Should Car Dealers Check Their Used Inventory For Recalls?

Should Car Dealers Check Their Used Inventory For Recalls?

Are you checking for recalls in your used vehicle inventory?

Do you have a written used vehicle recall checking policy?

Have your employees signed the policy showing where they will comply?

Why have a policy, at all you ask? Great question!

First, a recall is issued when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) determines that there is a safety risk. From NHTSA’s website:

A recall is issued when a manufacturer or NHTSA determines that a vehicle, equipment, car seat, or tire creates an unreasonable safety risk or fails to meet minimum safety standards. Most decisions to conduct a recall and remedy a safety defect are made voluntarily by manufacturers prior to any involvement by NHTSA.

If you are not checking and fixing your used inventory, then you are purposely putting others in “harm’s way.”

Take a look at this short video and let me know your thoughts below.

For more information about NHTSA and a just published New York Times article about how the Biden Administration will handle NHTSA click on the links in the comments below.

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Click HERE to watch the video.

New York Times article click HERE

NHTSA information click HERE