VinSentry is not CARFAX
VinSentry is a VIN research service. The standard paid product is access to a CARFAX report for one VIN after you use a credit. CARFAX is the history source, not this website. VinSentry is not the official CARFAX site and does not speak for CARFAX. One credit buys one report for one VIN.
Accident and damage
Accident or damage events appear when CARFAX returned them for that VIN. The entry may omit severity and repair quality. Unreported crashes will not appear just because you bought a report.
Title brands
Title and document events appear when CARFAX returned them. A category with no records reported is not a clean-title certificate.
Mileage readings
Dated odometer readings appear when CARFAX returned mileage history. A gap is unknown mileage, not proof the cluster is honest.
Theft and sale events
Theft matches and sale-related entries appear only if CARFAX returned them. No matching theft record is not a police clearance in every jurisdiction. Auction photo packs are not guaranteed.
US and Canadian coverage
CARFAX is predominantly oriented to US and Canadian vehicle history. A VIN from another market may still decode for free while the paid report contains few or no history events. That outcome is incomplete coverage, not a certified clean history. NHTSA identity in the free preview is a separate source from CARFAX.
How to read empty categories
No records reported means the checked source did not return a matching event. Unavailable means the source could not supply the category. Not checked means that view did not query it — for example the free preview. None of those outcomes proves the vehicle avoided accidents, odometer fraud, or theft. A PDF-only response is still the purchased report. If CARFAX has no report for the VIN, AutoCheck is used as a fallback without a second charge — not as a product you pick instead of CARFAX. Confirm important findings with agencies, the seller, and an independent inspection.