Sell your wrecked car in Fremont without watching the price drop when the truck shows up
One buyer, start to finish. TrackWala puts the offer in writing before anyone is dispatched, collects the car free, and pays you before the truck leaves.
No fee to get an offer. No obligation. Free pickup everywhere we buy.
In writingOffer issued before dispatch
24 to 48 hrsTypical pickup after acceptance
At pickupPaid in full before the truck leaves
Same dayREG 138 filed with the DMV
How the sale actually runs
Three steps, in this order, every time
No step is skipped and no number moves between them.
1
Tell us what happened to the car
Year, make, model, trim, rough mileage, what the damage is and where it sits, whether it runs, your title situation, and the ZIP where it is parked. Photos speed this up more than anything else.
2
An offer in writing, before anyone is dispatched
We price the vehicle as a vehicle, not by weight. The offer states the car, the amount, and what the amount includes. Nothing is dispatched until you accept it.
3
Free pickup. One company, one visit.
The business that quoted you is the business that arrives. Pickup is free, including for cars that do not run. You are paid in full before the vehicle is loaded and gone.
A recent Fremont purchase
The gap between a scrap quote and a real offer is not small
A 2016 Hyundai Sonata in Fremont 94539 had been quoted $475 as scrap. Weight-based pricing had nothing else to say about it. We paid $1,350, and the seller had the money ten hours after the first phone call.
On a 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE that an owner had been told was finished, we paid $12,500.
$475Scrap quote on the Sonata
$1,350What we paid
10 hoursFirst call to payment
$12,500Paid on a 2020 Highlander XLE
Reviews
What sellers say
Fremont Wrecked Cars is a TrackWala affiliate. These are Google reviews of
TrackWala, the company that buys the vehicles, quoted exactly as they were written.
★★★★★
I have had the best experience with trackwala Sam has been so awesome in preparing everything that was needed he was right on with everything and quick to respond and everything was just a really great experience I would recommend them to anybody
A quote that was never a commitment, revised in your driveway once the car is already loaded and you have nowhere to go.
Our offer is issued in writing before dispatch. If the car matches your description, that number is what you are paid.
“The company that quoted me was not the company that showed up”
National quote sites broker your vehicle to whichever local yard bids highest, so a stranger arrives with a different number and no record of your conversation.
TrackWala quotes you, TrackWala collects the car, and TrackWala is named on the paperwork. You know who that is before you commit.
“Tolls and tickets came back to me a month later”
The transfer was never filed, so the DMV still had the vehicle in your name long after it left your driveway.
We file your Notice of Transfer and Release of Liability, form REG 138, the same day.
What we buy
If it is damaged, we are interested
Accident-damaged cars
Front-end, rear, side, rollover, flood, fire. Whether or not an insurer was ever involved, and whether or not a claim was denied.
Totaled cars you kept
Owner-retained salvage is one of our most common purchases. Your settlement was reduced by the salvage value and the car carries a salvage title. We buy them and handle the paperwork with you.
Damaged SUVs, trucks & EVs
Fremont has one of the densest EV populations in America, and electric vehicles reach total loss from moderate collisions because battery-adjacent repairs outrun the car's value fast. Wrecked Teslas and hybrids are a specialty. See what we pay for a wrecked or totaled Tesla →
Non-running is not a problem. No keys, will not start, flat tires, sitting since last year. Our trucks are equipped for it and the tow is on us.
Compare before you decide
Junkyard, national offer site, or direct buyer
The three options are not variations on the same thing. They price your car by completely different logic.
Junkyard / parts yard
National offer site
This site → TrackWala
How your car is priced
Scrap metal weight and parts demand
An estimate, then brokered to the highest local bidder
Year, make, model, trim, mileage, and where the damage sits
Who actually shows up
The yard, or a contracted tow
A third-party yard you have not spoken to
TrackWala, named up front and the same company throughout
Can the price change on arrival
Frequently
Frequently
Not if the car matches your description
Late-model vehicles
Badly underpriced
Depends who bids
Priced as a vehicle, which is the whole point
DMV release of liability
Usually left to you
Usually left to you
REG 138 filed the same day
Your contact details
Varies
Often the actual product being sold
Go to TrackWala and nobody else. Never auctioned to a pool of bidders.
Figures cited on this page are from purchases we completed. Every vehicle is different and your offer depends on your car.
Where we pick up
Anywhere in Fremont or the East Bay
Pickup is free everywhere we buy. Driveways, street parking, apartment and condo lots, storage facilities, body shops, and tow yards are all routine.
Fremont neighborhoods
Ardenwood
Centerville
Niles
Irvington
Mission San Jose
Warm Springs
Surrounding East Bay
Newark
Union City
Milpitas
Hayward
San Leandro
Castro Valley
Alameda County
Car sitting at a tow yard accruing storage fees? Say so when you call. That usually changes how fast we should move.
California paperwork
The forms, and who handles them
What you bring
Your California Certificate of Title, the pink slip, signed where indicated
A photo ID matching the name on the title
Lender payoff information, or the lien release, if there is a loan
That is the whole packet for most sales.
What we handle
REG 138, the Notice of Transfer and Release of Liability, filed the same day. This is the step that actually ends your responsibility for tolls and citations.
REG 227, the duplicate title application, if the title is lost. Call before you start it, because we can often run the sale in parallel.
Salvage-side paperwork on owner-retained total loss vehicles.
You should also file your own copy of the REG 138 at the California DMV site. It is free and takes about two minutes. We are not attorneys and we are not the DMV, so if your situation is unusual we will point you to the specific form rather than guess.
TrackWala partner program
You see these vehicles before anyone else
If you handle damaged vehicles regularly, we will be a single buyer for the units that do not fit your model. No cherry-picking. Compensation is a negotiated share of the spread between what we pay and what the vehicle resells for.
Body shops
The customer decides not to repair and the car sits in your lot taking up a bay. Hand them a buyer instead of a problem.
Tow yards & storage lots
Aged units accruing storage on vehicles nobody is coming back for. One buyer, whole inventory, no picking through it.
Dealers
Take the trade instead of passing on it. We buy the off-brand, high-mileage, damaged, and non-running units so you keep the front-end gross and share the spread on resale.
Partners get a trackable QR code for business cards, receipts, and bills of lading. Contact John at john@trackwala.com or (678) 644-8343.
Questions
Selling a wrecked car in Fremont
How much is my wrecked or totaled car worth?
A wrecked car's value is set by what it is, not what it weighs. Year, make, model, trim, mileage, and where the damage sits determine the number. A late-model vehicle with collision damage typically carries value that scrap-weight pricing misses entirely, often by thousands of dollars.
Will the offer change when the driver shows up?
Not if the car matches what you told us. Describe the vehicle honestly, including the damage, any missing parts, and whether it runs, and the number you accepted is the number you are paid. We do not renegotiate in the driveway.
My insurer totaled the car and I kept it. Can you buy it?
Yes. This is one of the most common purchases we make. When you keep a totaled car, your settlement is reduced by the vehicle's salvage value and the car receives a salvage title. We buy owner-retained salvage vehicles across the East Bay and walk you through the paperwork step by step.
I lost the title. Can I still sell?
Yes. California DMV form REG 227, the Application for Duplicate or Paperless Title, gets you a replacement. Call us before you start it. Depending on your situation we can often get the sale moving in parallel so the duplicate is not a weeks-long delay.
When and how do I get paid?
On the spot, at pickup, before the truck leaves, for the full quoted amount. No waiting periods, no mailed payments, and no fees deducted.