Will carfax tell me why a car has a salvage title?

[zylander]

If I look up a car on carfax which has a salvage title, will carfax tell me the reason it was salvaged or simply state that is has a salvage title?

 

[T2urtle]

will not tell you directly why but in some cases there was enough to apply common sense.

for example i've seen some go as follow.

6/1/2001- police report filed, car in accident, side impact.
6/26/2001- salvage titled issued.

sometimes they go into detail and sometimes its just accident reported. I never saw it tell me side impact, airbags deployed car was t-boned type of deal. But you should know front, rear or side aleast.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Salvage title means for sure the accident is on record, and usually those accident reports on carfax and such at least tell you the side it was on. Every one I saw said where the impact was and what hit it (or what it hit).

 

[kami333]

Stolen cars also end up with salvage titles, depending on the state and how long it took to be recovered.