You could be worrying unnecessarily. When vehicles are devalued by virtue of being stolen/recovered it is because the insurer has made a settlement with the insured before the vehicle was recovered. The insurer then registers the vehicle as a total loss and ownership transfers to the insurer who then disposes of the vehicle as stolen/recovered

It would appear that in this instance the vehicle was recovered before a total loss settlement was agreed. The fact that the vehicle had sustained minor damage is neither here nor there as it is a straight forward Non total loss claim and therefore not recorded on the total loss register. If you are still concerned we suggest you buy a car history check search which you may find for around £10 as you do not not need full finance etc data.

Hope this helps

Hi,

5 months ago, I purchased a brand new £32,000 car.

It was recently stolen, and then recovered with minor damage and repair work carried out.

However, I am very concerned about this car now appearing on a 'HPI' or similar type report in future. Obviously, if it appears on one of these type reports I stand to lose a fair percentage of the value of the car when I come to sell it (over and above normal deppreciation)

Is there anything I can do? Is there any way I can claim back future losses due to this sitation? Or remove the HPI listing?

Assuming I sold it now, I'd stand to take a large loss based purely on the fact that it has been 'stolen/recovered' - this is obviously not my fault and the car is fine.

Any advice would be gratefully accepted - I was hoping that there would be some kind of of help for this situation.

kind regards

Paul