Used BYD Sealion 06 Inspection Checklist

EVIDENCE FILE

Records that change the answer

Start with VIN and labels in report and link it to the VIN before accepting translated trim names or catalogue photographs. Add paint-depth and fastener map so condition or equipment claims can be checked against the actual car. The remaining records establish how the vehicle operates, how it has been treated and whether the proposed route is credible.

1. VIN and labels in report
2. paint-depth and fastener map
3. underbody and battery images
4. full diagnostic output
5. charge and road-test notes

A record remains useful only for the vehicle and moment it describes. Preserve original files, note who supplied them and request a new inspection after a material repair or long custody gap. When another car is offered, discard conclusions that cannot be traced to its VIN.

DECISION TEST

Test the route, not the brochure

A repaired rear quarter may be acceptable if the repair extent, structure, sensors and sealing are understood. A clean exterior with unexplained diagnostic faults can be the higher-risk vehicle.

Inspection scope should follow the decision. For this route, check confirm identity before condition grading, then map paint and structural evidence panel by panel. Continue with inspect underbody and high-voltage protection and record scan modules and road-test relevant systems. Measurements, photographs, diagnostics and test conditions are more transferable than labels such as “excellent,” “full option” or “export ready.”

Disclosure makes a limitation discussable; vagueness makes it risky. Define how the issue affects safety, use, compliance, service or resale and who will resolve it. A deposit should not remove the buyer's ability to verify a decisive claim.

VEHICLE-SPECIFIC WORKSHEET

Apply this check to the candidate

Map body findings by panel and structural relationship. A repaint on a door is different from distortion around a suspension pickup or battery enclosure. Pair every diagnostic fault with module, status, occurrence conditions and follow-up test. The report should let a remote buyer understand consequence without relying on the inspector's adjective.

Close the worksheet with a short decision memo for Used BYD Sealion 06 Inspection Checklist. State how “confirm identity before condition grading” was verified, what record supports “VIN and labels in report,” and who remains responsible for “scan modules and road-test relevant systems.” Add the date, candidate VIN, destination and any condition attached to acceptance. If “underbody and battery images” is missing or belongs to another vehicle, leave the conclusion open and price the uncertainty. This memo gives the inspector, buyer, logistics team and destination adviser the same boundary instead of allowing each participant to assume a different version of the purchase.

DESTINATION CONTROL

Carry the same facts through export

Complete inspection before port movement. Photograph condition at each handover so transit damage is separable from pre-existing findings.

Rehearse the export file while the seller still controls the car. Contract, invoice, inspection, customs description and shipping booking should name the same VIN and propulsion. Ask the destination adviser separately about registration and any technical changes required after arrival.

Use a dated worksheet and a single delivery boundary for comparisons. Keep quoted, estimated and conditional lines distinct. Recalculate when currency, vehicle, route, sailing or customs treatment changes rather than carrying an old total into a new transaction.