AN A320 PILOT REPORTS THAT AFTER A PILOT REFUSES AN ACFT FOR A PREVIOUSLY RECORDED MAINT ISSUE HIS ACR DOES NOT RECORD THAT REFUSAL FOR OTHER PILOTS TO REFERENCE.

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DURING PREFLT PLANNING IN ZZZ FLT OPS I WAS REVIEWING THE LOG HISTORY FOR ACFT X. I NOTICED THERE WAS AN 'INFO ONLY' GRIPE NOTING THAT A PREVIOUS CAPT THAT DAY HAD REFUSED THE ACFT FOR A RUDDER LIMITER FAULT. ACFT ALSO HAD 4 WRITE-UPS FOR A LGCIU 2 FAULT IN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS; CLEARLY INDICATING TO ME THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. I CALLED DISPATCH TO REFUSE THE ACFT FOR THE ABOVE MAINT ISSUES. DISPATCH WAS VERY HELPFUL AND SAID HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY SEND A MESSAGE REFUSING THE ACFT. LATER WHILE WAITING IN FLT OPS; I NOTICED ON LINE THAT THE SECOND ACFT PLANNED FOR THIS FLT HAD AN INOP APU. AGAIN I CALLED DISPATCH AND REFUSED THIS ACFT FOR THIS MAINT ISSUE. WHILE WAITING FOR ANOTHER ACFT TO BE ASSIGNED TO OUR FLT; I WONDERED IF MY REFUSALS WERE SHOWING UP ON THESE LOG HISTORIES. THEY WERE NOT. IN FACT; THE SECOND ACFT (Y) WAS NOW ENRTE. ANOTHER CAPT HAD SIGNED FOR THIS ACFT AFTER MY REFUSAL. I CALLED MAINT TO INQUIRE HOW TO GET AN 'INFO ONLY' WRITE-UP FOR ACFT X IN THE LOG HISTORY. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION; HE EXPLAINED THAT HE COULD NOT DO THAT ON ACCOUNT THAT THE ACFT HAD NO OPEN MAINT ITEMS. NO 'INFO ONLY' WRITE-UP WAS ADDED. PLTS HAVE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN A CAPT REFUSES AN ACFT; IT WILL BE NOTED IN THE 'LOG HISTORY.' THIS IS NOT BEING DONE. WHEN I SIGN FOR AN ACFT; I WANT EVERY PIECE OF PERTINENT MAINT INFO AVAILABLE TO ME; 'DEFINITELY INCLUDING PAST CAPT REFUSAL.' THIS IS NOT BEING PROVIDED. BROKEN ACFT ARE BEING OFFERED TO THE NEXT UNSUSPECTING CAPT WITHOUT THIS VITAL INFO. THE SYS AND PLAN IN PLACE IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. LINE CAPTS ARE IN THE DARK REGARDING THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFO. WHEN A DISPATCHER INPUTS A MESSAGE FROM A CAPT TO REFUSE AN ACFT; IT SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE AN 'INFO ONLY' WRITE UP FOR THAT ACFT. AT THE COMPLETION OF MY 4-DAY TRIP; I PULLED UP THE LOG HISTORIES OF ACFT X AND Y. IN FACT THERE WERE NO ENTRIES FROM MY REFUSALS. ON ACFT X THERE WERE 2 MORE LGCIU 2 FAULT WRITE-UPS AND ANOTHER RUD TRV LIM FAULT WRITE-UP FOLLOWING MY REFUSAL.