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Thousands of U.S. "lemons" are being resold to Canadians, says Carfax
November 16, 2007
Source: Canadiandriver

Centreville, Virginia - Thousands of dangerous used cars declared "lemons" in the United States have made their way into Canada and are being resold to uniformed consumers, warns vehicle history report company Carfax.

The company says that a recent report by CBC News highlights the plight of Canadian car buyers who are unaware of their vehicle's status. Carfax offers a free Lemon Check at CarFax.com to help identify vehicles that were bought back by auto manufacturers.

Carfax says that Canada currently has no lemon laws and the strength of the Canadian dollar is driving an influx of U.S. lemons across the border. The company says that cars purchased with a Carfax Vehicle History Report that do not contain information on a lemon branded by a U.S. State Department of Motor Vehicles may be eligible to be bought back by Carfax.

There was an aritcle about this on Yahoo the other day too about a Kia minivan that was legally declaired a lemmon in Florida. Kia had to buy it back as per state law and a month later the van wasn't destroyed but sold at auction and wound up on a used car lot here in Winnipeg. Here's a link to the ariticle...
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/071113/busi...canada_lemons_3

carfax is crap!

i have carfax and bc of my dads business we usually check lot of cars, not all of them show up eventhought we know they are accident or flood damage.

so you just have to be smart and don't just trust a piece of paper.