2021 NISSAN ROGUE SV INTELLIGENT AWD VIN 5N1AT3BB6MC738901

This entry is for a 2021 Nissan Rogue SV Intelligent AWD. Power reaches the wheels through a CVT gearbox. The petrol engine has four cylinders.

At the time of recording, the car had covered 113,418 miles. High mileage alone does not rule a car out; what matters is whether regular servicing kept pace with it. Gaps of several years between logged figures deserve attention, as does any reading lower than the one before it.

When the car was recorded, it showed front-end damage. A damage entry is a starting point for the inspection, telling the mechanic where to look first.

A note in the source data says the car did not run. The engine could be started. A key was present. Condition notes are a snapshot: the car may have been worked on, stripped of parts or left standing since.

The car carries a salvage title. A title of this kind usually means the car was written off as a total loss after damage.

A car’s history is the sum of what has happened to it since it was new, and most of it has left a trace on paper somewhere. A car’s paperwork is scattered: the registry knows about owners, the workshop about repairs and the insurance company about claims. From the outside, a car with a repaired accident and a car without one can look identical.

For the engine, the service history matters most: oil changes, filters and the timing belt or chain are the entries to look for. On a petrol engine, spark plugs, ignition coils and the cooling system are the routine items a service history should cover. On a car that does not run, the CVT gearbox cannot be judged on the road; the colour and smell of its fluid and a diagnostic scan give the first clues. A car with four-wheel drive has extra differentials and often a transfer case, which an inspection should cover alongside the engine and gearbox.

The VIN is a 17-character code assigned at the factory: it identifies the manufacturer, the model and its variant, and ends with a serial number unique to the car. This car’s identification number is 5N1AT3BB6MC738901. 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. No report is complete: a repair done privately and never claimed on insurance leaves nothing to find. A VIN check and a physical inspection answer different questions: the first says what happened to the car, the second what condition it is in now. Look up the history of VIN 5N1AT3BB6MC738901 first, and let what it shows guide the inspection.