What catches are inherent in a salvage-title vehicle in California?
Yes, Carfax will tell you that it has a salvage title. (I used to look at a lot of Carfax reports for severely fire-damaged vehicles when I worked in the product liability field of law.) When a vehicle has a salvage title, but appears to operate well, it’s a clue that it has been significantly rebuilt. If I recall correctly, many cars with salvage titles are taken to Mexico, rebuilt, and sold on the market there. The concern you should have about the salvage title is that some states do not allow you to title the vehicle there after a salvage title has been issued for that vehicle. See this definition of salvage title that I found on the Carfax site: Salvage Title – A Salvage Title is issued on a vehicle damaged to the extent that the cost of repairing the vehicle for safe operation exceeds its fair market value; or a vehicle that has been declared a Total Loss by an insurer or other state or jurisdiction. Some states treat J
