well thats why you ask for the maintenance history, just like what you would do anyways in a private salemikeymike1 wrote: ↑Unfortunately John thats the cycle of the used car market. Non disclosure from seller/trade-in, then resold to next, then the retailer/dealer gets blamed for crap the original buyer never disclosed.
Safety certification only ascertains road worthy safety points. Not OP's issues as disclosed on this thread.
if you see much more than just oil and filter and fluid changes, that's a red flag