If the report lists the wrong trim, engine or drive type, every comparable may be the wrong vehicle. Compare the report with your VIN and window sticker. The free check decodes your VIN with the U.S. government's NHTSA decoder and flags clear conflicts; the full report shows the side-by-side comparison.
The NHTSA decoder reliably returns year, make, model, and often engine and drive type. Trim is not always encoded in the VIN, so for trim and packages your window sticker or build sheet is the better record.
Upload the valuation report your insurer sent you. In about a minute you see which items may not add up — free. The full review report with a draft letter you edit and send yourself is $79.
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On the original window sticker, the purchase contract, or the badge on the vehicle. Some manufacturers can reprint the window sticker from the VIN.
The year, make, drive type and engine in the report against a decode of your VIN, and it flags clear conflicts.
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