See the Carfax Report Before Reconditioning Dollars Go Out

DealerClick pulls a Carfax report from the vehicle record itself with one click, rather than a separate lookup on another site. The pulled report surfaces accident history, ownership count, service records, and title brands, and Carfax's own History-Based Value shows alongside that data so a valuation call has the history already in view instead of in a second tab.

DealerClick automatically pulls a vehicle's history during acquisition assessment, when a trade-in or an auction buy is still just a purchase decision rather than a car already back from reconditioning. That pull evaluates the deal for hidden issues, flags anything that needs a closer inspection before purchase, and calls out a salvage, flood, or rebuilt title brand before any reconditioning money is ever committed rather than after.

The same pulled data drives staff alerts rather than sitting unread in a report. A vehicle with a concerning accident, multiple prior owners, or rental use in its history is flagged for the team, and an open recall or an odometer rollback indicator surfaces the same way, ahead of a sale instead of after one.

AutoCheck integrates the same way as a second provider, not a replacement for Carfax: it pulls alternative reports that often show different data, adds an AutoCheck Score that helps assess a vehicle's quality against similar vehicles, flags concerns like odometer discrepancies or title issues, and carries its own AutoCheck branding on a listing rather than being folded into Carfax's.

Reports can be ordered in bulk across an entire inventory instead of one vehicle at a time, and DealerClick tracks report credit usage and cost with a monthly summary showing usage by user. A sold vehicle's history report archives with its record too, so the report pulled at acquisition is still there to reference later.

A shopper researching a used vehicle on DealerClick's own site can open its Carfax or AutoCheck report right on the vehicle detail page, next to the VIN-decoded specs, without a second tab.

Set up automatic history pulls for every trade-in and auction vehicle, before reconditioning money goes into it rather than after. The pull flags a salvage, flood, or rebuilt title brand up front, and history alerts notify staff when a vehicle's accident count, prior owners, or rental use looks concerning. The same pull also documents that history for disclosure requirements, so the paperwork trail is already in place before the vehicle is offered for sale.

Turn on bulk report ordering for the existing inventory, not just new intake, and confirm the monthly report-credit summary reaches whoever tracks report cost by user. Marketing automation handles badging on its own: once a report comes back clean, that vehicle's listing gets badged without an extra step, and the report archives with the record once the vehicle sells.

Vehicle history integrations like Carfax and AutoCheck typically take 1-2 hours to configure and can be set up during implementation, alongside whichever other systems are being connected at the same time.