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HPI Check Query

pjjafc
pjjafc Posts: 241 Forumite
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I am off to see this car this afternoon.

I have done an HPI check through mycarcheck and it says it has 3 doors when clearly on the pictures it has 5.

Everything else is OK and stacks up. Anything strange going on or does those kind of things happen on HPI checks???

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  • Could just be a mess up on there file or DVLA error best to check what the V5 says.
  • s_b
    s_b Posts: 4,464 Forumite
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    its usually due to a blip, but of course the car you are going to view could be a very bad clone
  • pjjafc
    pjjafc Posts: 241 Forumite
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    Strange one. He had the V5 form but it said Lex Autolease were the registered keepers.....

    Also said 3 doors on the form but the vin number was OK under the bonnet, on the window etc..
  • pjjafc wrote: »
    I am off to see this car this afternoon.

    I have done an HPI check through mycarcheck and it says it has 3 doors when clearly on the pictures it has 5.

    Everything else is OK and stacks up. Anything strange going on or does those kind of things happen on HPI checks???


    Just to flag, a HPI Check is not the same as mycarcheck. They are similar services but offer different levels of information. HPI includes outstanding finance data. And yes the chances are it could be a clone as flagged by someone else.
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 33,017 Forumite
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    Cheap checks are worthless. Get a proper HPI check...


    Auto Express tried some of these cheap checks a while back and they failed to spot cars that were previously written off
    and still on finance.
    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • Is an HPI needed if buying from a motor dealer with premises? Or is just a waste of money?
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