Yes, I understand.

I've been trying to get someone to run mine...

vin#1GKCT18W1SK534302

However, nobody can do it for me, because of the rules of the forum....and some supposed Carfax conflict of interest, or something like that..

LOL

Trucky

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so if i have a corporate carfax account i can provide them to fellow members?

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1967 250 S
1967 280SE
1968 250S
1971 280 SE
1973 220
1974 280 S
1975 450 SEL
1976 220 D
1979 300SD
1983 300 SD
1985 230 TE euro
1986 280SL
1986 500 SEL euro
1986 190E 2.3
1990 300 SE
2003 C230 K
2004 C230 K
1987 560SEL
1987 300SDL now in canada
2005 C230
1998 C43 AMG Sold to DON
1993 190E 2.6
300TD Former daily driver Totaled
current:
R320 CDI
Ram 2500 Cummins

The answer is NO.

What the heck is that VIN# from???

Very curious to know.

Have you tried contacting MB for a service history? I'd start there. Not sure how good their records are though.

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-James

'85 280GE...sold
'96 Impala SS ~ 6-speed 396
'14 Cadillac Vagon. . . . . . . . . . "Life without knowledge is death in disguise." - Hans-Peter Geerdes

The last car I bought was run through Carfax, it did a pretty good job of tracing the car's history. The previous car was missing a whole bunch of information. A year after I bought it, Carfax still didn't show the transfer of title to me. I complained to Carfax, they sent back a whiney email that really didn't say anything.

These checking services are a little bit like title insurance. The risk for them is almost zero, since they have to pay off only if (a) something is on record and (b) they didn't see it.

On the positive side, it wouldn't be easy for one of us to call every DMV in our country asking for them to check a VIN. If it were even possible, it certainly wouldn't be a good use of our time. Better to pay Carfax or someone else to discover that the for-sale "rust-free southern car" actually spent 20 years in the New Jersey salt marshes.

Speaking of which, I have seem some amazingly rusty vehicles come from coastal California locations -- Santa Cruz, Pacifica, etc. West coast origination is no guarantee!

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

I have been communicating (not real well) with the seller via email. I suspect there is a bit of a language barrier and phone may be even less efficient.

So the seller gave me WDB126201A063323 and as has been pointed out this number is 1 number short. The seller now tells me that this number is different because the car originally was sold to Japan, but is now registered in B.C. (Canada) and there is no problem with the number.

It looks to me like Carfax is good for the US only. There is a service in Canada called carproof, and a lot of othersites that link to 'Autocheck' who like carfax require a 17 digit number and won't work for me. I haven't found a way to search out Japan or wordwide titles.

It's looking to me like I may have to fly out to look at the dang number myself. One of the reasons this car may not have sold is that the seller is not great at communicating! I'm having him fax me the present registration and I'll take it over to the RCMP office and see what they say.

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Alberta Luthier
1983 300CD ('Stinky')155k miles, 2.47 diff, EGR removed, AAZ injectors with 265 nozzles from Sean,and vogtland lowering springs.
1984 300SD ('Old Blue')150k Klicks from Japan originally, came with rear head rests, no sunroof and never had an EGR

I like this idea. How about we write our State and/or US reps to make it happen?

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2007 Honda Accord EX
2007 Honda Accord SE V6
96 C220
97 Explorer - Found Another Home
2000 Honda Accord V6 - Found Another Home
85 300D - Found Another Home
84 300D - Found Another Home
80 300TD - Found Another Home
Previous cars:
96 Caravan
87 Camry
84 Cressida
82 Vanagon
80 Fiesta
78 Nova
Ford Cortina
Opel Kadet
68 Kombi
Contessa

OH, That vin is for the 1995 GMC Jimmy I just bought. Not that a Carfax would really do me any good, because I already bought it, and have been driving it for nearly a week. Better late than never though, and I must say, I am very curious about it's past life whether I'm stuck with it now, or not.


Trucky

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So I finally got the correct serial number from the seller (he had dropped a number in the middle and it was one number short of the needed 17 digits.) And all that Carfax says is imported from Japan. -never registered in US.
I guess in this case no news is better than bad news. Not a victim of a flood or anything.
Guess I'll have to go have a look see

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Alberta Luthier
1983 300CD ('Stinky')155k miles, 2.47 diff, EGR removed, AAZ injectors with 265 nozzles from Sean,and vogtland lowering springs.
1984 300SD ('Old Blue')150k Klicks from Japan originally, came with rear head rests, no sunroof and never had an EGR

I'm curious what the Russian site would show about the car from the VIN.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

I've may have stumbled across that site before but can't find it now?

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Thanx,
Alberta Luthier
1983 300CD ('Stinky')155k miles, 2.47 diff, EGR removed, AAZ injectors with 265 nozzles from Sean,and vogtland lowering springs.
1984 300SD ('Old Blue')150k Klicks from Japan originally, came with rear head rests, no sunroof and never had an EGR

I can run the number for you.
I have it bookmarked.

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

with our hosts as asking someone to run the numbers for you is a nono. Besides I have run the numbers but you could post a link to the Russian site I am sure.

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Thanx,
Alberta Luthier
1983 300CD ('Stinky')155k miles, 2.47 diff, EGR removed, AAZ injectors with 265 nozzles from Sean,and vogtland lowering springs.
1984 300SD ('Old Blue')150k Klicks from Japan originally, came with rear head rests, no sunroof and never had an EGR

Running the VIN# at the Russian club website is OK, all you get is base factory option data.
http://www.detali.ru/cat/oem_mb.asp

Doing a title search (CarFax, etc) is against the rules.