. Each of its symbols has a certain meaning - an indication of the country and plant, year of manufacture, type of vehicle, body number. During a personal inspection of the car, you should not rely on the words of the seller, but it is better to find the Vin-code yourself.
Usually the number is located on one of the following parts of the car:
- Under the hood.
- Under the driver's seat.
- On the door on the driver's side.
- On the windshield.
- In the trunk.
- On the front tires.
Having a Vin-code, you can find out comprehensive information about the vehicle, including its participation in an accident. For this purpose, many online services have been created. The most popular of them:
- Autocode. The service allows you to get information about all former and existing owners of a car, its real mileage, road accidents and repair work, being used as a taxi, being bailed or stolen, and many others important points. The report is generated on the basis of the databases of traffic police, FSSP, credit institutions and insurance companies.
- Vin Ru. The report is generated according to the state databases. bodies of 3 states at once - Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
- AutoDNA. The leading service for checking vehicle histories from the US and Europe, operating since 2010.
In principle, you can use any of the services presented on the network, since they all provide reports similar in composition. It is much more important to make sure that the Vin code you have is authentic.
✔ Fake VIN code.
Vin-code falsification is carried out, most often, in order to legalize a stolen car. But unscrupulous sellers who want to hide the fact that the car was involved in an accident can also take this step. Fraudsters practice in several ways:
- Breaking characters by writing additional elements, or filling excess elements with a polymer mixture.
- Applying putty to the location of the code on the body and its further painting over.
- Applying metal to the marked area, leveling with the help of metalworking and engraving a new code in this place.
- Cutting out individual characters and their subsequent installation in a different sequence, or upside down (for example, the numbers 6 and 9).
You can check the authenticity of the code using the same online services. In addition, the Vin-code located on the elements of the car is necessarily duplicated in its technical documentation. You can identify the discrepancy by simply checking with the documents.
For a fake identification number The seller is subject to criminal liability.
Clause 1 of Article 326 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation:
- “Forgery or destruction of an identification number is punishable by a fine in the amount of up to eighty thousand rubles or in the amount of wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to six months, or by compulsory labor for a term of up to three hundred and sixty hours, or by corrective labor for a term of up to one year, or by restraint of liberty for a term of up to two years, or forced labor for a term of up to two years, or imprisonment for the same term.
○ Checking a car for an accident in the traffic police or through the traffic police website.
All services for checking the Vin-code draw information about what happened with car accident from the database of the State traffic inspectorate. Therefore, it would be more logical to refer to the original source. In addition, unlike third-party services, checking on the site is free. There are two ways to get information from the traffic police database:
- With the help of a visit to the department of the State traffic inspectorate.
- Using the service on the official Internet resource of the traffic police.
With the first method, everything is simple, so let's take a closer look at the online verification mechanism.
To check a car for an accident, you must perform the following steps:
- Go to the main page of the website of the State traffic inspectorate.
- In the "Services" section, select "Vehicle Check".
- In the line Vin / Body / Chassis, enter your code.
- From the check options below the row, select "Check for participation in traffic accidents."
- Click Request Review.
After entering the captcha, you will be provided with a report on the participation of the car in an accident. But it must be taken into account that given base was formed only in 2015, and does not contain information about previous accidents. In addition, only those accidents that were recorded by a police officer and put on federal records can be calculated.
○ Checking for an accident through an insurance organization.
Insurance organizations have a common database where all data on insured events that have occurred in relation to cars are entered. Having on hand the data on the insurance policy of the purchased car, you can apply for information about the accident to your insurer. You can ask the seller for a copy of the insurance policy, or find out the data on it using the service of the Russian Union of Motor Insurers. To do this, you will need the VIN code of the vehicle, its registration plate, as well as body and chassis numbers.
○ Checking for an accident through the website of the State Service.
The website of the State Service accumulates information from the databases of all government departments of the Russian Federation. Here you can find information about the participation of the car in an accident, as well as about its registration, owners, and all kinds of restrictions. But has a service significant disadvantage – complicated procedure registration, which involves an authorization procedure through a personal visit to any of the state. authorities, or received by mail code. If you have not previously registered on the portal, then it will be easier to break through the car with any of the other services.
You can get the necessary information on the website of the State Service in the "Transport and Driving" section, you will need a Vin-code and registration plate number for this.
○ Inspection at a service station.
When buying a new car, it is issued service card, in which all marks on technical inspections and repair work will be entered. Such a card can be requested from the seller to get acquainted with the history Maintenance cars. It will not be superfluous to visit a service station to carry out vehicle diagnostics.
However, visiting a service center official dealer has a number of disadvantages:
- There is a high probability of establishing friendly relations between the owner of the car and the employees of the service, who, in his interests, may “not notice” significant shortcomings.
- Computer diagnostics, which is practiced in such services, may not be enough to make an objective assessment.
- You will not be able to find out the adequate amount needed for repairs, since the prices of official service centers higher than in conventional service stations.
For these reasons, it is better to give the car for an examination for an accident and an assessment technical condition to an independent service center.
