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2017 LEXUS IS 300 VIN JTHCM1D27H5025087

Gasoline 255 hp 4x4 Automatic
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Recorded odometer 118 482 mi
Year 2017
Engine 3.5 L
Power 255 hp
Fuel Gasoline
Transmission Automatic
Drive 4x4
Colour SILVER
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Recorded damage Fresh Water
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Title group Salvage
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Keys available
Yes

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118 482 mi
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LEXUS IS 300 specifications

VIN
JTHCM1D27H5025087
Make
LEXUS
Model
IS 300
Year
2017
Colour
SILVER
Fuel
Gasoline
Engine
3.5 L
Cylinders
6
Power
255 hp
Transmission
Automatic
Drive
4x4
Recorded odometer
118 482 mi
Recorded damage
Fresh Water

What buyers ask about the LEXUS IS 300

Was this 2017 LEXUS IS 300 damaged before?

The damage in the specifications is what the source noted at the time. Earlier accidents and repairs on file for VIN JTHCM1D27H5025087, if any, are in the full report.

Can I trust the odometer reading of 118 482 mi?

It is the figure as recorded, not verified. Compare it with the earlier readings in the full report: they can only go up, so a drop points to a wound-back odometer.

In which countries was this car registered?

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VIN JTHCM1D27H5025087: history

This Lexus IS 300 is a 2017 model, finished in silver. There is an automatic gearbox, with four-wheel drive. The engine is a 3.5-litre petrol unit with six cylinders. Details for this car come from a single data source and may differ from its documents.

The source data puts the mileage at 118,482 miles. The figure is in miles and needs converting before it is compared with kilometres: one mile is about 1.6 km. Services and inspections note the distance covered, so a car with an ordinary past builds up a trail of figures that climb year after year. Title paperwork often notes the mileage at each change of owner, which makes it a useful cross-check.

No damage type appears in the source data; that shows what was entered, not what the car has been through. Paint depth, panel gaps and the underbody show whether the body has been repaired.

A key was present. Months of standing can leave a car with seized brakes and perished tyres.

A salvage title is on file for this car. A title of this kind usually means the car was written off as a total loss after damage. Once issued, a branded title stays with the VIN for good, and it affects registration and insurance for every later owner.

Registrations, changes of owner, inspection results and accident claims together make up what is called a car’s history. Pieces of a car’s history sit with registries, dealers, workshops and insurance companies, and none of them sees the whole picture. A clean, polished car can still hide a serious accident, a flood or years of hard use.

On a petrol engine, spark plugs, ignition coils and the cooling system are the routine items a service history should cover. Automatic transmissions, CVTs included, are expensive to repair, so the test drive should include pulling away from a standstill and a stretch at motorway speed. Drive to all four wheels means more to maintain: differentials and couplings have oil of their own, which some manufacturers want changed at set intervals.

The ninth character of the VIN is a check digit calculated from the other sixteen, so a mistyped or invented number does not add up. For this car, the VIN is JTHCM1D27H5025087.

Where entries exist, a VIN check can show changes of owner, past mileage readings, reported damage and whether the car is listed as stolen. No report is complete: a repair done privately and never claimed on insurance leaves nothing to find. However complete the paperwork, only an inspection shows the condition of the body, suspension, brakes and electrics today. Look up the history of VIN JTHCM1D27H5025087 first, and let what it shows guide the inspection.

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