Just traded my 5 year old car in on a new one, had a good accident in it early last year, 15k damage repaired my Nrma. Came back as good before as far as I could tell since.
Are you suppose to disclose that as a trade in? Dealer has if for re sale and guess they wouldn’t tell a buyer if they knew anyway. Nrma has warranty for life of vehicle on repairs.
Accident disclosure on trade in?
L[Deactivated] on 01/06/2019 - 20:51
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No need to disclose.
If you are asked a direct question 'has this car even been in an accident?' then you would be foolish to deny it. Might land you in hot water.
Due diligence works both ways.
Dealer never asked, third car I have bought from them. Got me wondering when I saw it for sale on their website, I wouldn’t buy it if I knew.
The damage was all under the front end only front bumper was replaced on body.You could always ask yourself the same question - would a dealer disclose an accident?
Might be an amusing test to go back to the lot (or get someone else to) and ask that question of the car…
If the car looks good and functions correctly the dealer won’t care. Millions of cars have been damaged and repaired and are still perfectly good to use.
Don’t lie if someone asks, but don’t tell or it will cost you $ because of some perceived issue that a repaired car is no good when it will be perfectly serviceable if repaired properly.
On top of that they are called stealerships for a reason. Your job is to minimise the cost of an upgrade while theirs is to maximise profit. Don’t give them any option to increase profit st your cost.
There was a similar question not long ago, and from memory the consensus seemed to be that it wasn’t necessary or relevant to disclose the previous accident.
My thoughts is that as the industry (crash repairs and insurance) rely on repairing vehicles without writing them off so that they can be recirculated back into the market place that it’s not necessary to disclose an (non write off) accident, as it shouldn’t necessarily affect the value of the vehicle, because as you’ve even said yourself, the vehicle was returned to as before the accident occurred. Now, I’d have to say I think that an accident probably does affect the value of the car, however it if is not listed on the PPSR (I think that’s right) then it’s not considered a mandatory notification type thing and shouldn’t matter.