Background check is one of the important task while buying a used car. This will help to avoid legal and other issues relating to car. Some basic background checks are as follows:
Documentation: Check all documents for suitability for the car. It contains color of the car, type (like saloon, hatchback, etc.). A seller should be able to sell the car to you with genuine documentation.
Check carefully the car’s hand book, it provides guidelines on all aspects of the vehicle. Make sure to check whether the relevant documents are matching. Also, look into the stamped service history with regular service intervals.
Mileage: Mileage another tool to check the background or history of the car. It can be through the following.
- Ask the seller about the correctness of information on mileage.
- Try to get some written warranty on mileage. It will add peace of mind while buying a used car.
- Be clear with the note whether the reading is in kilometers or miles.
- If the seller is unwilling to give any written or oral conformation about the actual mileage of the car, you should have to reconsider the purchasing of that car from that dealer or person.
- If the seller is willing to give you the verbal guarantee, note down exactly what he says. It will be helpful for reference latter.
- If you want to confirm clearly about the mileage of the car, you can contact the previous owner (s) of that car for double check.
- Any type of odometer (the device that records the distance of the vehicle traveled) can be tampered and manipulated to show less distance traveled by the vehicle. So be aware of it. Tampering/manipulating of odometer is illegal. It misleads consumers.
- Knowing about the seller, the historical odometer frauds in that area and complete check of car history can help to avoid the odometer fraud.
Warranty: If you buy from a private individual or in auction, generally the warranty for the car might not be available. If you have a warranty with the car, check which type of warranty it is and what it covers, whether it is the manufacturer’s warranty or a private person’s warranty.
The certified pre-owned or used cars will have warranty from the private authorized agencies, or dealers or directly from the manufacturers. The manufacturers warranty for the certified cars must satisfy certain conditions. If you find any such cars, first check thoroughly in those documents. If you want to check with the concern certificate issued agency. If the certificate is genuine the car is purchasable. These show that the car is in good condition as a new car. So the cost is close to that of a new car in such model.
