8 captured repliesDiscussion pagination complete · Source accounts, not a confirmed diagnosis
THIS DISCUSSION / SOURCE-DERIVED OVERVIEW
Discussion summary
YOUR RESEARCHcarfax error
Leading reported evidence
Clean on carfax)
Suggestion or failed attempt
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
Heck even a car that I know for a fact to have a salvage title on it shows up clean on carfax).
Leading evidence: 'Clean on carfax)' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Clean on carfax)' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
Source reports, not a diagnosis or a success probability. Counts refer to discussions and can overlap.
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion · Original poster
I just don't want to buy it with LEMON on the carfax because when I sell it I will run into this again.
Counts describe captured discussions, not unique people or a diagnosis. Author identities are not reliably stored. Exact duplicate evidence is counted once across matching discussions; one discussion counts at most once per action/state. Multiple repairs reported together remain a combination. Suggestions and failed attempts do not establish a fix. Matches cover whole discussions and can include related faults, model variants and incomplete threads.
8 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.
Rennlist: 1 discussions
0 evidence records excluded for query context · 0 excluded by outcome qualification · 0 adjusted by outcome qualification.
0 acknowledgements have no verified action link; they do not establish a repair result.
Generation: 20261026T072535Z · outcome-qualification-6. Deterministic extraction; no AI model inference. How we use sources
I have been looking at a car that has been reported to carfax as a lemon. It's a 99 coupe. It has a CPO warranty and the owners says it must be some type of mistake. My first reaction was not to mess with it but I am reconsidering it.
There are not too many reports of service on the carfax (like 4 or 5) and since it is a cpo it sounds logical that is could be a mistake. Does anyone have experience in getting something like that fixed? I wouldn't make him an offer until I had proof that is was an error and that it has infact been fixed, I guess I'm just wondering if this is something that can be fixed in a matter of days or if it's going to take much longer to correct...
As far as why it's listed that way, the owner says he has no idea.
thanks
mark
yea I would not do anthing until I get ahold of carfax somehow and figure out if the report is legit and find out how to get it removed off carfax if its not legit, once it's removed then I will buy the car.
Check the title and also have a Porsche dealership pull the service records. Honestly though, carfax makes so many mistakes I wouldn't bother (my dads 996 C2 is apparently a GT2 according to them. My friend's late 80's mercedes is apparently a 2001 model. Heck even a car that I know for a fact to have a salvage title on it shows up clean on carfax).
I just called PCNA (800-Porsche) and they don't release information relating to lemon buybacks. Very frustrating.
Any other ideas? Carfax (which doesn't have phone cust service, only email) said if I send them the incorrect title and the corrected title, they will fix it. There is no incorrect title!!!
I just don't want to buy it with LEMON on the carfax because when I sell it I will run into this again. I really don't think it was a lemon though.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. (I really like this car and want to make this workout).
Mark
Too much hassle, and you KNOW it will come back to haunt you someday, kinda like a mistake on a credit report, never really seems to go away.
I'd pass, let the seller deal with it, afterall it's his problem.
This is a source reference. Confirm exact model applicability in the original material.
