Checking Accident Write-offs

[maleven-GP]

Online tool to check if second-hand car was written off in South Africa

South African insurers have launched VIN-Lookup, a tool that queries a car’s vehicle identification number (VIN) against the insurance industry’s vehicle salvage database.

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Came across this article, it will surely go a long to avoid lemons..

 

[TurboLlew]

I think VINDocs will probably still be a bit more useful (albeit also incomplete) since this only looks at salvage. The VINs for my cars don't exist in the database (A good thing LOL). Still a good (Free) resource to have as opposed to having to pay for reports. Thanks for sharing!

 

[modocrat]

I tried searching VINs for 2 of my vehicles that were previously written-off. "VIN not found" 😐

 

[maleven-GP]

I think the idea is that only written off cars will appear there.. Even mine don't appear, despite having had claims in the last 3 years..

They gave enough information to list every claim, even code 1 and 2.. Why not just do that 🤔