HELP! How do I research a vehicle history.... VIN lookup sites?

[Bill G]

I am wondering if there is anyone here that has the ability to research a truck's history from the VIN. I know there are sites such as Car Fax but those sites require you to pay a membership fee and I have been burned on such pay sites. I do not have any friends that are dealers that can look it up either. The situation is I have a guy that wants to trade me a 1999 F-150 on some saws. Of course as with all stories it was owned by a older man that only drove it on Sundays.

 

[Agent Smith]

older man that only drove it on Sundays

Just like every vehicle on Facebook, Craigslist, etc has a "refreshly rebuilt engine and or trans" but every bolt head shows zero signs of having been touched since the assembly line. In today's world, receipts or not I just assume whomever im dealing with are lying sacks of shít.

 

[1Snowcat]

Take the vin to a Ford dealership and have the service record pulled in the service department, super easy and wont cost much of course it will only show dealership warranty recalls or service but better than nothing... small shops etc wont show but more than likely it made it thru a dealership if it had issues under warranty etc...