Free AutoCheck® Flood Risk Check

Help you to avoid buying a flood-damaged car

Our free tool can help you steer clear of flooded-out cars and vehicles with hidden flood damage from recent hurricanes, and keep you from getting stuck with a flood-damaged vehicle.

Do available records within this vehicle's history report suggest potential flood damage?

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Enter any vehicle's 17-digit VIN above and our free AutoCheck Flood Risk Check will:

• Determine whether the vehicle has been titled/registered 12 months prior in a county that has been identified as requiring public and individual assistance (FEMA categories A and B) for a FEMA-declared major disaster.

• Search available Experian flood title and problem records, including flood State title brands, auction flood announcements, salvage auction flood designations, and other vehicle records determined by Experian to relate to or suggest an increased likelihood of flood damage or risk exposure.

Understanding the results of the free AutoCheck® Flood Risk Check Report

Experian provides flood related records from available data sources and cannot provide assurance that an AutoCheck Flood Risk Check that does not produce any records means that the subject vehicle has not experienced flood damage. Experian recommends that you conduct an independent evaluation and inspection of the vehicle to determine and confirm a vehicle’s condition prior to purchase.

Was this vehicle potentially registered in a region impacted by a FEMA major disaster declaration?

The FEMA major disaster declaration check compares the vehicle’s last known registration location information over the past 12 months with regions requiring FEMA public and individual assistance during that same period.

• A “Yes” outcome means that based on data provided to AutoCheck, the vehicle was registered in a region impacted by a FEMA disaster declaration — for example, a vehicle registered in an impacted  area during the time of a FEMA-declared major disaster like Hurricane Harvey in Texas or Hurricane Irma in Florida. 

• A “Yes” result should not be interpreted as confirmation of flood damage or even possible flood damage.  It is provided merely as information regarding the location of the vehicle’s registration/title history.  

Do available records in this vehicle’s history report suggest potential flood damage? 

• The check searches available Experian flood title and other problem records, which may suggest an increased likelihood of a flood damage or risk, regardless of location. It takes time for claims and updates to vehicle title information to appear on a vehicle’s history. Although the Department of Motor Vehicles requires that title brands be issued for vehicles damaged by floods, not every vehicle flood event is reported by car owners. Unreported flood events may not appear on an AutoCheck report.

• A “Yes” outcome means that based on data provided to AutoCheck, the vehicle sustained some form of documented water damage — for example, a vehicle title that was issued to an insurance company due to payment of a claim for sustained flood damage.