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CarHistory Reviews Summary

CarHistory has a rating of 3.6 stars from 399 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with CarHistory most frequently mention and customer service. CarHistory ranks 4th among Car Buying sites.

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California
1 review
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As titled, good site to check with. It's a great alternative or supplement to carfax report!

Date of experience: April 12, 2016
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Quick and easy
April 12, 2016

It was really easy to get the car history and it only took a few minutes.

Date of experience: April 11, 2016
Maine
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Works as expected.
April 11, 2016

Provided the details as expected. There were no accidents or anything to report for the vehicle I searched, however the interface of the site worked well. Overall it did what I needed.

Date of experience: April 10, 2016
Wisconsin
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Awesome site!
April 11, 2016

Easy to use and what a great value! The history seemed accurate as was the description of the vehicle. It didn't take but a few seconds to load everything. Would definitely use this site again!

Date of experience: April 10, 2016
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I got the info I was after in a just a few minutes

Date of experience: April 9, 2016
New York
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Comprehensive
April 9, 2016

It's amazing I got more than requested at such an incredible lower amount. Report more detailed than what I got from other websites in recent times. I'll recommend this site to everyone in of this service. Keep it up.

Date of experience: April 9, 2016
Kentucky
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Satisfied customer
April 9, 2016

I was looking for a possible recall on a car I just purchased, specifically the airbags. I found so much more information thru this site about my car. Very happy I found this site

Date of experience: April 8, 2016
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Fast and effective
April 7, 2016

Great covered all the checks I wanted plus more. Helped me choose my bike.

Date of experience: April 6, 2016
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Why buy CarFax?
April 6, 2016

I'm trying to sell a car for a friend, and have gotten mixed information. CarFax is $40 which is reasonable, but why pay $40 when $7 will do the trick? Although the process was lengthy, the full report showed everything I was curious about. Now I can help with confidence. I saved the link to my bookmarks, this will definitely come in handy in the future. Great product!

Date of experience: April 6, 2016
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Wanted to buy a great looking MR2 Spyder... becoming more popular... the price was decent... of course the add stated Clear title... it was not... it was salvaged... it may have been for unknown reasons but one rule. Stay away from salvage titles unless you know what you are doing... so this $6.95 saved me time money travel and peace of mind. Thanks. RJ

Date of experience: April 6, 2016
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Fraud to 100%
April 1, 2016

Like everone else, I was taken for a fool. Went for the $1 bait and ended up being robbed for $18.95. This business is fraud. Please do not use it.

Date of experience: April 1, 2016
Louisiana
1 review
4 helpful votes
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So glad I checked the reviews! My gut told me this was a bad site as soon as I saw their little ol' $1.00 charge after their ad said "FREE" car history. I know a dollar isn't much, but it IS NOT FREE.
They are liars and con artists, and I'll have nothing to do with them. Ever. Plus, now I'm going to actively work to get them shut down.

Date of experience: October 10, 2015
Karmen J. — CarHistory Rep
over a year old

Hello Blake,

I appreciate you taking the time to point out the areas you had concerning your purchase. We maintain an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and have them review and approve all our billing disclosures.

My goal is to ensure every customer has a good experience, please contact me personally to receive a full refund: [email protected]

Thank you

Karmen
Manager
Carhistory.us.org

Virginia
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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ROBBED, SCAMMED!
August 20, 2015

Just like all the rest of the complaints, I too was charged $ 18.95 when I was told up front that the charge was $ 1.00. When I went to check out, the charges shown were $ 2.47. I should not have gone through with the transaction but being the trust worthy person that I am, I went through with it anyway. I am reporting this BOGUS co. To the Better Business Bureau, the Consumer Fraud Commission, the Federal Trade Commission. People and companies like this have to be put out of business and should be made to give back all the monies people like me have been " STOLEN " from!
I am also contacting my bank and requesting my money be refunded an for them to do an investigation.

Date of experience: August 20, 2015
Karmen J. — CarHistory Rep
over a year old

Hello Barry,

I appreciate you taking the time to point out the areas you had concerning your purchase. We maintain an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and have them review and approve all our billing disclosures.

My goal is to ensure every customer has a good experience, please contact me personally to receive a full refund: [email protected]

Thank you

Karmen
Manager
Carhistory.us.org

North Carolina
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Stay Away!
July 24, 2015

I wanted to buy a used car I liked. CARFAX scared me away w/their $37 buck report. So I googled & stumbled on carhistory.us.org... advertising a car report for $1. It sounded too good to be true. My guts instinct told me not to go there, foolishly I did... the rest is history. My experience was exactly like the one mentioned above by Bob P. I knew something was a not right. So I checked my CR card activity and lo & behold! $18.95 charge for what? Who knows but I did not authorize. Dispute has been submitted thru my Cr card company. I am not bothering calling carhistory.us.org. I do not trust them. That whole processing report seemed very deceptive. FREE ADVICE for YOU: STAY AWAY FROM THESE PEOPLE!

Date of experience: July 24, 2015
Karmen J. — CarHistory Rep
over a year old

Hello Mario,

I appreciate you taking the time to point out the areas you had concerning your purchase. We maintain an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and have them review and approve all our billing disclosures.
My goal is to ensure every customer has a good experience, please contact me personally to receive a full refund: [email protected]

Thank you

Karmen
Manager
Carhistory.us.org

Ohio
1 review
5 helpful votes
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After reading good and bad reviews I continued carefully. I even read the fine print of the agreements and watched carefully as I checked all kinds of boxes. I found in the end that I did sign up for the 1 year service. I checked my account and found I had 24 credits. I immediately did an on line chat and they cancelled my account. Now I need to get with my credit card company and block all charges from this site. Stay away!

Date of experience: May 29, 2015
Karmen J. — CarHistory Rep
over a year old

Hello Tim,

I appreciate you taking the time to point out the areas you had concerning your purchase. We maintain an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and have them review and approve all our billing disclosures.

My goal is to ensure every customer has a good experience, please contact me personally to receive a full refund: [email protected]

Thank you

Karmen
Manager
Carhistory.us.org

Illinois
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Scammed
March 29, 2015

I can't even call it a company. When i called and complained about them ripping me off they told me they hated black people and jewish people. I was like wtf. What does race have to do with this. Never got a refund and it has been a month now. I have never been treated worse by anyone. There are 1000 of people that have been scammed. Don't believe the good reviews. They are lying through there teeth.

Date of experience: March 28, 2015
Karmen J. — CarHistory Rep
over a year old

Hello Mike,

I appreciate you taking the time to point out the areas you had concerning your purchase. We maintain an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and have them review and approve all our billing disclosures.

My goal is to ensure every customer has a good experience, please contact me personally to receive a full refund: [email protected]

Thank you

Karmen
Manager
Carhistory.us.org

Texas
1 review
5 helpful votes
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BEWARE OF SCAM
March 26, 2015

Poor report advertised as free. Then they charge $18.95 per month. Keep changing names - for credit card charges (www.carrecordusa.com, www.autohistorychecks.com) all the same people.

Date of experience: March 26, 2015
Karmen J. — CarHistory Rep
over a year old

Hello Gunter,

I appreciate you taking the time to point out the areas you had concerning your purchase. We maintain an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and have them review and approve all our billing disclosures.

My goal is to ensure every customer has a good experience, please contact me personally to receive a full refund: [email protected]

Thank you

Karmen
Manager
Carhistory.us.org

Louisiana
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I like many of you fell for this, thinking I could get a report for FREE, then magically it turned into $1 (Just a little 'ol Database Fee). Then Next thing you know, I got the Shody Report, for one it did not show me as even an owner and I had the car fro over a year! And also did not show a recall, that has been on for over a year, So I called for a refund, it said no problem, to get one right?, then I found out they said you agreed to the $18.95 charge. I said no way! I did so. Well I even went to do this again to see where this $18.95 was and still cannot find it, not in terms of service and conditions or nothing, says will give you the OPTION, well they must have bypassed the (Will Give You) part. Personally imho, it's a site used to MINE your Credit card numbers and sell them to Thief's. So cancel your car immediately afterwards. To BE SAFE!

Date of experience: March 20, 2015
Karmen J. — CarHistory Rep
over a year old

Hello Michael,

I appreciate you taking the time to point out the areas you had concerning your purchase. We maintain an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and have them review and approve all our billing disclosures.

My goal is to ensure every customer has a good experience, please contact me personally to receive a full refund: [email protected]

Thank you

Karmen
Manager
Carhistory.us.org

Washington
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I fell for their $1 report and subsequently was charged $19. When I called them they said I signed up for the monthly fee. They cancelled my service but I am still out the $19 since they didn't reverse the charge. Beware of this if you deal with them. Their report was not at all as comprehensive as Carfax report.

Date of experience: March 13, 2015
Karmen J. — CarHistory Rep
over a year old

Hello Luis,

I appreciate you taking the time to point out the areas you had concerning your purchase. We maintain an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and have them review and approve all our billing disclosures.

My goal is to ensure every customer has a good experience, please contact me personally to receive a full refund: [email protected]

Thank you

Karmen
Manager
Carhistory.us.org

Poland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This is not true that they would overcharge your credit card. True is that during payment there is a typical ruse to enter "premium" service that is charged additional (monthly?) fee. So far I was charged $1 as promised.
Chris

Date of experience: January 5, 2015
Karmen J. — CarHistory Rep
over a year old

Thank You For Your Review,

We appreciate the feedback. If you have any further questions, please do not hesiatte to contact me at [email protected]