 The Ultimate: National Consumer Law Center’s Websites Related to Automobile Fraud
Vehicle Title and Other History
www.e-autohistory.com (Experian
Auto History)
www.carfaxreport.com or www.carfax.com (Carfax)
www.autocheck.com (AutoCheck)
www.choicepoint.net (CDB
Infotek)
www.autotrackxp.com (AutoTrack)
www.carfraud.com (Carfraud.com)
www.carproof.com (Car
Proof, which specializes in Canadian title information)
www.nicb.org (National
Insurance Crime Bureau)
www.iso.com (ISO)
www.state.nj.us (lists
of New Jersey lemon buybacks, flood-damaged vehicles, and salvage
vehicles, by vehicle identification number)(click on Law and Public
Safety, then on Division of Consumer Affairs, then on Lemon Law
Unit)
http://myfloridalegal.com (Florida
lemon buybacks list)
www.nsxprime.com (list
of Acura NSX rebuilt wrecks)
www.pimall.com/nais/dmv.html (links
to state motor vehicle departments’ public records websites)
www.fleet.ford.com/maintenance/vin_tools/default.asp (decodes
vehicle identification numbers)
Hurricane-Affected Vehicles
www.nicb.org (free search
by VIN number for vehicles and watercraft affected by Hurricanes
Katrina, Wilma, and Rita)
www.carfax.com/flood (free
search by VIN number for vehicles with flood damage)
Government Information
www.nhtsa.dot.gov (National
Highway Traffic and Safety Administration)
www.ftc.gov (Federal Trade
Commission)
http://carprice.com/dmvdot/ and www.virtualgumshoe.com (links
to state motor vehicle record departments)
www.nass.org/sos/sos.html (links
to state secretary of states’ offices for corporate records)
www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml (information
about publicly-traded companies from the Securities and Exchange
Commission’s EDGAR database)
www.residentagentinfo.com (contact
information for every state to find registered agents for service
of process)
http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov (litigation
database to find other lawsuits against a company or individual)
Car Pricing Guides
www.nadaguides.com (NADA
guides, dealing with cars, trucks, watercraft, RVs, airplanes,
classic vehicles, motorcycles, ATVs, snowmobiles, and manufactured
homes)
www.kbb.com (Kelley Blue
Book, dealing with new and used vehicles and motorcycles)
www.blackbookguides.com (National
Auto Research publications, dealing with vehicles,
motorcycles, watercraft, and snowmobiles)
www.carprice.com (Pace’s
Buyer ’s Guides)
www.edmunds.com (Edmunds)
www.autoweb.com
www.autosite.com (AutoSite)
www.intellichoice.com (CarCenter
Intellichoice)
Vehicle Financing
www.FinanCenter.com
www.TValue.com
www.auto-loan.com
www.fairlanecredit.com
Consumer Organizations and Advocacy Groups
www.autosafety.org (Center
for Auto Safety)
www.carconsumers.com (Consumers
for Auto Reliability and Safety (CARS), a California based organization,
which includes a lemon index based on data auto manufacturers submit
to California agencies, plus links to websites that rate auto safety)
www.consumerlaw.org (National
Consumer Law Center)
www.naca.net (National
Association of Consumer Advocates)
www.consumersunion.org (Consumers
Union)
www.tlpj.org (Trial Lawyers
for Public Justice)
www.atlanet.org (American
Trial Lawyers Association)
www.notfea.org (National
Odometer and Title Fraud Enforcement Association)
Industry Trade Associations
www.nada.com (National Automobile
Dealers Association)
www.naaa.com (National
Association of Automobile Auctions)
www.aspa.com (American
Salvage Pool Association)
Others
www.alldata.com (offers
on-line searches for technical service bulletins and recall notices,
and also has a comprehensive set of links to other websites)
www.crashtest.com (compiles
crash test results not only from NHTSA but from insurance sources
and overseas governments; data can be retrieved by make and model;
this website also retrieves NHTSA recall information)
www.autopedia.com (a
vast amount of information about the car industry, including a
list of the names and locations of dealers, the full text of each
state’s lemon law, links to state attorney general lemon
law websites, and links to many other websites with information
about the auto industry)
www.consumerworld.com (created
by an attorney with a long-standing specialty in consumer law,
this website is a public service non-commercial guide that catalogs
over 1500 useful consumer resources; links allow the user to order
many free or low-cost publications and newsletters)
www.cartalk.org (website
of a weekly radio show about cars which includes repair reports
about cars, and which compiles comments that car owners have submitted
about good features and problems with their cars)
www.rv.org (website of a
nonprofit organization for recreational vehicle owners which
gathers information about buying, repairing, and troubleshooting)
www.autonews.com (website of Automotive
News, which reports on enforcement actions)
www.AA1Car.com (links to technical
resources, sources of service bulletins, service manuals, vehicle associations,
organizations and manufacturers, and other automotive sites)
www.safecarguide.com (vehicle
safety data and links)
www.internetautoguide.com (search
feature for vehicle recalls) |
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