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Whether a lender still has finance secured against the car, whether it has been written off (and how badly it was damaged) or reported stolen, its registration details, and any open manufacturer recalls, including Takata airbags. A Comprehensive report adds odometer readings over time with rollback detection, a market valuation, previous sale listings, registration and location history, time on market, and any insurance claims or damaged-vehicle auctions found for the car. Comprehensive Plus adds dealer service history for supported brands.

Carify provides a comprehensive car history check with everything you need to know about a vehicle. Our vehicle history reports are unique because they include safety recalls, automated finance updates, and a visual written-off damage report that shows you exactly where a car has endured damage.

Yes. Car history check, vehicle history check, car history report and vehicle history report are names for the same thing: a report on a used car's past, built from official registers and other records. In Australia it should include the official PPSR certificate (finance owing, written off, stolen) and add what the register doesn't hold, such as odometer readings over time, past sale listings and recalls. A Carify report covers all of that, whichever name you search for.

No. A PPSR check searches the Personal Property Securities Register and answers three questions: is there finance owing on the car, has it been written off, and has it been reported stolen. A car history check includes the PPSR certificate and adds what the register doesn't hold, such as odometer readings over time, previous sale listings, recalls and a market valuation.

You should do a car history check (including a PPSR check) whenever you find a car you want to purchase, particularly if the car is second-hand. Carify takes the stress out of this for you by providing free automated finance updates, running 6 checks per day for 14 days to alert you about any status changes.

Search the car's rego and state, or its VIN. The PPSR certificate in every Carify report shows whether the car is recorded as stolen. If it is, police can seize it and return it to the owner or insurer, and you lose what you paid. In Carify's data 0.7% of cars checked were recorded stolen. Also check that the VIN on the car matches the one on the paperwork.

Carify reports start at $14.95 for Essential, which includes the official PPSR certificate with finance, write-off and stolen checks, recalls and the visual damage report. Comprehensive is $24.95 and adds odometer history with rollback detection, a market valuation, previous sale listings, registration and location history, time on market and insurance claim history. Comprehensive Plus is $44.95 and adds dealer service history for supported brands, charged only if service records are found. A bare PPSR search on the government site costs $2 but covers only finance, write-off and stolen records.

Enter the car's rego and state, or its 17-character VIN, in the search box at the top of this page. Carify finds the vehicle and shows which reports are available for it. Choose a report and pay, and the report opens online with the official PPSR certificate included. Run the check before you pay a deposit, and again if the sale drags on: finance can be added to a car at any time.

Only partly. A free rego check shows whether a car is currently registered, and the government's PPSR search costs $2 and covers finance owing, write-offs and stolen records. Neither shows odometer history, previous sale listings, recalls or what the car is worth. A Carify report starts at $14.95 and includes the official PPSR certificate.

When an insurer writes a car off, the record goes on the national written-off register, which every Carify check searches. Carify turns the damage codes on that record into a visual damage report showing which parts were hit and whether the damage was structural. Smaller accidents that never led to a write-off are not on any register, so book a pre-purchase inspection as well.