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Guides for checking a car in Türkiye.
Written for someone buying a car they cannot inspect in their own language. Each guide explains one document, one measurement or one step, and what it means for the price you pay.
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7 guides
- 14 min
How to check a used car's history in Turkey before you buy
What to check before you pay, in the order a buyer actually does it: the pre-purchase examination, the periodic roadworthiness reports, mileage, money owed on the car, and how to test what you are told.
Buyer - 8 min
How to find a car's service history
No government keeps a maintenance record anywhere. It sits with the shop that did the work or the owner who kept the paperwork, which is why reconstructing it takes six separate sources rather than one lookup.
BuyerOwnerSeller - 7 min
How to spot an odometer rollback before you buy
A dashboard reading is editable and the rest of the car is not. Mileage is written into several control units, into wear patterns and into dated records, and tampering rarely reaches all three.
Buyer - 7 min
Paint thickness readings, and what they actually tell you
A gauge gives you a number in microns and the number alone means little. What the tool is genuinely good at is telling you that one panel is not like the panels around it.
BuyerDealer - 6 min
Flood damage warning signs, and why price is the wrong question
Water damages everything at once and then keeps working, so the checks below help you identify a flooded car rather than help you price one.
Buyer - 7 min
The check engine light and OBD fault codes
The light means a code is stored, not that a part has failed. Steady means read it soon, flashing means stop, and readiness monitors expose a seller who cleared the memory.
OwnerBuyer - 7 min
Structural damage: what to look for, and when to walk
Panels are cladding and replaceable. Rails, pillars, sills, strut towers, floor and firewall are structure, and damage there is a decision about whether to buy rather than a discount.
Buyer