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Would you buy a repaired vehicle? How do you know if it is still tructually safe?

February 4th, 2013 Leave a comment Go to comments

Would you buy a repaired vehicle? How do you know if it is still tructually safe?
Does car proof provide any better idea?
The seller is a dealer, said it was in minor accident, only the front bumper is damaged and replaced.

The most important part is the steels around the passanger? Or the front is important as well?

thanks

It depends.
Here in Manitoba, written-off vehicles fall into different classes.
If it is deemed irreparable, that designation can’t be removed, vehicle can NEVER be registered. If it is deemed reparable, it can be repaired and registered, but a body integrity certificate has to follow the car from start of restoration to finish, and final certification has to be signed, and that is BEFORE the safety inspection is done. Both certificates have to accompany the ownership documents when registering the car, and the repaired designation is attached permanently.
We have thousands of properly restored cars on the roads with no problems.

However, not all provinces and states have strict programmes to follow these vehicles. Every so often you see an undercover investigation in some of the worst areas, and they find poor repairs, cars made from 2 halves welded together, cosmetic damage repaired beautifully but a cracked frame, etc.

  1. Devante
    February 4th, 2013 at 22:44 | #1

    Look at it
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  2. ??? T?l¢K P???
    February 4th, 2013 at 23:16 | #2

    If you mean a vehicle that has been written off and rebuilt and recertified; I wouldn’t even look at it.

    If it was a vehicle that had cosmetic damage repaired; I’d buy it if the price was right.

    Fact – we have an older Caravan in our fleet that has been technically written off three times due to deer strikes. Each time we have ponied up the money to have this car repaired because the damage was not structural. And this car makes us a lot more money than it ever could on the scrap heap.
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  3. Bandit-05
    February 4th, 2013 at 23:35 | #3

    As mentioned above, only if the damage was cosmetic/superficial.

    The problem with buying a vehicle that has been involved in a major crash and rebuilt is that you don’t know to what standards it was rebuilt. Even if you get such a car at a very good price, is your safety worth the risk?
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  4. Fred C
    February 5th, 2013 at 00:06 | #4

    It depends.
    Here in Manitoba, written-off vehicles fall into different classes.
    If it is deemed irreparable, that designation can’t be removed, vehicle can NEVER be registered. If it is deemed reparable, it can be repaired and registered, but a body integrity certificate has to follow the car from start of restoration to finish, and final certification has to be signed, and that is BEFORE the safety inspection is done. Both certificates have to accompany the ownership documents when registering the car, and the repaired designation is attached permanently.
    We have thousands of properly restored cars on the roads with no problems.

    However, not all provinces and states have strict programmes to follow these vehicles. Every so often you see an undercover investigation in some of the worst areas, and they find poor repairs, cars made from 2 halves welded together, cosmetic damage repaired beautifully but a cracked frame, etc.
    References :

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