Where does the information in the reports come from?

Hi. I accidently came across the site.

A great site. I enjoyed trying to track some of my old cars.

Some came up that the plate had not been issued and some with no information known.

One (UD17) came up as being silver. I was the first NZ owner and it was actually dark blue. I note with sadness that is now long gone.

A suggestion, and I do not know if LTNZ keeps the info, would be to have reference to all the plates issued for a car. I noted one from trademe which caused consternation (t8432) was for a 1968 Holden and the owner was stating that they were the original plates (which they could not have been as LTwas issued in 1984).

Keep up the good work.

Thanks Graeme for comments. We do have plates history.

Check this LEXUS LS460 2008 out

http://www.carfax.co.nz/car/?plate=NZ

scroll down to “Plates history”

Hi carjam,

can please advise how often you guys update the free reports/info?

Cheers.

Once a day for performance reasons. We are hadnling almost 800,000 requests a months now.

Hi Carjam

Just a question regarding security information on vehicles.

Where do you get this information from? Normally we use Veda Advantage and the PPSR, so just wondering where you source the information from?

Regards

Security interests are sourced from PPSR in New Zealand.

When searching PPSR it’s important to use VIN and/or plate and/or chassis numbers.

CarJam report will use all the data points available in order to find the securities.

When you use PPSR by itself you often do not know VIN number which is an important parameter to use for securities search.

As far as we know, all the credit checks and security interest checks are performed against PPSR databases in New Zealand.

I just buy a report from carjam re a car EEU210 and find out it was imported with structural damage. Where do you get this imformation from and where can I get the damage report

The information comes from Land Transport NZ. There is no details report published. Structural damage would not include things like scratches etc.

Is every imported car must check by Land Transport NZ or imported car must report if any crash in overseas.

I believe it’s done by New Zealand Customs Service. It’s however entered into LTNZ database. I do not think they know if there was a crash overseas. They do their best to check if any visible damage is of a structural importance.

I just discovered that a car that I was interested in buying was a written off car from an insurance company…FBU69…the current owner incorrectly told me he was the first nz owner but obviously he wasn’t as I soon found out that I knew the previous owner of the same vehicle registered prior as EEK604…thanks Car Jam for helping disclose such culprits who try to say things to be what they are not.

Hi there, I am just wondering, we are looking at purchasing another vehicle and wonder, is there way to find out its history before entering NZ?

If a country it came from has a similar system then you could find out by purchasing similar information overseas.

If I have done my WOF today how long does it take approx for this website to be updated with the details.
Thanks.

Within one hour.

Hi I’ve been trying to use the site but the ‘human verification’ image didn’t display so was unable to proceed.
Am i doing something wrong?

Josh, please try again. Maybe you have JavaScript disabled? If so, please enable it.

how long does it take to get a report for ownership, stolen etc?

Seconds.