Hello, everyone, I’m Guangyao, the inspector of the car inspector. Although I look good, I’m an old driver who has repaired cars. Now I’m a used car inspector of the car inspector. It’s my duty to avoid everyone’s car purchase risks. Welcome to watch this interesting story about used car inspection.
Old drivers all know that the policy of restricting the relocation of used cars in the National Five-Year Plan has been liberalized, and the nationwide circulation has immediately formed a scale. For consumers, the convenience of buying cars in different places has been greatly improved! However, Guangyao reminds everyone that buying second-hand cars in different places is particularly easy to be pitted. Everyone should be cautious. Before looking at the car, hold the money bag tightly, and don’t give it out easily until you know the exact condition of the car, otherwise you may fall into the double torture of money and spirit! We have encountered too many such cases, so I will pick one out here to share with you, hoping to learn from it!
In other words, a good brother from Nanchang photographed a used car in Ningbo in a live broadcast room. In November 2018, 19 Volvo XC60 (parameter picture) four-wheel drive Zhiyuan version was licensed, and the market price was 200,000-210,000. As long as the live broadcast room was more than 180,000, the anchor said that the car had changed its front mouth, but it sold very cheaply. After the live broadcast room, there was no such price! My good brother thought, it’s not unacceptable to say anything before, so he paid a deposit of 10 thousand in advance and took the preferential places first! But eldest brother still has a little distrust of car dealers, so he entrusted Guangyao to do a comprehensive test!
Good brother himself was not present, and we kept online communication. When Guangyao heard him talk about the price, he had doubts. Can you get a discount of 30,000-40,000 yuan by changing the front set? I won’t believe Guangyao. It is estimated that the main structure of the car body should be damaged! Look at the real car! According to the address provided by the eldest brother, Guangyao came to the garage where the vehicle was located. Tell the car dealer what he came for, but the car dealer is also honest, saying that the front of the car hit and the airbag was blown up. See for yourself the rest! Guangyao took the car keys and started testing!
Car model: 2019 T5 four-wheel drive Zhiyuan Edition
Factory date: October, 2018
Apparent mileage: 75784KM
Official guidance: 421,900
Car dealer’s quotation: 185,800 yuan
Just look at the appearance, the color is still good! Since it is a set of front mouth, the front bumper must have been disassembled and replaced, and the inspection is indeed true. There are paint marks on the corners, and the details are rough, which is obviously not the original process!
The front cover is painted evenly on the whole surface, and then the inside is opened. At first glance, the fixing screws have no traces of turning off the paint, but don’t be confused by the surface phenomenon. If you look closely, you can find that the surface of the screws is painted, and the bottom circle has obvious displacement, which means that the screws must have been removed! Moreover, some holes on the inside of the cover are rough in workmanship and the color inside is wrong, indicating that the front cover has also been replaced!
Needless to say, the water tank frame, radiator, fan and headlights have not been replaced. Let’s focus on whether the structural parts have been moved!
The paint thickness of the left fender skeleton was measured, and the data came to 647μm, which is sheet metal shaping! The outer leaf iron sheet should also be reimbursed! Injury to the structural parts, this is not a simple front mouth set, it should be an accident car!
Look at the right fender skeleton again. Although the thickness of the paint on it is in the normal standard, the solder joints below are all redone through the gap observation. This is cutting and welding! It’s worse than the left!
Moreover, the thickness of the paint on the right shock absorber tower top is not quite right, which is much higher than that on the left, but the area is not large. It must have been painted, which should be related to the accident ahead!
Looking down at the right front longitudinal beam, although the deformation trace is not too obvious, it can still be seen with the naked eye! Seeing this situation, Guangyao probably knows what this XC60 is about! It’s not just a set of front mouths, it’s already a national standard major accident car! Take a small notebook and write it down first, and then see if there is any more damage under the chassis!
The engine was not damaged, and no traces of oil leakage were found. The intake manifold was just disassembled, probably by cleaning carbon deposits, and the problem was not serious!
The pawl screw is still in the original factory appearance, so it can be seen that the engine has not been hoisted and maintained. If the mileage is really more than 70,000, there will be basically nothing wrong with the engine and gearbox! It’s not time to break down!
After measuring the paint surface along the left, I quickly walked around and found that except for the original paint on the roof, none of the other places ran away, including the rear of the car! Partial sheet metal scraping putty, of course, this is also expected!
When entering the car, Volvo’s interior feels low-key and honest, less dazzling, but the materials and workmanship are more exquisite. In order to make the car have no odor, it is basically environmentally friendly materials, and the owner is practical!
First, look at the color of the interior, which depends on observing the main driver’s seat, door handle, steering wheel, window button, air conditioning button, accelerator brake pedal, gear handle, etc., which are often used at ordinary times. By comprehensive comparison, the overall wear and tear of the interior is not very serious, basically in line with the current mileage!
There is little difference between the mileage read by Obd computer and the meter, and the results obtained by running the average speed of conversion of time with the engine are basically the same, and the vehicle really has no meter adjustment!
The accident at the front of the car is not small. According to Volvo’s safety factor, the main driver’s airbag and seat belt will definitely trigger protection! Observe that the fixing screw of the seat belt has indeed been removed, but the manufacturing date conforms to the original assembly procedure. It is estimated that the locking mechanism inside has been repaired, and the original seat belt has not been changed! The airbag is better distinguished, the skin on the surface is obviously newer than the steering wheel, and the disassembly hole is also punctured!
The main driver’s seat has been removed, whether it was accidentally removed or for other reasons, there is no way to guarantee this! However, it is certain that there is no trace of sediment residue in the harness at the bottom of the seat! Combined with the steering column, threshold gap, under the carpet and other positions, Guangyao confirmed that there is no water soaking in the vehicle!
I thought the function buttons should be in good condition and effective, but I didn’t expect a light switch to fail! If this is repaired, it is estimated that the assembly will have to be replaced!
Finally, the detection of the chassis, which is also our most important project, has disappeared, leaving the engine and gearbox exposed! It is estimated that the fender was reimbursed by the front accident!
The fixing screw of the engine oil pan has been removed, and the color of the oil pan is obviously relatively new. It may be that the bottom is cracked and damaged, and it has been repaired and replaced, but as far as this problem is concerned, it is not serious!
There is nothing wrong with the gearbox oil pan, which is neither disassembled nor deformed! This 8AT gearbox is well matched with the 2.0T engine!
This is the point. Do you know where this is? This is the lower part of the top of the damping tower with high paint thickness. From below, it can be clearly seen that this piece is made up and has been cut and welded! This position is the same as the right front longitudinal beam, as long as there are deformation, cutting, welding, folding and other conditions, it can be directly designated as a major accident car!
The situation of the lower longitudinal beam is not much better, and the deformed position has not been corrected and maintained! It may be that the deformation is not large, so the repairman does not care!
There was another unexpected discovery under the chassis. The inner plate of the left rear fender was cut and welded. It seems that this XC60 has an accident in more than one place! Although the accident here is nothing compared with the previous one, it is also a big flaw! You must give feedback to customers! That’s why we should insist on detecting the chassis, because this position is not on the chassis, and we can’t see it at all!
There is no suspense in the conclusion of this XC60, a major accident car! I called my good brother to report the car condition. My good brother couldn’t believe it. Although I made preparations that the car condition didn’t meet expectations, it was too different! The front fender skeleton is cut, the rear fender inner panel is cut, the shock absorber seat is cut, and the longitudinal beam is deformed. This is not a sword stuck in the heart of the good brother, but four swords! Good brother, let Guangyao report the car inspection as soon as possible, so that he can return the car and refund the deposit!
But the deposit is not so easy to refund, and the car dealer has a hundred reasons to refuse you! Good brother tried to find the other party’s theory several times without a result, and went to the live broadcast room to complain and was blacked out! I thought I found a cheap one, but I didn’t expect it to be a protracted war! Big brother still has his own business to take care of, which makes him physically and mentally haggard! So, if you see a particularly cheap used car, you really need to keep your eyes open!
The fans nodded to show that they understood! Ok, that’s all for today’s testing sharing. I’m a used car testing technician from the car inspector. Like it, like it, and spray it if you don’t like it. I repair cars more, study less, and write poorly. Please bear with me. Car inspector, I would like to be your friend who knows cars best!
