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Buying an Approved Used BYD: the documents to check before handover
Check the inspection record, battery-health report, cover and connected-service paperwork for your Approved Used BYD before handover.
Before taking delivery of a BYD Approved Used car, ask for its completed inspection record, battery-health result and written cover. Check that these identify the actual car and resolve any outstanding work before handover.
- Confirm the car is sold under BYD’s UK Approved Used programme.
- Ask for the completed inspection report and a record of any follow-up work.
- Ask for the vehicle-specific battery State of Health result and test date. Ask the retailer to confirm the minimum State of Health in the written terms for this car.
- Obtain the applicable warranty, mileage limits, start/end dates, exclusions and claims route in writing.
- Confirm breakdown assistance contacts/dates and each connected service’s allowance and activation date.
- Check service history, supplied keys/cables, the matching handbook and your own app ownership link.
What to expect
You have the vehicle-specific inspection, battery-health report, cover dates, service history and the agreed keys and charging equipment before accepting the handover. Resolve any missing item with the seller in writing.
If that did not work
Ask the selling retailer to resolve missing reports or unclear cover before completing handover. Keep the sale agreement, inspection/health results, service history and any agreed outstanding work with the car’s documents.
Charge is not battery health
A 90% charge display or range prediction is not a 90% State of Health report. Ask the seller how the health result was measured.
Cover for this particular car
BYD UK previously advertised a 179-point inspection and at least 90% battery State of Health. Ask the selling retailer to confirm both figures for this car in writing. Check how any remaining manufacturer warranty and Approved Used cover fit together, including dates, mileage limits and who handles claims. A private sale does not automatically include the programme benefits.
UK retailer reference — Marshall BYD Approved Used. Marshall advises confirming warranty cover with the supplying retailer. The inspection count and battery threshold above come from previously published BYD UK programme information.
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Applies to: UK BYD Approved Used handover. Confirm the programme and written terms with the selling retailer.
Evidence checked · Review due
Review is due. Recheck the primary source and your exact version before relying on changing details.
First useful check
Ask the selling retailer to identify the programme in writing and provide the completed inspection report and dated battery State of Health result for the vehicle.
Read the result
You have the vehicle-specific inspection, battery-health report, cover dates, service history and the agreed keys and charging equipment before accepting the handover. Resolve any missing item with the seller in writing.
Stop or change approach: Resolve missing reports, unclear cover or outstanding work in writing before accepting the vehicle.
Prepare a useful record
Ask the selling retailer to resolve missing reports or unclear cover before completing handover. Keep the sale agreement, inspection/health results, service history and any agreed outstanding work with the car’s documents.
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Evidence and answer standard
Previously advertised inspection count and battery health threshold require written confirmation for the vehicle.. The date records an evidence review, not a physical test of your car. A forum report can identify a question; it cannot establish a universal repair.
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