Certified Used Car Inspection: Used Car Extended Warranties Still Needed
Posted by Admin at 10 December 2023, at 15 : 57 PM
The cornerstone of the “certified” used car program may be the supposedly super-thorough inspection. There are good reasons to think that the inspection does not replace an independent inspection or used car extended warranty coverage.
Are inspections really added value? Don’t you wonder why dealers aren’t inspecting all their cars before taking delivery themselves? Car dealers aren’t idiots, a minimum of not with cars. Anyone who’s were required to haggle over a trade-in knows that. The big question is whether the dealership will disclose everything it knows. Trust is still an issue with “certified” cars.
Certified by whom? Consider it: the identical people who are trying to sell you the car are also “certifying” it. Yes, you read right: the “certification” is usually done through the dealership selling the car. If there’s any manufacturer oversight, it’s often just an occasional inspection with the dealer’s inspection.
Duplicate inspection. You should have any used car, “certified” or not, thoroughly inspected by an independent mechanic. You’re up against an industry that demonstrates about as much trustworthiness as, well, used car dealers. Don’t give up your first line of defense.
Limits of inspections. No inspection within the world can foresee every possible problem. Oftentimes, something that breaks a few months after purchase really was fine if the car was sold–or was virtually undetectable. When–not if–something gives out, you’d better have a used car extended warranty.