The amount a person asks for their car isn't necessarily how much it sells for. Get a fair price with a range and average based on what similar models have sold for in your area with CARFAX Canada's FREE Value Range tool: www.carfax.ca/car-value

The CARFAX Canada Value Range generates results based on sales of similar vehicle models in your area. It does not use information specific to your vehicle or VIN.

A value based on information specific to your vehicle or VIN may be obtained through a History-Based Value.

For more information, please see: What is History-Based Value? and/or What is the difference between free valuation and History-Based Value?

Within 2–3 business days after you have redeemed your first Vehicle History Report, you should receive an email that contains a VIN Fraud Check and your Vehicle History Report dashboard link. 

After that, you will receive an email with a new VIN Fraud Check and an updated report every 30 days. 

For example, if you redeemed your first VHR on April 20, 2025, you would receive the next monthly email on May 20, 2025. 

If you are not receiving your updates, please check your spam or junk folder. 

If your report title includes "(BC)," and there are no damage, estimate or insurance records showing up on the report, that means ICBC and our other participating data sources have no damage records to share for this VIN. As always, we recommend getting an inspection and taking a test drive to confirm the condition of the vehicle.

If the report has a banner noting "Please note: This vehicle has been registered in British Columbia but this report does not include information from ICBC...," please see: My report says it does not include information from ICBC for more information

Orders can be accessed via the order confirmation page immediately after completing your order and for 180 days from your order date by clicking the "Access Your Order" button in your order confirmation email.

If you have questions related to an order that is now expired, please see: My order has expired. What do I do?

Lost or can't find your order confirmation email? Please see: How do I find my order confirmation email?

If you're unable to order a vehicle history report from www.carfax.ca/order please:

• Ensure you are entering a valid VIN (if entering a VIN at time of purchase)
  • If you are receiving an error message regarding the VIN you have entered, please see: What does the "We couldn't verify your VIN" message mean?
• Complete all required fields on the order and/or payment page(s)
• Try refreshing your browser and/or closing the browser and re-visiting the page
• Ensure you are using a supported, modern internet browser and that your device operating system is also up-to-date

If you continue to experience ordering issues please return to support.carfax.ca, click on "Contact Us" and include the following information so that we may review and assist with your request:

• VIN and vehicle's year, make and model
  
• Email address
• Which report type you are attempting to order
• A brief description of your ordering experience
• Include a screenshot/image of any/all error messages you are receiving when trying to complete your order (optional)

There is no login for a 3 Vehicle History Reports + 1 Lien Check orders.

If you need to your 3 Vehicle History Reports + 1 Lien Check order to view your report(s), or to redeem another report, please refer to your order confirmation email and click on "Access Your Order"

Lost or can't find your order confirmation email? Please:

• First check your junk or spam folder as your email provider may have filtered there
• Visit www.carfax.ca, click "Lost Your Order?" and follow the instructions to have your order re-sent to you by email (please allow up to 10 minutes for your email to arrive, and please also check your junk/spam folder)
• Return to support.carfax.ca, click on "Contact Us" and include the following information to request your order be re-sent to you you:
  • Email address associated with the order

If you have questions related to an order that is now expired, please see: My order has expired. What do I do?

Orders can be accessed via the order confirmation page immediately after completing your order or by clicking "Access Your Order" button in your order confirmation email.

Lost or can't find your order confirmation email? Please:

• First check your junk or spam folder as your email provider may have filtered it there
• Visit www.carfax.ca, click "Lost Your Order?" and follow the instructions to have your order re-sent to you by email.
  • Please allow up to 10 minutes for your email to arrive, and please also check your junk/spam folder
• Return to support.carfax.ca, click on "Contact Us" and include the following information to request your order be re-sent to you:
  • VIN
  • Report number
  • Email address associated with the order
  • Last 4 digits of the credit card used to pay for the order OR the email address associated with your PayPal account

If you have questions related to an order that is now expired, please see: My order has expired. What do I do?

That's okay, you can order a report without a VIN.

If you order a report without a VIN, just make sure you redeem your report(s) by entering a valid VIN within 180 days of purchase or your order will expire.

If you do not have the VIN, please contact the seller/owner of the vehicle to obtain this information.

If you are receiving an error message regarding the VIN you have entered, please see: What does the "We couldn't verify your VIN" message mean?

History-Based Value leverages millions of current and historical data records to accurately predict a vehicle’s value. History-Based Value factors in a vehicle’s unique history like odometer reading, prior damage, ownership history, service history, use type, location, and market trends to determine a custom-built value for each car. An active lien on a vehicle will not impact the History-Based Value given for that vehicle.

What is a lien?

What do I do if the seller has a lien on the vehicle?

No, your current monthly vehicle history report won’t be automatically updated to reflect the new status. 

The Vehicle History Report is a snapshot in time, reporting all the information available to us from our data sources at that time. Hence, the new information will be updated in your next monthly Vehicle History Report after the stolen status resolution.