Originally Posted By: Yah-Tah-Hey
Certified" pre-owned vehicle is just a way to jack the asking price up without really putting $$ into vehicles taken in on trade.
As a dealer tech, FAR from it.
When we do a CPO, all maintenance must be done up to date, brakes must be OE and above 50% wear, tires must be OE and above 50% wear. Car gets new OE wipers, air filter, cabin filter, oil change automatically. We used to even install new floor mats. We don't do too many CPO because often we loose 1000's on the deal.
Some [censored] lease returns where the owner did zero maintenance, put [censored] aftermarket brakes on it and brought it back with bald tires can cost $3-4000 to CPO.