3rd February, 2011
This is a checklist of what to look for and do when buying a Tokunbo or fairly-used vehicle without your mechanic at your side
One, don’t let the aesthetic (that’s the shimmering or sexy look) of the vehicle fool you. Usually, vehicles prepared for sale are deliberately burnished to glimmer.
Two, be very observant: Immediately you turn the key on (just simply by turning the key one stroke, no cranking sound yet and the engine isn’t working yet), make sure that all the images on the dashboard are lighted up. Why? Some Smart Alec car sellers sometimes remove or tape over the bulbs, inside the dashboard, of the warning signs.
Three, as soon as the engine is cranked, within a few seconds (it must not be up to a minute), the entire dashboard signs’ lights must go off.
Four, this is a tricky one: if you notice the CHECK ENGINE light going off simultaneously with the ALTERNATOR light (depicted with the image of a battery on the dashboard) and/or the OIL PRESSURE light (which is depicted with an Arabian jug-like image with a narrow mouth for pouring), then something is wrong.
Five, once the engine has been cranked and is running at idle, the person’s seated in the vehicle must not feel any discernible vibration. If you feel any form of vibration, it’s either bad engine mount’s, or bad transmission mount or the engine is misfiring.
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