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We lease our car, a 2022 Chevy Equinox, which we acquired when we turned in a 2019 Equinox at the end of the lease. We transferred the plates from the 2019 to the 2022. We get a monthly status report from the dealer, and the latest one showed that Carfax is reporting an accident on May 6th.
We have never had an accident with this car. We submitted an inquiry to Carfax, and they sent back a reference number at DMV. So we went on the DMV site and ordered the police report.
The police report states that our car was hit in a parking lot. The driver of the car was a young (22yo) man we do not know, and that he was sitting in the car and someone backed into him.
The parking lot was in the next county in a town we have never visited.
But the stranger issue is - the accident report shows the driver's name, and the vehicle information shows all of my husband's information, as stated on the registration. However, it lists the car as a 2019 Equinox but with the plates that used to be on our old Equinox but are now on our current one. The registration would not have showed as expired because prior to turning it in, we renewed for 2 years, then just transferred the plates. The plates are good until 11/2023.
I called the precinct and explained this to the officer, who said he would give it to the officer who wrote the report and ask him to amend it. But he suggested we call DMV to see if they recommend getting new plates.
When I called DMV (after a LONG time on hold because it is the day before a holiday, I guess), they told me that my husband now has the accident reported on his license, because he is the owner of the car. Which seems crazy. Plus we no longer own that car. They say they have never heard of plates being cloned, only stolen and put on other cars. They seems to think everything will be resolved when the police officer amends the report.
So I used google maps to look up the address of the young man driver, and the photo of the property taken In August 2022 shows a vehicle in the driveway that sure looks like our 2019 Equinox. The license plates are blocked out, however.
I am wondering if somehow the old registration got into the hands of the new owner, (maybe the dealer left it in the vehicle?) and he gave it to the officer who responded to the accident, and the officer never checked the license plates on the vehicle?
If you are driving a vehicle under fraudulent circumstances, why would you call the police for a parking lot accident?
The police officer recommended that we get new plates for our 2022 car, in case something happens again.
We are learning that it's easy to prove you WERE in an accident, but difficult to prove you were NOT.
Since tomorrow is a holiday, we can't do anything, but we will pick it up again on Wednesday. ARGH!
We have never had an accident with this car. We submitted an inquiry to Carfax, and they sent back a reference number at DMV. So we went on the DMV site and ordered the police report.
The police report states that our car was hit in a parking lot. The driver of the car was a young (22yo) man we do not know, and that he was sitting in the car and someone backed into him.
The parking lot was in the next county in a town we have never visited.
But the stranger issue is - the accident report shows the driver's name, and the vehicle information shows all of my husband's information, as stated on the registration. However, it lists the car as a 2019 Equinox but with the plates that used to be on our old Equinox but are now on our current one. The registration would not have showed as expired because prior to turning it in, we renewed for 2 years, then just transferred the plates. The plates are good until 11/2023.
I called the precinct and explained this to the officer, who said he would give it to the officer who wrote the report and ask him to amend it. But he suggested we call DMV to see if they recommend getting new plates.
When I called DMV (after a LONG time on hold because it is the day before a holiday, I guess), they told me that my husband now has the accident reported on his license, because he is the owner of the car. Which seems crazy. Plus we no longer own that car. They say they have never heard of plates being cloned, only stolen and put on other cars. They seems to think everything will be resolved when the police officer amends the report.
So I used google maps to look up the address of the young man driver, and the photo of the property taken In August 2022 shows a vehicle in the driveway that sure looks like our 2019 Equinox. The license plates are blocked out, however.
I am wondering if somehow the old registration got into the hands of the new owner, (maybe the dealer left it in the vehicle?) and he gave it to the officer who responded to the accident, and the officer never checked the license plates on the vehicle?
If you are driving a vehicle under fraudulent circumstances, why would you call the police for a parking lot accident?
The police officer recommended that we get new plates for our 2022 car, in case something happens again.
We are learning that it's easy to prove you WERE in an accident, but difficult to prove you were NOT.
Since tomorrow is a holiday, we can't do anything, but we will pick it up again on Wednesday. ARGH!
