Body components (structural/reinforcing/panels) have accident-related damage; passive safety devices are defective; vehicle performance (including three-electric system) is degraded or remains limited after repair.
Accident inspection: main structure damaged, reinforcing parts undamaged, panels undamaged, hinges normal; engine bay: key mechanical components normal; exterior: 3 panel repair spots, 1 repaint; interior: scratch on left rear door trim, disassembly marks on left front seat rail and mounting screws, disassembly marks on right front seat rail and mounting screws, most features normal, airbag system normal, lighting system normal; start-up inspection: main components normal; tool kit: absent.
Complete records represent underlying trust and zero odometer adjustment risk. In the used car market, solid data history itself carries a high premium. The extra few hundred dollars buys you an impeccable endorsement when selling overseas.
Unless the previous owner retained the original parts and provided them to us, we usually keep the existing modifications and clearly state in the report "includes non-original modifications." Since the standards for illegal modifications vary by country, buyers should assess whether these modifications can legally pass inspection in their destination country.
We will never perform blind deep disassembly unless there are clear severe fault codes or extreme noises. The sealing of the engine and transmission is crucial, and compromising the factory seals to investigate non-existent issues is unprofessional. We rely on data flow and external acoustic and fluid analysis to make judgments.
