2019 NISSAN ROGUE SV VIN 5N1AT2MV8KC770697

This Nissan Rogue SV is a 2019 model. The engine is a 2.5-litre petrol unit with four cylinders. Power reaches the wheels through an automatic gearbox. The specification is taken from the source data.

At the time of recording, the car had covered 93,236 miles. The figure is in miles and needs converting before it is compared with kilometres: one mile is about 1.6 km. Gaps of several years between logged figures deserve attention, as does any reading lower than the one before it. Figures carry most weight when they come from independent sources: workshops, inspection stations and past title paperwork.

The main issue noted for this car is damage to the left front. Two cars with the same damage label can be very different: one needs a few new parts, the other major work. With damage to the left front on file, the inspection should start with the left front wing, the suspension on that corner and the wheel alignment.

The car is recorded as running and driving. A key was noted with the car. A condition note describes the car at one moment; months of standing or later work on the car can change the picture in either direction.

Title status in the record: salvage. Titles of this type are issued to cars declared a total loss. The structure and the quality of any work done deserve a thorough inspection on a car with a branded title, however sound the car looks.

Registrations, changes of owner, inspection results and accident claims together make up what is called a car’s history. No single office holds the whole story of a car: registries, workshops, insurance companies and lenders each keep their own part. From the outside, a car with a repaired accident and a car without one can look identical.

Many modern petrol engines are turbocharged and direct-injected; where they are, the turbocharger and injectors belong on a specialist’s checklist. The automatic gearbox needs its fluid changed at the manufacturer’s intervals, and invoices should show that it was. With four-wheel drive, mismatched tyres can strain the centre differential or coupling, so all four should be the same make and similarly worn.

The tenth character of the VIN stands for the model year, and the eleventh for the plant that built the car. The VIN of this Nissan Rogue SV is 5N1AT2MV8KC770697. The number in the car’s documents should match the one stamped into the body and the one on the plate at the base of the windscreen.

A VIN report gathers what different sources know about a car, such as the number of owners, mileage readings, damage and any branded title. The absence of an entry is not proof that nothing happened; it may only mean that nobody wrote it down. A professional inspection makes sense whatever the paperwork shows, because no report measures corrosion, worn bushes or a poor repair. With this 2019 Nissan Rogue SV, the first step is a look at the history behind VIN 5N1AT2MV8KC770697.