Was the car in an accident?
The seller will have to advertise in advance (Photo: Keinan Cohen)
The widespread disruption in the automobile market in recent years due to supply difficulties has boosted the demand and prices of used cars, and where there is the potential for easy profit - there are also quite a few people who will try to take advantage of the high demand and mislead customers regarding the vehicles they offer for sale.
The world of the safety record of a used car is an extensive breeding ground for this type of cheating, which brings down many customers every year, who purchase a car without understanding the meaning of the car's safety history or whether it has been determined that it is "loss to the law" The Consumer Protection Authority has been fighting this phenomenon for several years , and now clarifies that the duty of disclosure also applies at the very early stage of advertising the car.
Do not buy a used car without a guide to the databases that will reveal if you are being deceived:
this way you will know whether the vehicle you are buying was involved in an accident, how far it traveled, and more
Is the vehicle significantly damaged?
You will know this in advance (Photo: Keinan Cohen, Keinan Cohen)
Today, according to Rule 309 of the Traffic Regulations, there is an obligation to disclose to the consumer if the car has suffered safety damage or has been determined by an insurance company's appraiser to be damaged at the level of "loss to the law" - that is, the cost of repair from which the insurance company keeps the car and compensates the customer, for example .
According to the used vehicle law (right to due disclosure), it is established that the dealer in the sale of a vehicle is obligated to provide the customer with a disclosure form by the time of signing the sales contract detailing the damages caused to the vehicle as far as the dealer knows, including safety damage and the past of the vehicle as a loss according to the law.
However, there are car dealers who take advantage of the lack of clarity in the regulation regarding the due diligence form and bring it to the attention of the buyer only near the signing of the contract.
A situation that may lead people who are already "inside the business" to be tempted to buy a car with a safety record that they would not have bought in the first place.
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Notice of the safety record already in the publication and not at the last minute (photo: spokeswoman of the Authority for Consumer Protection and Fair Trade)
Now, in order to reduce this phenomenon, as a result of an inspection it conducted, which revealed that these clarifications are not presented to customers, the Consumer Protection Authority publishes an opinion that clarifies that there is no gray area in this area and that the vehicle's safety history score applies not only near the signing, but already at the stage The earliest of the car's advertising.
"Buying a car is a transaction with a high financial value, and in light of this, it is important for the authority to prevent deception that could cause the consumer extensive financial damage," explains in the opinion attorney Ariel Diamant, the legal advisor of the Consumer Protection Authority, "in light of this, I chose to come out with the opinion that emphasizes the importance The discovery of the accident condition of the vehicle, still in the publishing stage.
This will allow the consumer to stand by the nature of the vehicle and influence his decision whether to come to the business and if so - to make an informed decision whether to purchase the vehicle, and at what price.
I emphasize that the violation of the prohibition of deception and the duty of disclosure in the Consumer Protection Law are grounds for the imposition of a financial sanction and are also criminal offenses.
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