How to Discover a Sunken Car When Buying a Used One

 

It is known that the region has seen a lot of rainy days and floods recently, and now we are heading to enter Winter again, which is expected to be rich in heavy rain. It is certain that these heavy rains, regardless of their advantages, caused great damage, including the sinking of cars.

 

Speaking of car sinking on roads, many have warned against getting involved in buying cars that may have been drowned. These cars are sold as used cars without mention being sunk, and the buyer will not be able to discover it out because it is difficult to know sunken cars and thus be deceived.

 

The buyer will then start a series of suffering with the car without knowing the cause, where the problems begin to appear gradually, especially in the internal components and electric parts. In addition, it is difficult to repair those parts and replace them cost a lot of money.

 

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What are the disadvantages of buying a used sunken car?

 

• Getting involved in buying a used sunken car is not only costing a lot of money, but it also endangers your safety and the safety of your children.

 

• Parts of the sunken car after some time  will not work efficiently and will collapse one after the other. Its parts can be completely damaged, as airbags may not work properly when exposed to an accident that threatens your life.

 

• It is also possible that the internal parts of the car will be exposed to rust and therefore not working efficiently.

 

• As well as damaging electrical parts that are hard to repair, replacing them costs a lot of money.
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How can a sunken car be discovered?

 

There are many ways in which you can discover a sunken car, to avoid a lot of material and physical damage, including:

 

1 - The simplest way to know this is to close the car for 24 and then notice the smell. Where the smell of water stays  in the car no matter how cleaned since it leaked to places that can’t be reached.

 

2 - Check the records of the vehicle at the traffic or insurance companies. The car may have been repaired at the expense of the insurance company.

 

3- Check the bottom of the mats in the car if there is mud or water.

 

4- Check the seat screws, you can see if they have been removed to clean the car. Since the disassembly of the seats is not in the normal maintenance or cleaning except in the case of drowning.

 

5- Check the lighting systems in the car, and note the water that can appear inside the lights.

 

6- Check the hard-to-reach parts for cleaning and note the presence of mud, water or rust.

 

7- Check the screws of the car parts to see if they have been disassembled, including the door sills.

 

8- Check rust in places where water is not reached in normal conditions such as screws fixing internal parts.

 

9 - Look in the interior and the bag for any signs of rust in the iron.

 

10 - Check the speakers in the car, because if they were sunk, they will not work as efficiently.

 

11 - Try to get help from car expert, because he can know immediately if the car sunk or not.

 

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