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CARFAX Integration

Activate CARFAX to search for vehicles by license plate, view vehicle service history, and automatically share invoiced services with CARFAX

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Written by Ashley Bennett
Updated over 2 months ago

Shopmonkey's integration with CARFAX allows you to quickly search a vehicle by license plate decode to view its service history. This powerful feature can help you understand what's been done to the vehicle, what's been recalled, and what services you can sell to your customer.

Activate CARFAX Integration

Click the Settings icon in the bottom left corner of your screen.

Select CARFAX under the Integrations section on the left-hand side.

Select settings and carfax in integration section

Select Enable.

select enable to enable carfax

Select the checkbox to accept the CARFAX Terms of Service. Select Accept & Enable to activate CARFAX in your shop.

accept terms of service and Enable

CARFAX will now be enabled in your shop.

carfax enabled

CARFAX Integration in Your Shop

License Plate Lookup

When you add a vehicle to your shop with the CARFAX integration activated, you can use the vehicle’s license plate in addition to VIN or Year/Make/Model.

Vehicle Service History

Activating CARFAX in your shop allows for sharing vehicle service history. To view a linked vehicle's service history from within an estimate, select the vehicle tab on the right-side panel, and select View History.

select view carfax history on vehicle tab in estimate

Sending Information with CARFAX

Vehicle service information is automatically sent to CARFAX on a nightly basis.

Please Note: Sharing only applies to estimates converted to invoices when CARFAX is enabled in your shop.

Information shared is strictly vehicle and shop-related information. No customer information is shared with CARFAX. The following information is what gets sent to CARFAX:

  • VIN

  • Order Creation Date

  • Invoiced Date

  • Mileage

  • Invoice Number

  • Service Description

  • Labor Description

  • Part Description

  • Part Quantity

  • Vehicle Year/Make/Model

  • License Plate/State

  • Management System (Shopmonkey)

  • Location ID

  • Shop Name

  • Shop Address (Street, City, State, Zip Code)

  • Shop Phone

  • Shop Website


Disable CARFAX Integration

If you’d like to disable the CARFAX integration in your shop, toggle off CARFAX and confirm the disabling.

select disable to disbale carfax


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