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About CARCHEX

Who We Are

CARCHEX began in 2001 as a national provider of mobile pre-purchase vehicle inspections. In 2003, Jason Goldsmith, who is the current CEO of CARCHEX was looking for a 1996 Jaguar XJS convertible. Jason had always loved that particular Jaguar but wanted to be careful to pick the right car, in the right condition, at the right price. He found what he believed was the perfect car listed on eBay by a car dealership in Portland, Oregon.

However, Jason was skeptical about the seller's description of the vehicle and didn't want to pay for a plane ticket to fly across the country from Baltimore to Portland just to check out a car that may not have been as advertised. So Jason used the CARCHEX inspection service for the first time. He was impressed with the service. The CARCHEX inspection of this Jaguar and inspections on other vehicles that followed prevented him from making a horrible car buying decision.

Jason quickly realized how valuable this consumer assurance and protection service could be if more people only knew they had this option to have a vehicle inspected anywhere in the country. So in April of 2003 Jason purchased the assets of CARCHEX with the purpose of making as many consumers aware that there is a company looking out for you who will protect you when you buy a car.

How We Grew

This concept of consumer advocacy during the car purchase process quickly expanded to the ownership experience. In 2004 CARCHEX added a second consumer assurance product to its business, Vehicle Service Contracts (VSC), also known as extended service protection plans. CARCHEX is now one of the largest and most trusted names in the VSC industry offering competing products direct to consumers from the top rated VSC administrators and insurers available.

CARCHEX has established itself through outstanding product offerings and customer service as the preferred extended service protection partner of some of the biggest names in automotive. These partnerships include CARFAX, CapitalOne, Cars.com, LendingTree, Insurance.com, DMV.org and many more. CARCHEX has also been featured on both Television and on the web on ABC News, Fox News, CBS News, NBC News and PBS as a trusted source for consumers when looking for an inspection or extended vehicle service protection.

Following its consumer assurance and protection purpose, CARCHEX has created the most advanced extended service protection shopping and comparison tools in the industry. One such tool is CARCHEX Direct™. CARCHEX Direct allows customers to see exactly what the protection specialist on the phone with them sees on their computer screen. The customer can view product comparisons, contracts, plan features and benefits, coverage levels and more in real-time as they speak with their protection specialist. All with the goal in mind of finding each customer the highest level of extended service protection coverage at the lowest possible price. CARCHEX can offer its No Haggle, Lowest Price, Every Day Guarantee™ because CARCHEX has multiple extended service protection providers competing for their customer's business so our customers can feel confident that they are going to get the best coverage and the best deal every time.

What's New

This year CARCHEX welcomes Pat Goss to the family as its resident master technician and CARCHEX spokesperson. You may know Pat Goss from his Goss' Garage segment on PBS' longest running series, MotorWeek. MotorWeek celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Pat is America's trusted Mechanic and is now endorsing CARCHEX, America's most trusted brand for your inspection and extended vehicle service protection needs.

Our Mission

The CARCHEX mission has always been to act as a consumer advocate to help protect consumers during the car buying process and ownership experience. Our inspection services and extended vehicle service protection plan products are designed specifically with this mission in mind.

Our Brand Promise

Our brand promise to you is "Customer Experience Above All." If you have ideas on how we can improve the CARCHEX experience or if you feel we have not given you the best possible customer experience please let us know. You can email us at feedback@carchex.com. We will respond to each email.



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