Safe and Sound dealers will HPI provenance check your car
One element of the Safe and Sound scheme is a Provenance HPI check, also known as a provenance check. Our Safe and Sound dealers will be carrying out this comprehensive check before you buy your next car so you will know your car’s background to help you make an informed buying decision.
Is the car subject to outstanding finance?
HPI uses the UK’s most accurate database of finance agreements, with over 7 million current records. 24 out of every 100 vehicles checked with HPI turn out to have outstanding car finance. If the loan remains unpaid when the car changes hands, you stand to lose the car or the money outstanding on it.
Has it been stolen?
Nearly 30 vehicles a day are identified as stolen by the HPI Check. By sourcing information from the Police National Computer, the HPI Check will tell you if the vehicle you are looking at is currently recorded as stolen. The HPI Check will not provide details of vehicles that have been recorded as stolen but have subsequently been recovered without damage. If the vehicle has been recovered and written off by an insurance company due to the theft, this will be moved from the stolen register and show on the write off/condition alert register.
Has it been written-off by an insurance company?
4 out of every 100 vehicles checked with HPI has been written-off as a result of damage or theft. Although some can be safely repaired and put back on the road, others are only fit for scrap. Since 1997, the HPI Check has used the Association of British Insurers’ coding on the level of damage sustained, helping you tell the difference. Vehicles written-off within categories A, B or C will have a ‘VIC marker’ put against them by DVLA. The ‘VIC’ is a Vehicle Identity Check, and it is a scheme designed to help stop stolen cars being passed off as repaired accident damaged cars – also known as ‘ringing’. The DVLA will not issue a V5 for any vehicle with a VIC marker against it, unless the vehicle has passed a VIC test. Any vehicle that requires or has passed a VIC test will have this noted on the V5. A VIC test is not a test on the repair of the vehicle or its road worthiness. In certain circumstances (for example, self-insured vehicles) a VIC marker may be applied to a vehicle without an insurance company formally writing the vehicle off. The HPI Check will state the result of any VIC test the vehicle has been subject to.
Has the current mileage been checked?
The HPI Check uses the database of the National Mileage Register to search around 125 million records. It provides the best intelligence available to protect against clocking and will help you decide whether the car that’s showing a mileage of 32,000 may have actually covered 132,000 miles.
Does the make/model, colour, door plan, engine size and transmission match the information from the vehicle information company, vehicle registration document and the vehicle itself?
The HPI Check will reveal if the GTi that’s caught your eye is really a CL in disguise. Using over 60 million entries recorded at the DVLA and DVA (N. Ireland), it confirms the make, model, derivative, where possible, (i.e. different types of a particular model such as special and luxury editions), door plan, vehicle’s current colour & prior colour, transmission, and engine size, as well as how many times it has changed hands. You’ll also be told the year the car was manufactured and the date it was first registered.
Has the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) and registration number been confirmed as belonging to the same vehicle?
HPI will tell you whether the VRM and VIN correspond to DVLA and DVA (N. Ireland) records. If they don’t, you may be looking at a ringer. Always check that the vehicle’s identification numbers stamped into the bodywork, on the chassis plate and behind the windscreen match the documentation and look original.
Source: www.hpicheck.com/
