A vehicle history report (or VHR) can be a helpful thing. It can tell you many interesting and insightful things about a Trooper vehicle that you are considering buying. For example, it can tell you with almost 100% certainty whether or not the odometer reading is accurate; whether someone has deliberately tampered with it or whether it is broken or has been damaged. VHRs can tell you if the odometer has been subject to a "rollback" - if somebody actually turned or "rolled" back the original miles on the odometer so that what you see is less than the actual miles, or whether the odometer itself is physically incapable of showing the actual miles; in other words, the vehicle has so many miles on it that the odometer cannot record them.
There are other important items of information VHRs provide. These include whether or not the Trooper has ever been declared a "lemon" or if has ever been a salvage, government, or commercial vehicle.
Many states and provinces have "lemon" laws. These laws declare that if a vehicle repeatedly fails to meet certain quality standards, the owner may be entitled to compensation. (Check with an attorney for a complete and accurate definition of lemon laws in your state) VHRs can also tell you whether the Trooper in question has ever been totaled (declared unrepairable by an insurance company), if it was or is a salvage vehicle (a vehicle that was damaged in a flood, fire, hail storm or other natural catastrophe but was repaired according to law), and if the Trooper has ever been used as a police or fire vehicle, or as a taxi. So you can see there are many interesting, informative, and useful aspects of a vehicle's history that a VHR can reveal.
Do you know that you can purchase an "unlimited" vehicle history report? This means that you can consider any number of vehicles, and within a specified period (usually 60 days) you can test drive and investigate as many Troopers as you want, and get VHRs on each of them. If you purchase this plan, you can avoid having to buy a separate VHR for each vehicle you are considering.
If you are going to purchase a vehicle history report, you are going to need the VIN, the Vehicle Identification Number from the Trooper. It is located on the dashboard immediately to the left as you look out the windshield facing the front. It is a 16-digit number, for example 2G9XW62R8XX520823. This number can also be found on the driver's side door post (where the door latches when it is closed), or on documents pertaining to your Trooper, like registration, finance, or insurance papers.
So check with the experts. The vehicle history report companies we link you to on this page are in the business of supplying useful information to people like you at a reasonable cost. Take advantage of their informative data bases.
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