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Vehicle Valuation API

Remove the guesswork and save time by integrating the values you need into your everyday workflows. Powered by an industry-leading data network and proprietary valuation capabilities, CARFAX Canada’s valuation solutions deliver insights that empower you to make informed decisions.

The Vehicle Valuation API is easily integrated into your existing systems and allows you to choose from two different value types, depending on how specific you need the value to be.

Market-Based Value

Powered by a machine learning model that factors in:

  • Year, make, model, trim
  • Odometer
  • Province
  • Seasonality
  • Daily market data

History-Based Value*

(VIN specific)

Takes the Market-Based Value and further adjusts for:

  • Accident/damage history
  • Service history
  • Ownership history
  • Vehicle use (rental, fleet, personal)
  • Postal code – for localized values

Use cases include:

Remarketing

  • Pricing vehicles for auction
  • Performing pricing analysis

OEMs

  • Estimating vehicle value
  • Pricing vehicles for sale
  • Performing pricing analysis

Fleet

  • Pricing vehicles for sale
  • Performing pricing analysis
  • Performing mid-lease price check

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*Requires a Vehicle History Report
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Certified Pre-Owned Badging

Showcase your CPO vehicles on CARFAX Canada Vehicle History Reports with the CPO badge. The CPO badge helps to:

  • Promote vehicles that meet your OEM CPO program standards
  • Increase visibility into the vehicle’s attributes and your CPO program requirements
  • Distinguish your CPO vehicles versus others in a competitive used vehicle market
  • Build trust in your OEM brand by increasing transparency in the used vehicle purchasing process

Connect with us to learn more about CPO Badge.

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Badging API

The CARFAX Canada badges highlight the key attributes consumers look for in a vehicle.

The Badging API is easily integrated into your existing systems and automatically displayed on your online listings, making it easier for car shoppers to find the right vehicle - at a single glance. Badges include:

  • No Reported Accidents: No damage information on this vehicle has been reported to CARFAX Canada
  • One Owner: This vehicle has had only one previous owner, and is registered as a personal and/or personal lease vehicle.
  • Low Kilometres: This vehicle has a normal odometer pattern with a history of under 18,000 kms/year and a recent reading reported to CARFAX Canada.
  • CPO Badge: This vehicle is registered in Canada as Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) by the manufacturer, meeting the conditions of their CPO program.

To learn more about this API integration, email Peter at PJardine@carfax.ca

If you require technical support, email integrationsupport@carfax.ca

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Vehicle History Report (VHR) Order/Look-up API

The CARFAX Canada Vehicle History Report (VHR) Order/Look-up API integrates into your existing systems, allowing you to view reports within the application. The Order/Look-up API offers:

  • More efficiency within systems and processes
  • Quick VHR access
  • Creation of an inventory management system
  • Auto VHR ordering

To learn more about this API integration, email Peter at PJardine@carfax.ca

If you require technical support, email integrationsupport@carfax.ca

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Vehicle History Reports (VHR)

CARFAX Canada's Vehicle History Reports are the industry standard, delivering more insight into a vehicle's history than any other source. Drawing on billions of data records from thousands of sources, CARFAX Canada VHRs check for:

  • Accidents
  • Total loss
  • Salvage
  • Rebuilt
  • Frame and structural damage
  • Flood and hail damage
  • Vehicle theft
  • Service and inspection records
  • Repair estimates and costs
  • Open recalls
  • Airbag deployment
  • Odometer readings and rollbacks
  • Registration
  • Lemons/CAMVAP
  • Canada import records
  • Detailed U.S. history
  • Accident-free vehicles

Connect with us to learn more about how our Vehicle History Reports can meet your business needs.

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Liens

CARFAX Canada lien checks are a simple and convenient way to know if the vehicle you are purchasing is clear of any registered liens, and include: 

  • Single and multi-province lien searches
  • Lien checks on recreational vehicles
  • User interface (UI) and API

Connect with us to learn more about how our liens solution can help your business.

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VIN Scan Summary

VIN Scan Summary provides a trim-level decode, simple yes/no flags for a multitude of vehicle history and valuation data points, current registration, and mileage data for a single VIN.  It's a cost-effective way to see key aspects of a vehicle's history at a glance.  Examples of data include:

  • Total damage over $X (customized threshold)
  • Title brands
  • Stolen
  • Potential VIN clone
  • First registration date
  • Odometer discrepancy

VIN Scan Summary allows for:

  • API or UI integration into existing workflows

Connect with us to learn more about how our VIN Scan Summary API or UI solution can be customized to meet your business needs. 

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VIN Scan Detail

VIN Scan Detail provides files, with specific groupings of history attributes, based on the needs of your business - whether it’s finance, credit, sales/marketing, remarketing, collateral management, or other risk mitigation initiatives. File output can be accessed via API or bulk sFTP upload. Examples of VIN Scan Detail files include:

  • Vehicle Description
  • Vehicle Demographic
  • Latest Activity
  • Potential Problem Indicator
  • Potential Damage
  • Ownership History
  • Severe Problem
  • Proxy Odometer
  • Potential Fraud

Connect with us to learn more about how our VIN Scan Detail solution can be tailored to your business needs.

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VIN Scan Monitoring

VIN Scan Monitoring provides users with notifications when a major vehicle history event has occurred. Features include:

  • User portal access
  • Bulk or single VIN upload; CSV output
  • Unlimited number of VINs can be monitoring simultaneously
  • Monitoring frequency can be customized, and can be as often as nightly, making it ideal for high risk scenarios
  • Receive e-mail alerts when new records appear
  • Customized flagging - only get alerts on activity that’s important for your business

Monitored activity includes:

  • Title branding
  • Severe problem
  • Registration
  • Service
  • Exported
  • Inactive
  • VHR ordered
  • Recall
  • Stolen
  • Theft Recovery

Connect with us to learn more about how our VIN Scan Monitoring solution can help you manage your portfolio.

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