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Free National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) Lookup

Frank · July 8, 2021 ·

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) provides a free lookup service to determine if a vehicle has been reported salvage or stolen but not recovered.

The free service is called VINCheck.

To use VINCheck, you will first need the vehicle's VIN. Then do the following:

  1. Navigate to the NICB VINCheck website
  2. Enter the vehicle VIN in the textbox labeled “Enter VIN”
  3. Agree to the terms and conditions
  4. Confirm that you are human (and not a robot)
  5. Click on the “Search VIN” button

The lookup in NICB's database will take seconds to complete. If the vehicle is “clean”, you should see a message indicating that the vehicle's VIN did not show up in the thefts records or salvage records.

Please note that VINCheck searches the theft and salvage data from participating insurance companies.

If you want more information about the vehicle's specifications and vehicle's history like DMV records, service records, etc., you should check out the following low cost VIN reports:

  • VINCheckPro
  • VinAudit
  • VINAlert

Get Your Vehicle History Free VIN Report

Frank · July 5, 2021 ·

Vehicle History provides a free basic VIN report that includes the following information on the report:

  1. Detailed vehicle history
  2. Auction & Incidents
  3. Classified records
  4. NHTSA recalls & complaints
  5. Vehicle specifications like make, model, trim, vehicle year, engine displacement, towing capacity, etc.
  6. Full vehicle report
  7. List of similar vehicles for auction

Here are the pros and cons of the free Vehicle History VIN report:

Pros

  1. The VIN report is free. If you are looking for some basic information on a vehicle, this service might be for you.
  2. The Vehicle History report also shows NHTSA recalls.

Cons

  1. There is no option to print or email the VIN report.
  2. The VIN report is very basic. You don't get the details and depth of information found on CARFAX, VINAlert, VIN Check Pro, or VIN Audit.

Summary

If you are looking for some basic information on a vehicle, this free report will be “just right” for you. However, if you need some more detailed information like vehicle registrations, service records, detailed accident reports, you should look at VINAlert, VIN Check Pro or VIN Audit. These alternative VIN reports cost a fraction of CARFAX report and provide similar information.

Click here to visit Vehicle History for a free basic VIN report.

Get Your iSeeCars Free VIN Report

Frank · July 4, 2021 ·

iSeeCars provides a free basic VIN report that includes the following information on the report:

  1. Vehicle specifications like make, model, trim, vehicle year, engine displacement, towing capacity, etc.
  2. Vehicle features
  3. Market value and price information
  4. Mileage analysis
  5. Basic accident and vehicle history (e.g., number of accidents, number of owners, etc.)
  6. Free theft check (there is a link to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) website)
  7. Free recall check (provides a summary of any recalls for the vehicle — for details, you need to go the NHTSA website)

iSeeCars limits you to 5 vehicle searches per month.

Here are the pros and cons of the free iSeeCars VIN report:

Pros

  1. The VIN report is free. If you are looking for some basic information on a vehicle, this service might be for you.

Cons

  1. The VIN report is very basic. You don't get the details and depth of information found on CARFAX, VINAlert, VIN Check Pro, or VIN Audit.

Summary

If you are looking for some basic information on a vehicle, this free report will be “just right” for you. However, if you need some more detailed information like vehicle registrations, service records, detailed accident reports, you should check out VINAlert, VIN Check Pro or VIN Audit. These alternative VIN reports cost a fraction of CARFAX report and provide similar information.

Click here to visit iSeeCars for a free basic VIN report.

Free National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Report

Frank · July 4, 2021 ·

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was established in 1970 and was charted to do the following:

  • Write and enforce Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
  • Write regulations for motor vehicle theft resistance
  • Define standards for fuel economy

The NHTSA website has a webpage that allows you to enter your vehicle's VIN to see if there are any recalls for your vehicle. Here is the link:

https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls

And follow these steps to obtain the recall list for your vehicle:

  1. Navigate to the NHTSA recalls webpage by clicking here
  2. Enter your vehicle's VIN in the textbox labeled “Enter 17 Character VIN” and press <ENTER>

The NHTSA website will search its database of vehicle recalls and return a list of recalls if there are any for your vehicle.

If you want more information about the vehicle's specifications and vehicle's history like DMV records, service records, etc., you should check out the following low cost VIN reports:

  • VINCheckPro
  • VinAudit
  • VINAlert

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