Understanding Your PPSR Report. What you Need to Look For

Every car history check done with QuickPPSR comes with an official PPSR certificate from the AFSA and an easy-to-read report. There are several sections in your report, and each offers a different set of information on the vehicle you want to buy.

Here are the sections that you can expect to see in your report.

Registration & Vehicle details

Now this section is important for two main reasons. Firstly, you want to make sure that you are assessing the same car that the seller is trying to offload. If the registration and vehicle details don't match with what the seller has given or shown to you, then something is wrong.

The second reason why this section is important is the necessary rego details. Driving an unregistered car on Australian roads is illegal. If you will need to pick up the vehicle when buying make sure you won't get in trouble as you head back home.

Stolen Status Check

Australia on a whole has a high rate of vehicle theft. Plus, because you can sell vehicles across states, there's nothing stopping someone from stealing a car in WA and selling it in Queensland. So that you aren't the unlucky few, a check online of the databases will let you know if the car was reported stolen.

Write-Off Status

Sometimes a vehicle can be written off but fixed to look like new and re-registered for road use. But, suppose you don't want a car that has been fixed for severe damage like collision and fire? What do you do if you've already spent your money?

Well, we don't have any options after you've spent. But, if you haven't bought the second-hand car yet, then this is the time to know about the accident history of the vehicle.

Finance Owing

This is by far one of the main reasons people love the PPSR. When you can at the click of a button know within seconds if a seller still has money owing on the vehicle, you now know how to handle the transaction. You can choose to go ahead after discussing payment terms with the seller. Or, you can choose to forgo the whole thing, especially if it seemed as if the seller was trying to hide this fact.

Depending on what that information is in the report, you can decide whether buying is worth it or not.