Can a carfax report be altered?

Wouldn't think so, but there's a blue '13 SV for sale here with the following:

https://www.carfax.com/cfm/ccc_DisplayHistoryRpt.cfm?partner=CBT_4&vin=1N4AZ0CP8DC412065&cs:rv=35F5818F8200DBC2A4E2BD32AD0E63B3

Mainly it shows a car that was leased here in MA, and auctioned here at end of lease, but it has a couple of discrepancies that could be mistakes, but are weird. First is the inclusion of "Sacramento CA" under the MA DMV registration, and then it says the color was listed as black, when it's definitely blue.

http://www.patrickvw.com/VehicleDetails/used-2013-Nissan-LEAF-4dr_HB_SV-Auburn-MA/2854552823

"anything" can be altered. car fax data is created by Humans. errors are pretty much expected.

Agreed, but who can alter it? Carfax only? Dealers? Not that I might ever mistrust a dealer or anything.

DNAinaGoodWay said:

Agreed, but who can alter it? Carfax only? Dealers? Not that I might ever mistrust a dealer or anything.

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any printed form can be altered quite easily. not saying its done although it wouldn't surprise me that some shady dealers would but I found the most irritating thing about Car fax is what is left out. I rarely saw any that provided enough details on anything especially if there were incidents listed.

I used to sell cars and saw plenty of cars with the same discrepancy on the carfax. I would not worry about it. Colors errors are more common than you think. In this case the car is blue. The clerk at the DMV would have mage a mistake in the drop down menu and chosen the wrong color

Thanks. The color isn't really important. More interesting is the "Sacramento, CA" on the report of a car that has supposedly never been
there. It's probably a mistake too somehow. Just wondering if they're importing CA cars and doctoring the reports. Seems overly complicated, even for dealers.

OK, never mind. Turns out Sacramento is listed because it was a lease, and NMAC is based in Sacramento.