Popular Mechanics Used Car Checklist

Before you buy a used car, thoroughly inspect it with the help of this 101-point checklist from the automotive pros at Popular Mechanics. It’s fun and easy to use. The app keeps track of problems you spot and stores the information for later, along with photos and your own notes. The goal of this app is to get you, the buyer, to see, feel, and, yes, smell the entire car, which will help you judge its condition.

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Utilities	Free	Hearst Communications, Inc.	iPhone, iPad, iPod

Popular Mechanics Used Car Checklist Screenshot on iOS

Note: While this checklist is rigorous, it’s impossible to predict when mechanical or electrical components will fail. Remember, you can always take the car to a certified mechanic for a second opinion.

Features
Good for novices as well as experts: Each question requires a simple Yes or No answer. Most require no tools.
Letter grades (A through F) are updated after every question.
Add photos and notes.
The checklist is divided into eight sections: Basics, Exterior, Interior, Underbody, Engine, Engine Advanced, Powertrain, and Test Drive.
Email your vehicle summary to a friend or trusted mechanic for a second opinion.
Within each section, questions are ranked from highest priority to lowest priority.
See used-car shopping tips and a list of what to bring for an inspection.
You will receive warnings if you answer Yes to the highest priority questions, called Deal Breakers.

Reviews

Great fun free
Sean Bumgarner

Great fun free app here, nicely done!

Just an ad
m24/47

All i get is an ad for mobil1 oil.

The ad glitch fix
OldCarJunkie

To the other commenter: It seems to get stuck on an ad if the wi-fi connection is spotty. When i went to airplane mode it was fine, and when i had a great connection it was fine. Otherwise, it's a great, simple app. Does what it says it'll do, and brings up all the right inspection points.

too hard to read
sauceolino

looks pretty thorough, but it's a pain in my eyes, so I cannot use it.

Fix the bug.
Havoc man

Brings up ad for mobil one oil. Cannot access the app!

Junk
Meeting minutes

My wifi is fine and it can't be move off the oil bottle

POS
Nor'easter

I am really angry. App just ad for motor oil. Nada about used car assessment.

Didn't work for me
PMrocksanyway

My wifi is fine. Couldn't get past the Mobil One Ad. And why is that ad the first action of the program?

Crap!
Mtmanx

Can't get past mobile oil Adam cancel subscription for recommending potential spam

101 Mobil One Ads
Dr. Veritas

Well it opens on a picture of Mobil One and then if you touch the picture it takes you to their Mobil website. Hurray for Mobil. Now to find a good checklist somewhere after I first delete this unprogram! It wouldn't allow zero stars so I had to give it one.