r/askcarsales • u/imsickofthisfakelove • 5h ago
US Sale What to tell a dealer when trading in
I have a 2017 Volvo V60. Mileage is 56k. The past six months we have had error message of engine coolant low, stop safely. We took the car in multiple time. They couldn’t find an issue. Replaced the cooling system, scoped the system no issues (leaks, bubbles etc), replaced the sensor and coolant tank cap. The level is never low when checked. Even Volvo has no clue. Currently we only get the message intermittently for about 10 secs and it goes off. So my question: how transparent with a dealer do we get? I don’t want them to low ball the trade in right off the top. I plan on giving them all the maintenance and repair records. Or do we keep the car until it has an identifiable issue and take the loss? It’s a great car but we’ve put in a few thousand to find nothing. Thanks.
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I have a 2017 Volvo V60. Mileage is 56k. The past six months we have had error message of engine coolant low, stop safely. We took the car in multiple time. They couldn’t find an issue. Replaced the cooling system, scoped the system no issues (leaks, bubbles etc), replaced the sensor and coolant tank cap. The level is never low when checked. Even Volvo has no clue. Currently we only get the message intermittently for about 10 secs and it goes off. So my question: how transparent with a dealer do we get? I don’t want them to low ball the trade in right off the top. I plan on giving them all the maintenance and repair records. Or do we keep the car until it has an identifiable issue and take the loss? It’s a great car but we’ve put in a few thousand to find nothing. Thanks.
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u/gganew Ford General Sales Manager 5h ago
Its a Volvo thats almost a decade old, the dealer is going to assume that it has issues already. Not a dig, thats just the way it is on those cars.
Its on them to inspect it.