Hidden camera video shows it's hard for car buyers to uncover truth about vehicle’s history

A Call 6 Investigates hidden camera investigation reveals it can be difficult for Indiana consumers to get to the truth when buying a vehicle. On a chilly winter day, two RTV6 employees went undercover at Auto Nerd’s Greenwood location and asked a salesman about the crash history of four vehicles — a Cadillac, a Volkswagen Rabbit, a Ford Focus, and a Volkswagen Passat. Each time RTV6 asked, the salesman said the vehicle had not been in any crashes. “Any of the cars here really haven’t been wrecked,” said the salesman. “We don’t buy stuff like that.” What the salesman didn’t know is that Call 6 Investigates ran the vehicle identification numbers beforehand and Carfax reported all four vehicles had prior damage from crashes.