@@mph5896 I signed up to learn more about Lemon Squad back in January. I finally received a call back yesterday, and you are absolutely correct, the relationship is definitely a 1099 independent contractor agreement type of relationship. Anyway a few hours after I "signed up" they called me back and wanted to do an inspection 62 miles away without any training, lol. I declined the job. It's not worth spending 3-4 hours in traffic plus a 60-90 minute inspection to only receive $50-$70. If a job (or anything else for that matter) sounds too good to be true it probably is, once again.
I have used Lemon Squad on several occasions, and they have saved me from making a purchasing mistake. Most recently ,about a month ago when they uncovered erased codes and ghost codes on past problems that the dealer tried to hide. I guess it does depend on what scanner tool their inspector uses.
I just had one done yesterday. The inspector could have and should have actually cleared, but not erased the code" on a car I had them look at. He claimed the car would not stay running because of a cam position sensor fault. I happen to know the car does run, but he essentially used that as an excuse to get home earlier. It was after 5pm. Okay, so that might be a bit of a controversial statement, but what I also know is that the car has at least one or two SRS codes and the report mentions nothing about that. Why, because he was using a $50 scanner. That in itself is unacceptable. If consumers are paying $200 for an inspection then the codes pulled should much more detailed. another poster below says "they found 14 codes" on an explorer that he thought was a good deal. Well, if the car still looked and ran fine and those codes were cleared and not coming back then what he did do is potentially miss out on a great deal. I was also given countless photos of cosmetics on a 19 year old car in Chicago without a single photo under the door skins, under the lower control arms etc, etc. Cosmetic photos are all well and good, but with a report like I got, you stand a really good chance of buying a rust-bucket. Again. My review - useless waste of money. Maybe worth $50 tops.
I've used Lemon Squad twice. The first was on a Jaguar XKE and I was worried about rust. The inspector was terrific, found Bondo everywhere with his paint scanner, and gave me pics that showed exactly WHERE the body putty was. As a result, I passed on that car. The second was on an old Austin-Healy in NYC. This inspector did a half-ass job and may have been just plain inept. He said he "found Bondo everywhere" when in actuality, he had been magnet-checking a fiberglass fender. He didn't know if the overdrive worked or not - because he turned it on only at 35 MPH and couldn't feel a difference. I got only 103 pictures, and many of them about the tires and tread depth and very little from the underside. He did a terrible job. So YES, I agree, the quality of the inspector they send out is key, and they vary a great deal.
I was getting ready to sell my old beater of a car so I took it to my local independent mechanic to get it checked out. I do my own minor maintenance, but he does the bigger stuff for me. He said that was the first time he had a SELLER wanting to check out the car. I figure I want to be as honest as possible with whoever I'm selling to. He checked it out and said it was good to go then asked what I wanted for it. When I told him the amount he paid me cash out of their register to buy it right there! He had done all the major maintenance himself and he knew I was doing the minor stuff myself, so even though the car was old he figured it had a few years left on it for his kid to drive. I still see it driving around almost 10 years later.
3 years ago I bought a 15 Golf Diesel in San Diego. I live in SF area. I choose a guy who was not from a big company, just an individual who had great reviews. Man I'd never buy another car w/o him. He was so thorough it was unbelievable. Even tho nothing was wrong with the car and it had very few miles from sitting 2 plus years from the scandal, he made dang sure he inspected the whole car top to bottom. The guy didn't miss anything. $245 was well worth it.
Some inspectors MAY BE burned-out mechs/techs; they know what they're looking at and for, just tired of the shop life. ASE cert by itself isn't enough; you got to get your hands dirty for several years in the shop or field. If you have a local mechanic you trust, see what they charge for an inspection.
Lemon Squad might not care; they don't warranty their inspections, and already got paid. But as Mike's wife said, I would hope they'd address an obvious fail like this.
If a consumer is going to pay $150 for an inspection, the Lemon Squad should at least invest in a proper scan tool and hire a qualified person to inspect these vehicles. I say thumbs down for the Lemon Squad. I would never use them.
@@Justkevin377 I don't get the purpose of their service. Even the cheapest scan tool on the market can pull codes. It seems like the Lemon Squad is more of a visual inspection rather than a mechanical one? Check the paint, check the tires, check the interior, check the fluids, and drive the car. I'd give some guy $10 to do that, but for $150, you better be a mechanic with a good tool and do a real inspection.
i agree they should have had the Autel or similar scanner. What is the point of spending $150 if they did not have a quality scanner to do the job. I could buy the Autel Scanner and do the inspection myself and save $150.
@@nottelling4828 It's mostly for CarOffer buying cars from dealerships and occasionally from individuals. You give the car a good once over and drive it. They generally ask for 50 pictures but I include 100+. Looking for scratches, dents, broken items, etcetera.
I signed up to learn more about Lemon Squad back in January. I finally received a call back yesterday, and you are absolutely correct, the relationship is definitely a 1099 independent contractor agreement type of relationship. Anyway a few hours after I "signed up" they called me back and wanted to do an inspection 62 miles away without any training, lol. I declined the job. It's not worth spending 3-4 hours in traffic plus a 60-90 minute inspection to only receive $50-$70. If a job (or anything else for that matter) sounds too good to be true it probably is, once again.
I've used Lemon Squad four times in the last few years and I've been happy with the service. The first time their inspection pointed out big cosmetic flaws that were hidden in the dealership photos, the last time I used them the inspection pointed out codes that had been recently erased that could have involved costly repairs. The way the used car market has been the last few years, if you are wanting something in particular you'll probably need to expand your search radius, Lemon Squad is a great tool to weed out cars that would be a waste of time to drive numerous hours to look at.
@@robertburns3014 I didn’t just have them look at random cars. There was a truck that I was ready to buy as long as it checked out, the truck was in a town 3 hours away, I paid $150 and the next day I had the inspection report that pointed out numerous issues with the truck, saved me a 6 hour round trip, worth every penny.
@@liveraddieradder I also found a car 90 minutes away. If I'd had Lemon Squad to point out the cosmetic flaws, I would have known that the car had been in a collision, despite CarFax's "no accidents" report. But I was tired, I'm over sixty, use assistance walking, and couldn't inspect bumpers, lower fenders, etc. I missed the hood being slightly off because the salesman stood in front of the lowered end. An inspection by Lemon Squad could have saved me a huge amount of payments with this car. $150 is chump change compared to a $30K mistake.
In today's market, I had to travel 90 minutes from my home to buy a car. My local mechanic was too busy to go. I am elderly and disabled, and it would have been handy to have a Lemon Squad person meet me there. The CarFax said NO accidents and had regular service, but has definitely been in a collision. Not being able to crawl around the asphalt on a 90 degree day, I missed the cosmetic "repairs" the dealership made to temporarily hide the problems. This is a case when a Lemon Squad would have been very helpful, instead of my car slowly falling apart AFTER I got it home. I would not have bought this blasted car if I'd had a decent set of eyes to point out the signs of a crash hard enough to offset the hood, the fender, etc.
Mrs.Chevy Dude is absolutely correct in having your mechanic do the inspection.I can also understand as to why the"Lemon Squad" will not warranty their inspection...................huge liability. Keep pluggin' Mike,you are doing good! I still do not understand why anyone would buy a vehicle that is sight unseen, as in the car vending machine gimmick!
I like how he says it's not a junkyard transmission and it's a Nissan transmission. A known manufacturer of junk garbage transmissions. But at, east Mike acknowledged that they are total garbage transmissions.H e doesn't lie about it.
While i agree with you 100%, the reman units are solid.. jatco and jasper got together to improve internals for remans.. get it from nissan or jasper you get the same exact trans with same warranty which even if bought through nissan will go thru nissan and ultimately end up at jasper..
Mike, I really enjoy your videos. No matter the hundred plus pictures, the notation of small amounts of rust, the attention to odors in the vehicle, the fact is these guys missed what would be the most critical aspect of the car from the standpoint of any consumer purchasing it - - that being that the transmission was trashed. So in my view their report gets a solid “F “
@@ChevyDude Actually, yes, the V6 CVT's pay more. 9 hours is for a 4 cylinder Altima. those are the ones I could do in 2.5. I'm also quoting Nissan warranty time, which is less than customer pay time (AllData). Nissan gave us fewer hours for warranty work because they figured since we do them all day, we're faster than the average independent tech.
Had 116,700 miles on the 16’ when I traded it in 3 weeks ago. Never gave me any reason to think the trans would fail it was as smooth as new. I did Cvt service at 75k miles, and I floored tf out of it all those miles. I also allow my cars to warm up 5-10 mins, I use the parking brake, and I drive with a steady foot.
Let's keep this service in perspective. (1) It's a FIELD INSPECTION. The inspector is not working in a shop. He can't be there for three hours. He may or may not have been able to view the underside on a LIFT, which possibly could have given him more information. (2) He can only report on what he sees and hears while he is there. In the actual video you said that sometimes the transmission shifted fine. So, if the issue didn't show itself on the test drive, how would you have expected him to mention it? Would you have let him take the car for the afternoon and put 100 miles on it? Probably not. Furthermore, you're a dealer who has likely bought thousands of cars in your life. You said that even you didn't notice when you drove it initially. (3) You said there was a photo showing the warning light. He SHOULD have made a note of this and recommended the buyer to do further research to find out WHY that was on before proceeding with the purchase. (4) An ODB meter may or may not be helpful, and plugging some non-propriety scanners into certain cars can actually cause problems with the cars electronics. Taking ANY tools to a seller's car is a liability. With that said, again I say the WARNING LIGHT on the dash should have been mentioned in the report even if he couldn't determine the cause. (5) The service cost just $150! That includes the inspectors time on site, his travel time to and from the vehicle, wear and tear on his car, and the backing of a company that maintains an office, employees and hopefully, is able to turn a profit for them to grow. If you want guarantees on a USED MECHANICAL DEVICE with over 100k miles you should be paying 10x that so the company can have Errors and Omissions insurance coverage for all their inspectors. Would you be willing to pay over $1000 for an inspection on a car that you may or may not buy? (6) Mechanics today are not like they used to be. Most are specialists on one or two components of a car, like electronics, HVAC, Fuels systems etc. Having a 'general mechanic' look it over is often not possible as the seller doesn't want their car to be taken for a prolonged period of time, and to someone they don't know. The mechanic may or may not find the issue, and if he doesn't do you think you get to charge him the bad transmission that failed to show up when he looked over the car? He too can only report on what he sees. (7) If all car dealers HONESTLY represented cars, the seller would either not have listed the car or, the buyer would have been made aware of the issue and the inspector would have been scheduled to come out AFTER the transmission had been replaced. (8) Having a pre-purchase inspection is just a PART of the due diligence process a long-distance buyer should go through before handing over the cash. It's an independent (knowledgeable) set of eyes and ears looking over the vehicle. Other research should include checking out the seller, checking the service/maintenance history, checking the title etc. and above all understanding that you are buying a USED MECHANICAL DEVICE, any component can fail at any time without warning. It's not for everyone. That is the risk you are accepting and spending less money because of it. If you want guarantees, you buy a brand-new car. Just my two cents. 🙂
Best video…very informative. I thought of using them before but ended up taking to mechanic. Who cares if button don’t work, I need to know if the engine is going or if tranny is about to give way.
Wow, Mike! Pretty bad that the inspection didn't find those codes; I have a consumer-grade Autel that reads trans/abs/airbag depending on vehicle make/model; bought it for about $130 pre-Covid. As for Nissan's CVT's (at least from like 2008-2017ish) are JATCO. And JATCO stands for "Junk Another Transmission Company". Nissan bought a stake in JATCO, so they put cheap CVTs in their vehicles. No doubt the former Nissan/Renault boss that was on the run from the law got a bonus for that decision.
Yikes! I've been looking for a specific make model and year range vehicle for the last few months. I had been planning on using Lemon Squad for my inspection but this is giving me 2nd thoughts.
This seems like a good service, the report you posted seems pretty detailed and provides important information. Stuff like that Nissan transmission can be one off kind of deals, as the transmission probably worked fine for the test drive. However, if they’re going to be doing that business, they should invest in a scan tool like your Alltell and have some “flags” for codes like the one stated in this video to look out for. I’d say they still need a little work on a database because codes are very helpful buying a used car, especially with how shady some dealerships can get.
I was going to hire Lemon Squad for a pre-inspection but I was quoted it would be an extra fee since they did not have a mechanic in my area (about 70 miles away in the Cities). I don't live in the country but I wasn't willing to spend $260 for a vehicle. A local company did my inspection and thoroughly checked to see if it was good to go. They only found the pad on the front breaks were around 50% in the front and 80% in the back. The tire tread was 5/32NDS and 6/32NDS respectively. And it only cost me $60 and some change. It was good enough for me to put an "ok" on a buyout that had the engine replaced.
For everyone saying the inspectors need better scanners.....Lemon Squad will only pay you $70 per car inspection and you may only get one inspection a month depending on your area. If you decline an inspection as a contractor they punish you by giving you less work. This is a gig economy job and you are required to take and send at least 75 pictures per unit on YOUR phone. They do not have an app either, its all done over your web browser. I personally drove over 100 miles, one way, to look at a car. The mileage pay was more than inspecting the actual vehicle. The only time I received enough consecutive inspections to make it worth my time was when another local inspector was so incompetent that the dealer refused to let that individual look at any more cars because they were documenting problems that did not exist ( 1 year old Toyota reported for rodent damage because a paper floor mat had left fibers in the carpet). With all that being said I was not going to rush out and buy $600+ scan tool when my $30 OBD scanner was sufficient for Lemon Squad.
happened to my buddy ..30 days after the 30 day warranty ....boom limp mode in his rouge ... cvt trannies are junk why the hell is anyone even buying them ?
Oh man, my inspector missed everything. Like stuff that even I, now as a homeowner, would easily catch. But I was 25 and coming from an apartment so I didn't really know what to look for. Thousands in plumbing and electrical work.
I've used their service and was quite impressed with the level of detail in the report. The mechanic who inspected was told that the car, parked in NJ, was to be registered and licensed in NY. The car: 2006 Toyota Avalon with 192k miles belonging to a family member. The inspection for the most part was on point however there were 2 major problems that the mechanic missed so therefore not in the report (back to this soon). So I took possession of car and drove to NYC to get it inspected and registered. Took the car to my mechanic and he ripped me a new one. He asked me if Stevie Wonder worked on this car. First was the passenger side front headlight assembly needed to be totally replaced. Someone tried an after-market that wasn't for model. Second, the bellow on the passenger side was torn and the inner socket assembly has suffered damage. Also the whole control arm needed to be replaced. Well, needless to say, the car would not pass inspection in its current state. The total work to replace everything was north of $4k! Granted, the lemon squad mechanic does not have a lift but they do take pics of the suspension and under-carriage. Major miss!!! The mechanic kept telling my uncle that if I didn't want the car, he would buy it. Thank God, the car was a gift but took it back to my uncle. Would I use them again? If the car was far away from my mechanic, yes.
I have used Lemon Squad a few times. Back a couple of years ago, they did the inspection and the report either the same day or maybe the next morning. Now they take the order one day, the next day is the inspection, then the next day you are waiting and waiting and waiting. Meanwhile the car you are hoping to buy is still on the market. Now I am at the end of the day at day 3 and still do not have a report.
How oddly poetic! Now of course I got the survival kit checklist scene from "Dr. Strangelove" in my head...."Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff."
Did you contact Lemon Squad like a investigator does to get their response to this issue. I would love to hear what they are doing to resolve the problem. This server is so needed for consumers and I was just going to use them now not sure.
Just had them inspect a Camaro ZL1 for me in IN at Hypercars dealership. They did great. Except...they were 2 days late and I had a non refundable deposit. I raised hell and they finally went and did a pretty detailed job. Bought it. Happy as hell.
Great commercial for the Lemon people. Had to get to the end to hear no guarantee or scanning codes. Most people would tune out by then and call them for an inspection based on the glowing recommendation by the Chevy Dude.
So Lemon squad are great at checking for wear and tear but are clueless in terms of engines and transmission. The two components that are the most important thing in a car.
LemonSquad is a ripoff. I paid them $200 for an inspection which they delayed continously, falsely claiming the car had sold. After they dawdled for over a week the car finally sold and they won't refund me. Don't use these scammers, hire a reputable local mechanic.
That was a great review, I guess the point in the inspections was that there were no current or pending codes. I don't know why you would ignore past codes (that is making the assumption that they showed on their scan tool), but if they saw them, they should always be noted. It could be signs of an intermittent fault and in a major component like the transmission could leave someone with a very expensive bill.
Thank you for this! I can't believe they don't stand by their inspections! I will not be using them. Ands what's up with Nissan transmissions?! I can't believe how many times I've heard they have bad transmissions. Even over a decade ago. Why haven't they gotten it right by now?
Thank you for the time and effort in making the videos. Been cheering for you guys since day one ! Side note, question: which Autel scanner system are you using ? Was looking at getting the 508,model? Any insight ? Best wishes & best of luck on your journey…..
PPI is ALWAYS done by trusted mechanic. That's who is out there. Dealer lets you take car or you have to get mobile mechanic to dealer (and their lift). Always a hassle. Usually always worth it.
First of al I am impressed that you decided to replace the transmission with a brand new one. I gather that most used car dealers would sell it as is which means that they would not do what you are going to do. They would do something to hide the fact that the transmission is going to fail very soon. Second-why the heck can't Nissan have reliable transmissions? Third -everybody or nearly everybody knows that a Nissan vehicle past the 100,000 mile mark or getting close to it will probably have transmission problems. Fourth- I agree with another comment that Lemon Squad should be using the best scanning tools not some rinky dink plug in cheapo version.Fifth- I am not surprised that Lemon Squad does not guarantee thier inspection.
great video.. any good mechanic will have a pretty good scan tool. i can say alltell makes great scan tools.. i watch scotty kilmer videos all the time and he uses the same one possibly as you do mike. all i know is scotty says his costs 5k to buy. nissian i believe gets their transmissions cvt from jatco, an indian trans maker.. scotty has always said, jjatco trans are garbage wich i believe him. now , if it was a toyota, it would not need a transmission. i know when i look at a car or truck, i bring my own scan too. some people these days are shady. you cannot hide anything from a really good scan tool.
I quit watching Scotty because he is clickbait, whatever he says he is talking about is never what he is talking about. " this video will tell you which parts store to avoid" 12 Minutes later he is talking about moving to New York, never getting to the reason I watched his video.
My HHR threw a similar code earlier in the year. I cleared it with my $10 OBDII scanner to see if it would throw it again, and it never did, despite still acting sluggish at low speeds, so yeah, if the previous owner had cleared codes their cheap scanner might not have shown anything.
Random codes are a giant pain in the rear end (yours, not the vehicle's). I had some randoms on a Ford Taurus; did the "clear the codes drill" to pass emissions testing in Illinois. But Mike's cheap tool did show the basic code, so the previous owner handn't cleared it, or the fault happened enough times to set a code.
The fact they missed the code for a bad transmission, they could have caused a buyer to be out thousands replacing the transmission. The fact the person didn’t drive the Nissan at different speeds to find the bad transmission, they totally failed.
It seems unfortunate that they did not find the trans fault. For the price that is actually a great deal to know if the out of state car is even real or not. It is the only way a normal person could buy out of state with any safty. It will at the very least garuntee the car is real and likly not a scam.
It's hard to say. It's good and bad but this video might help them to get more customers. Thank you for sharing the info. Sounds like you are recovering from allergies.
Another early Murano low accel Problem is the rubber intake boot off the air box to the the throttle body will rip on the back side causing a lean condition on accel
U have 400x better chances of winning the powerball and a plane hitting u the next day than a bad cvt in a nissan 🤣🤣🤣 how nissan is still allowed to sell junk cars is beyond me
Chevy Dude - I wish you the best of luck with your business venture, but I miss you old content. It would have been fun to hear you talk about the C8 and upcoming EV-Silverado, etc. Going to others for that content - too bad. I’ll stay subscribed, but not engaged - good luck!
Lemon squad seems a little lemony. About the CVT. Personally I’d never buy anything with one. But according to the Car Wizard and a few other honest mechanics I know? They can last quite a bit longer than 100k miles. The problem is that they’re never serviced. Some folks say that you can’t or your not suppose to. Bottom line is that there’s fluid and moving internal parts, so yes it should be and can be serviced. But what puts more money in pockets? A good service every so often? Or dumping thousands into a new/reman transmission with a truck load of billable hours.
main items I want confirmation on being 100% solid are transmission and engine...... the fact that the trans failure code wasn't identified is a complete fail and makes lemon squad not an option for me?
@@MT-xl8jy if you were a "tinkerer" and not a professional mechanic, what brand of tools would you buy? The simple stuff like ratcheting wrenches, screwdrivers, etc. I'm asking for myself.
Typical Chevy Dude pointing out someone else shortcomings. And to boot paid them $179 to "prove a point" Boy another genius financial move on your part. Get the popcorn ready this ending will be comical!
New used car dealer scamming and dissing another business online,not good. As I’ve said before I see the Chevy Dude morphing into the Kia Dude in the near future.
The company does not prioritize customer concerns. You have to call several times and email. They claim they are busy. The master technician never returned my call as was promised. 4 business days later, I received a claim denial when I simply asked for an explanation. They sent me a bulky supposedly detailed report with many photos but missed 2 visible issues on the vehicle. I'm still trying to understand how that happened.
Use Lemon Squad or any company that does these inspections if you dont know someone. Way, way, way to many reviews of people blaming the dealership that there engine blew up a month after buying the car. Dont blame them blame yourself! Always get that vehicle inspected no matter if the car lot says they did a one thousand point inspection its good to go. Most of car lots lie!
Actually I'm in no better position then before I watched your video Perhaps if you had a classic car inspected it may of helped me However saying the service is "Pretty good" is gray as a cloudy day in Indiana
Thank You So Fuckin Much Bro, this wasn’t the video that helped me but those dealership scam tips really helped me out on my Hyundai genesis coupe purchase. really appreciate you
I friend got a car from carvanna just a few weeks ago. First here drove to Chicago only to find out they could not give him the car because their computer was down and they could not give him the temp plate. So a 6 hour round trip wasted. Then the car was junk so they had to get them to refund the money once they did get it and figured all the things wrong with. Lucky they only had to drive about an hour from here to drop it off and a regular dealer. Wonder if that dealer turned around and just sold it
The way lemon squad works is they hire people as Independent contractors. This is how they have people all over the country. Also, as someone who does work for them. They don’t pay all that well. $70 for regular vehicles, but when you factor in distance and time needed to perform the inspection and paperwork. It doesn’t come out to much. With that said. The inspector definitely messed up.
@@countreekidd sure... there are some things the guy missed, mostly a cracked rear tailgate panel on the inside. Also, he didn't check the head gaskets, even though subaru is notorious for that. And the car was a little dirty (think normal used car dirt and debris, nothing actually "dirty" or danaging). Besides that, everything the mechanic said was true, and the car runs great. They send you like 60 pics, which came in handy later when the dealership scratched my windshield and I had to prove that the car was not like that when I brought it in. Bottom line: Would I use them again? Sure. It's much cheaper than any other service, and much safer than not doing it at all. Is it perfect? Nope. But for like $160 total, it was a great deal. 👍🏿
I just bought a car sight unseen from washington, hired lemon squad, they found no problems with the wipers, I get the car, the wipers dont work. Wont answer my emails, I dont see anything as far as avenues to fix it. So far it seems they dont do anything. So this guy showed up, didnt test the wipers, they are broke, and Im stuck trying to fix wipers on an early 2000s Maserati. Pretty pissed considering how much I paid for them to come out and not do their job and then lie to me with no consequence.
If you are buying a used car, I would highly recommend that you spend the money on an inspection, $150-$200 isn't much based on the repair cost on anything on a car.
Of course you got a bad transmission it's a freaking Nissan it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out anyone have any common sense knows to stay away from any Nissan product that's not A370 or GTR
Gee what neat way to make a quick buck, "Wolf J. Flywheel, car inspector. Here's my qualifications, (phony diploma) Istanbul College of Automotive Diagnostic Inpectors."
"Dewey Cheatum and Howe Technical University Diplomat in Automotive Engineering" (yes, Diplomat, it's ancient Greek, Romanized to "diploma". Who sez I ain't cultured?!)
🍋 I'm out 20k because of unreported obvious and major issues that were unreported by the lemon squad. 🍋 my dream truck turned out to be a lemon nightmare
Are customers now having to pay for extra fees due to Covid? The salesman told me no dealership now would sale the car without the extra enhancements price (nitrogen, vin number stamps, car nob protector sticker). They were charging $3,000more for almost no enhancements. I left the lot and he didn’t even try to take my information. He limited the amount of time I could test drive the vehicle also. Did the customer lost its negotiating power due to high demand and low production of vehicles? I have bought a car before Covid and the treatment was way different. This salesman even told me that if I didn’t buy the vehicle somebody else would lol.
If a company's entire purpose is to inspect used vehicles, they should invest in advanced scan tools for their inspectors.
I doubt they are actual employees. Prob 1099 hired people.
@@mph5896 probably
@@mph5896 I signed up to learn more about Lemon Squad back in January. I finally received a call back yesterday, and you are absolutely correct, the relationship is definitely a 1099 independent contractor agreement type of relationship. Anyway a few hours after I "signed up" they called me back and wanted to do an inspection 62 miles away without any training, lol. I declined the job. It's not worth spending 3-4 hours in traffic plus a 60-90 minute inspection to only receive $50-$70. If a job (or anything else for that matter) sounds too good to be true it probably is, once again.
lemon squad and wegolook 1099's are terrible
@@amgmarinesupplies Why do you say?
I have used Lemon Squad on several occasions, and they have saved me from making a purchasing mistake. Most recently ,about a month ago when they uncovered erased codes and ghost codes on past problems that the dealer tried to hide. I guess it does depend on what scanner tool their inspector uses.
I agree. They found 14 codes on an Explorer that I thought was a great deal.
I just had one done yesterday. The inspector could have and should have actually cleared, but not erased the code" on a car I had them look at. He claimed the car would not stay running because of a cam position sensor fault. I happen to know the car does run, but he essentially used that as an excuse to get home earlier. It was after 5pm. Okay, so that might be a bit of a controversial statement, but what I also know is that the car has at least one or two SRS codes and the report mentions nothing about that. Why, because he was using a $50 scanner. That in itself is unacceptable. If consumers are paying $200 for an inspection then the codes pulled should much more detailed. another poster below says "they found 14 codes" on an explorer that he thought was a good deal. Well, if the car still looked and ran fine and those codes were cleared and not coming back then what he did do is potentially miss out on a great deal. I was also given countless photos of cosmetics on a 19 year old car in Chicago without a single photo under the door skins, under the lower control arms etc, etc. Cosmetic photos are all well and good, but with a report like I got, you stand a really good chance of buying a rust-bucket. Again. My review - useless waste of money. Maybe worth $50 tops.
I've used Lemon Squad twice. The first was on a Jaguar XKE and I was worried about rust. The inspector was terrific, found Bondo everywhere with his paint scanner, and gave me pics that showed exactly WHERE the body putty was. As a result, I passed on that car. The second was on an old Austin-Healy in NYC. This inspector did a half-ass job and may have been just plain inept. He said he "found Bondo everywhere" when in actuality, he had been magnet-checking a fiberglass fender. He didn't know if the overdrive worked or not - because he turned it on only at 35 MPH and couldn't feel a difference. I got only 103 pictures, and many of them about the tires and tread depth and very little from the underside. He did a terrible job. So YES, I agree, the quality of the inspector they send out is key, and they vary a great deal.
I was getting ready to sell my old beater of a car so I took it to my local independent mechanic to get it checked out. I do my own minor maintenance, but he does the bigger stuff for me. He said that was the first time he had a SELLER wanting to check out the car. I figure I want to be as honest as possible with whoever I'm selling to. He checked it out and said it was good to go then asked what I wanted for it. When I told him the amount he paid me cash out of their register to buy it right there! He had done all the major maintenance himself and he knew I was doing the minor stuff myself, so even though the car was old he figured it had a few years left on it for his kid to drive. I still see it driving around almost 10 years later.
3 years ago I bought a 15 Golf Diesel in San Diego. I live in SF area. I choose a guy who was not from a big company, just an individual who had great reviews. Man I'd never buy another car w/o him. He was so thorough it was unbelievable. Even tho nothing was wrong with the car and it had very few miles from sitting 2 plus years from the scandal, he made dang sure he inspected the whole car top to bottom. The guy didn't miss anything. $245 was well worth it.
Some inspectors MAY BE burned-out mechs/techs; they know what they're looking at and for, just tired of the shop life. ASE cert by itself isn't enough; you got to get your hands dirty for several years in the shop or field. If you have a local mechanic you trust, see what they charge for an inspection.
$245 should get you an extremely thorough inspection. From Lemon Squad I make $50-$70 per inspection, and I'm thorough too.
If lemon squad is as good as you say they will appreciate your input. I know I would. Us car people must stick together or fall alone.
Lemon Squad might not care; they don't warranty their inspections, and already got paid. But as Mike's wife said, I would hope they'd address an obvious fail like this.
@@markh.6687 a lot of shops don't warranty their repairs.
If a consumer is going to pay $150 for an inspection, the Lemon Squad should at least invest in a proper scan tool and hire a qualified person to inspect these vehicles. I say thumbs down for the Lemon Squad. I would never use them.
That is the reason your calling them because they are supposed have best scan tools
@@Justkevin377 I don't get the purpose of their service. Even the cheapest scan tool on the market can pull codes. It seems like the Lemon Squad is more of a visual inspection rather than a mechanical one? Check the paint, check the tires, check the interior, check the fluids, and drive the car. I'd give some guy $10 to do that, but for $150, you better be a mechanic with a good tool and do a real inspection.
i agree they should have had the Autel or similar scanner. What is the point of spending $150 if they did not have a quality scanner to do the job. I could buy the Autel Scanner and do the inspection myself and save $150.
@@nottelling4828 It's mostly for CarOffer buying cars from dealerships and occasionally from individuals. You give the car a good once over and drive it. They generally ask for 50 pictures but I include 100+. Looking for scratches, dents, broken items, etcetera.
I signed up to learn more about Lemon Squad back in January. I finally received a call back yesterday, and you are absolutely correct, the relationship is definitely a 1099 independent contractor agreement type of relationship. Anyway a few hours after I "signed up" they called me back and wanted to do an inspection 62 miles away without any training, lol. I declined the job. It's not worth spending 3-4 hours in traffic plus a 60-90 minute inspection to only receive $50-$70. If a job (or anything else for that matter) sounds too good to be true it probably is, once again.
I've used Lemon Squad four times in the last few years and I've been happy with the service. The first time their inspection pointed out big cosmetic flaws that were hidden in the dealership photos, the last time I used them the inspection pointed out codes that had been recently erased that could have involved costly repairs.
The way the used car market has been the last few years, if you are wanting something in particular you'll probably need to expand your search radius, Lemon Squad is a great tool to weed out cars that would be a waste of time to drive numerous hours to look at.
Not at $150.00 a car! No way in this world would I pay them to go around and look at various cars at that price for me. Just sayin...
@@robertburns3014 I didn’t just have them look at random cars. There was a truck that I was ready to buy as long as it checked out, the truck was in a town 3 hours away, I paid $150 and the next day I had the inspection report that pointed out numerous issues with the truck, saved me a 6 hour round trip, worth every penny.
@@robertburns3014 its a tax write off
@@liveraddieradder I also found a car 90 minutes away. If I'd had Lemon Squad to point out the cosmetic flaws, I would have known that the car had been in a collision, despite CarFax's "no accidents" report. But I was tired, I'm over sixty, use assistance walking, and couldn't inspect bumpers, lower fenders, etc. I missed the hood being slightly off because the salesman stood in front of the lowered end. An inspection by Lemon Squad could have saved me a huge amount of payments with this car. $150 is chump change compared to a $30K mistake.
Past codes= all ready read, the report said no pending or current. The test drive needs to be over 60 miles and i bet the issues would have shown up.
Almost never do you see a test drive that long.
In today's market, I had to travel 90 minutes from my home to buy a car. My local mechanic was too busy to go. I am elderly and disabled, and it would have been handy to have a Lemon Squad person meet me there. The CarFax said NO accidents and had regular service, but has definitely been in a collision. Not being able to crawl around the asphalt on a 90 degree day, I missed the cosmetic "repairs" the dealership made to temporarily hide the problems.
This is a case when a Lemon Squad would have been very helpful, instead of my car slowly falling apart AFTER I got it home. I would not have bought this blasted car if I'd had a decent set of eyes to point out the signs of a crash hard enough to offset the hood, the fender, etc.
Mrs.Chevy Dude is absolutely correct in having your mechanic do the inspection.I can also understand as to why the"Lemon Squad" will not warranty their inspection...................huge liability. Keep pluggin' Mike,you are doing good! I still do not understand why anyone would buy a vehicle that is sight unseen, as in the car vending machine gimmick!
They would need to charge like $1,000. to assume the liability of repairs.
I like how he says it's not a junkyard transmission and it's a Nissan transmission. A known manufacturer of junk garbage transmissions. But at, east Mike acknowledged that they are total garbage transmissions.H e doesn't lie about it.
While i agree with you 100%, the reman units are solid.. jatco and jasper got together to improve internals for remans.. get it from nissan or jasper you get the same exact trans with same warranty which even if bought through nissan will go thru nissan and ultimately end up at jasper..
@@mikeschaner5853 and if they change the oil like every 20,000 miles the transmissions last better.
Mike, I really enjoy your videos. No matter the hundred plus pictures, the notation of small amounts of rust, the attention to odors in the vehicle, the fact is these guys missed what would be the most critical aspect of the car from the standpoint of any consumer purchasing it - - that being that the transmission was trashed. So in my view their report gets a solid “F “
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I used to replace 3 transmissions/day at Nissan. Pays 9 hours, I get them done in 2.5.
really. Our book system here says 15.3 hours. Hoping rich gets to is today or tomorrow.
@@ChevyDude Actually, yes, the V6 CVT's pay more. 9 hours is for a 4 cylinder Altima. those are the ones I could do in 2.5. I'm also quoting Nissan warranty time, which is less than customer pay time (AllData). Nissan gave us fewer hours for warranty work because they figured since we do them all day, we're faster than the average independent tech.
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@@MT-xl8jy I have my own page. Not much there though. Not really a "TH-camr".
I'm happy to see he is fixing the CVT correctly and not throwing in a junkyard unit that will fail in 6 months!
The horror of a used Nissan CVT!
a car that last a 130k at best then the trans mission goes out ...this is nuts !!! id bike to work before a shit pile like this !
@@AwakeDude911 Absolutely, 100%!
Nissan no way
Cheaper cause they are built that way
Had 116,700 miles on the 16’ when I traded it in 3 weeks ago. Never gave me any reason to think the trans would fail it was as smooth as new. I did Cvt service at 75k miles, and I floored tf out of it all those miles. I also allow my cars to warm up 5-10 mins, I use the parking brake, and I drive with a steady foot.
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Let's keep this service in perspective.
(1) It's a FIELD INSPECTION. The inspector is not working in a shop. He can't be there for three hours. He may or may not have been able to view the underside on a LIFT, which possibly could have given him more information.
(2) He can only report on what he sees and hears while he is there. In the actual video you said that sometimes the transmission shifted fine. So, if the issue didn't show itself on the test drive, how would you have expected him to mention it? Would you have let him take the car for the afternoon and put 100 miles on it? Probably not. Furthermore, you're a dealer who has likely bought thousands of cars in your life. You said that even you didn't notice when you drove it initially.
(3) You said there was a photo showing the warning light. He SHOULD have made a note of this and recommended the buyer to do further research to find out WHY that was on before proceeding with the purchase.
(4) An ODB meter may or may not be helpful, and plugging some non-propriety scanners into certain cars can actually cause problems with the cars electronics. Taking ANY tools to a seller's car is a liability. With that said, again I say the WARNING LIGHT on the dash should have been mentioned in the report even if he couldn't determine the cause.
(5) The service cost just $150! That includes the inspectors time on site, his travel time to and from the vehicle, wear and tear on his car, and the backing of a company that maintains an office, employees and hopefully, is able to turn a profit for them to grow. If you want guarantees on a USED MECHANICAL DEVICE with over 100k miles you should be paying 10x that so the company can have Errors and Omissions insurance coverage for all their inspectors. Would you be willing to pay over $1000 for an inspection on a car that you may or may not buy?
(6) Mechanics today are not like they used to be. Most are specialists on one or two components of a car, like electronics, HVAC, Fuels systems etc. Having a 'general mechanic' look it over is often not possible as the seller doesn't want their car to be taken for a prolonged period of time, and to someone they don't know. The mechanic may or may not find the issue, and if he doesn't do you think you get to charge him the bad transmission that failed to show up when he looked over the car? He too can only report on what he sees.
(7) If all car dealers HONESTLY represented cars, the seller would either not have listed the car or, the buyer would have been made aware of the issue and the inspector would have been scheduled to come out AFTER the transmission had been replaced.
(8) Having a pre-purchase inspection is just a PART of the due diligence process a long-distance buyer should go through before handing over the cash. It's an independent (knowledgeable) set of eyes and ears looking over the vehicle. Other research should include checking out the seller, checking the service/maintenance history, checking the title etc. and above all understanding that you are buying a USED MECHANICAL DEVICE, any component can fail at any time without warning. It's not for everyone. That is the risk you are accepting and spending less money because of it. If you want guarantees, you buy a brand-new car.
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Best video…very informative. I thought of using them before but ended up taking to mechanic. Who cares if button don’t work, I need to know if the engine is going or if tranny is about to give way.
I'd probably use a local car shop for pre-purchase inspection instead but this service seems to be decent. Thank you for sharing the experience.
Wow, Mike! Pretty bad that the inspection didn't find those codes; I have a consumer-grade Autel that reads trans/abs/airbag depending on vehicle make/model; bought it for about $130 pre-Covid.
As for Nissan's CVT's (at least from like 2008-2017ish) are JATCO. And JATCO stands for "Junk Another Transmission Company". Nissan bought a stake in JATCO, so they put cheap CVTs in their vehicles. No doubt the former Nissan/Renault boss that was on the run from the law got a bonus for that decision.
JATCO CVTs are bad, their regular ATs are pretty fine.
Yikes! I've been looking for a specific make model and year range vehicle for the last few months. I had been planning on using Lemon Squad for my inspection but this is giving me 2nd thoughts.
Try searching under "mobile vehicle inspections"; you mind find someone local to your area or the area you're buying the car in.
This seems like a good service, the report you posted seems pretty detailed and provides important information. Stuff like that Nissan transmission can be one off kind of deals, as the transmission probably worked fine for the test drive. However, if they’re going to be doing that business, they should invest in a scan tool like your Alltell and have some “flags” for codes like the one stated in this video to look out for.
I’d say they still need a little work on a database because codes are very helpful buying a used car, especially with how shady some dealerships can get.
I was going to hire Lemon Squad for a pre-inspection but I was quoted it would be an extra fee since they did not have a mechanic in my area (about 70 miles away in the Cities). I don't live in the country but I wasn't willing to spend $260 for a vehicle. A local company did my inspection and thoroughly checked to see if it was good to go. They only found the pad on the front breaks were around 50% in the front and 80% in the back. The tire tread was 5/32NDS and 6/32NDS respectively. And it only cost me $60 and some change. It was good enough for me to put an "ok" on a buyout that had the engine replaced.
The Autel said it was a past/history code. Some readers won't show history codes.
Some lower-end ones even show pre-codes now (meaning the computer said "uh oh! I'd better watch this one!").
For everyone saying the inspectors need better scanners.....Lemon Squad will only pay you $70 per car inspection and you may only get one inspection a month depending on your area. If you decline an inspection as a contractor they punish you by giving you less work. This is a gig economy job and you are required to take and send at least 75 pictures per unit on YOUR phone. They do not have an app either, its all done over your web browser. I personally drove over 100 miles, one way, to look at a car. The mileage pay was more than inspecting the actual vehicle. The only time I received enough consecutive inspections to make it worth my time was when another local inspector was so incompetent that the dealer refused to let that individual look at any more cars because they were documenting problems that did not exist ( 1 year old Toyota reported for rodent damage because a paper floor mat had left fibers in the carpet). With all that being said I was not going to rush out and buy $600+ scan tool when my $30 OBD scanner was sufficient for Lemon Squad.
That would absolutely suck to buy that car going on their word and inspections, you get it, boom limp mode, my gosh I would be so bummed out..
Just goes to show any idiot can do that job.
happened to my buddy ..30 days after the 30 day warranty ....boom limp mode in his rouge ... cvt trannies are junk why the hell is anyone even buying them ?
Most of all, stay away from Nissan!
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Home inspections are very similar. If they miss something, no liability for it being missed is assumed by inspector.
We had a worthless technician that worked for us, a big blow hard and his prior job was a home inspector. Wonder how those turned out.
Oh man, my inspector missed everything. Like stuff that even I, now as a homeowner, would easily catch. But I was 25 and coming from an apartment so I didn't really know what to look for. Thousands in plumbing and electrical work.
I've used their service and was quite impressed with the level of detail in the report. The mechanic who inspected was told that the car, parked in NJ, was to be registered and licensed in NY. The car: 2006 Toyota Avalon with 192k miles belonging to a family member. The inspection for the most part was on point however there were 2 major problems that the mechanic missed so therefore not in the report (back to this soon). So I took possession of car and drove to NYC to get it inspected and registered. Took the car to my mechanic and he ripped me a new one. He asked me if Stevie Wonder worked on this car. First was the passenger side front headlight assembly needed to be totally replaced. Someone tried an after-market that wasn't for model. Second, the bellow on the passenger side was torn and the inner socket assembly has suffered damage. Also the whole control arm needed to be replaced. Well, needless to say, the car would not pass inspection in its current state. The total work to replace everything was north of $4k! Granted, the lemon squad mechanic does not have a lift but they do take pics of the suspension and under-carriage. Major miss!!! The mechanic kept telling my uncle that if I didn't want the car, he would buy it. Thank God, the car was a gift but took it back to my uncle. Would I use them again? If the car was far away from my mechanic, yes.
4k for a headlight & control arm? Get a new mechanic lol
I have used Lemon Squad a few times. Back a couple of years ago, they did the inspection and the report either the same day or maybe the next morning. Now they take the order one day, the next day is the inspection, then the next day you are waiting and waiting and waiting. Meanwhile the car you are hoping to buy is still on the market. Now I am at the end of the day at day 3 and still do not have a report.
Currently in the same exact situation right now. Very frustrating
@@Dollaholla333 I feel your frustration my friend.
Nissan should just include a second transmission with every car purchase.
Was in a Altima for an Uber. Driver is on his 3rd transmission at 300k miles. 2016. Crazy.
Mike flames the Lemon Squad. Like a B52 on an Arclight mission.
How oddly poetic!
Now of course I got the survival kit checklist scene from "Dr. Strangelove" in my head...."Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff."
Not really imo
Did you contact Lemon Squad like a investigator does to get their response to this issue. I would love to hear what they are doing to resolve the problem. This server is so needed for consumers and I was just going to use them now not sure.
To be honest, is a local shop going to do anything different?
Fair question.
I actually love them and use them all the time
Just had them inspect a Camaro ZL1 for me in IN at Hypercars dealership. They did great. Except...they were 2 days late and I had a non refundable deposit. I raised hell and they finally went and did a pretty detailed job. Bought it. Happy as hell.
Great commercial for the Lemon people.
Had to get to the end to hear no guarantee or scanning codes. Most people would tune out by then and call them for an inspection based on the glowing recommendation by the Chevy Dude.
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So Lemon squad are great at checking for wear and tear but are clueless in terms of engines and transmission. The two components that are the most important thing in a car.
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Mike started talking about a Lambo, then showed the Nissan tranny. I was like... Damn, you can do that?! LOL
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LemonSquad is a ripoff. I paid them $200 for an inspection which they delayed continously, falsely claiming the car had sold. After they dawdled for over a week the car finally sold and they won't refund me. Don't use these scammers, hire a reputable local mechanic.
That was a great review, I guess the point in the inspections was that there were no current or pending codes. I don't know why you would ignore past codes (that is making the assumption that they showed on their scan tool), but if they saw them, they should always be noted. It could be signs of an intermittent fault and in a major component like the transmission could leave someone with a very expensive bill.
Thank you for this! I can't believe they don't stand by their inspections! I will not be using them.
Ands what's up with Nissan transmissions?! I can't believe how many times I've heard they have bad transmissions. Even over a decade ago. Why haven't they gotten it right by now?
Thank you for the time and effort in making the videos. Been cheering for you guys since day one !
Side note, question: which Autel scanner system are you using ? Was looking at getting the 508,model? Any insight ? Best wishes & best of luck on your journey…..
PPI is ALWAYS done by trusted mechanic. That's who is out there. Dealer lets you take car or you have to get mobile mechanic to dealer (and their lift). Always a hassle. Usually always worth it.
Distance buying is always such a gamble. Been burned enough times I am hard pressed to ever do it again. And the scanner tools only help with 1997+.
"Junk Nissan/Jatco CVT's......" Scotty Kilmer....... LOL
DON'T REV UP YOUR JATCOS!!
Scotty's right, they're 100% junk!
Lemon Squad missed the most important part-the transmission. They should have brought along a real scan tool, not an cheap code reader.
Very helpful video. Thanks.
Sorry to disagree with you, lemon squad is absolutely useless. They missed or did not scan the code for a faulty transmission, that is huge.
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First of al I am impressed that you decided to replace the transmission with a brand new one. I gather that most used car dealers would sell it as is which means that they would not do what you are going to do. They would do something to hide the fact that the transmission is going to fail very soon. Second-why the heck can't Nissan have reliable transmissions? Third -everybody or nearly everybody knows that a Nissan vehicle past the 100,000 mile mark or getting close to it will probably have transmission problems. Fourth- I agree with another comment that Lemon Squad should be using the best scanning tools not some rinky dink plug in cheapo version.Fifth- I am not surprised that Lemon Squad does not guarantee thier inspection.
great video.. any good mechanic will have a pretty good scan tool. i can say alltell makes great scan tools.. i watch scotty kilmer videos all the time and he uses the same one possibly as you do mike. all i know is scotty says his costs 5k to buy. nissian i believe gets their transmissions cvt from jatco, an indian trans maker.. scotty has always said, jjatco trans are garbage wich i believe him. now , if it was a toyota, it would not need a transmission. i know when i look at a car or truck, i bring my own scan too. some people these days are shady. you cannot hide anything from a really good scan tool.
I quit watching Scotty because he is clickbait, whatever he says he is talking about is never what he is talking about. " this video will tell you which parts store to avoid" 12 Minutes later he is talking about moving to New York, never getting to the reason I watched his video.
CVTs are just sawdust and rubber bands inside aluminum cases anyway. 😂😂😂
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My HHR threw a similar code earlier in the year. I cleared it with my $10 OBDII scanner to see if it would throw it again, and it never did, despite still acting sluggish at low speeds, so yeah, if the previous owner had cleared codes their cheap scanner might not have shown anything.
Random codes are a giant pain in the rear end (yours, not the vehicle's). I had some randoms on a Ford Taurus; did the "clear the codes drill" to pass emissions testing in Illinois. But Mike's cheap tool did show the basic code, so the previous owner handn't cleared it, or the fault happened enough times to set a code.
How did we go from a Lamborghini to a Murano? I got lost somewhere and no I would not expect them to cover any missing items from the inspection.
The fact they missed the code for a bad transmission, they could have caused a buyer to be out thousands replacing the transmission. The fact the person didn’t drive the Nissan at different speeds to find the bad transmission, they totally failed.
What do they do, send some geek out to just look at and drive the car? How poor. You would think they would run a scanner on the car?
Did you not watch the video? They did use a scanner, just a cheaper one.
@@rebeccas4898 No, Mike used a scan tool, Mr. Lemonhead didn't. Lemonhead only pointed out the light was on, not the reason why.
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Thanks for making this video. It was very informative
Mike your guys videos are enjoyable to watch cause I learn a lot about vehicles
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It seems unfortunate that they did not find the trans fault. For the price that is actually a great deal to know if the out of state car is even real or not. It is the only way a normal person could buy out of state with any safty. It will at the very least garuntee the car is real and likly not a scam.
It's hard to say. It's good and bad but this video might help them to get more customers. Thank you for sharing the info. Sounds like you are recovering from allergies.
Another early Murano low accel
Problem is the rubber intake boot off the air box to the the throttle body will rip on the back side causing a lean condition on accel
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A nissan with a bad transmission " I have never seen that "
U have 400x better chances of winning the powerball and a plane hitting u the next day than a bad cvt in a nissan 🤣🤣🤣 how nissan is still allowed to sell junk cars is beyond me
Chevy Dude - I wish you the best of luck with your business venture, but I miss you old content. It would have been fun to hear you talk about the C8 and upcoming EV-Silverado, etc. Going to others for that content - too bad.
I’ll stay subscribed, but not engaged - good luck!
Lemon squad seems a little lemony. About the CVT. Personally I’d never buy anything with one. But according to the Car Wizard and a few other honest mechanics I know? They can last quite a bit longer than 100k miles. The problem is that they’re never serviced. Some folks say that you can’t or your not suppose to. Bottom line is that there’s fluid and moving internal parts, so yes it should be and can be serviced. But what puts more money in pockets? A good service every so often? Or dumping thousands into a new/reman transmission with a truck load of billable hours.
How can you say they have a good service when the car has a trashed tranny. Not even close
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main items I want confirmation on being 100% solid are transmission and engine......
the fact that the trans failure code wasn't identified is a complete fail and makes lemon squad not an option for me?
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They need to use the Snap on scan tool it's probably the best on the market it cost over 10k it's the bomb
My $1500 Launch tool does more than my buddies $5k+ Snap on tool.
Hahaha snap on is WAY over priced on everything
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Own my own shop for 30
Snap on is a rip off
@@MT-xl8jy if you were a "tinkerer" and not a professional mechanic, what brand of tools would you buy? The simple stuff like ratcheting wrenches, screwdrivers, etc. I'm asking for myself.
I hope all is well. I heard about the hiv diagnosis. Prayers to you and your family
They were recommended to me by the out of state dealership I’m interested in buying from. And something in me say don’t trust it lol.
Is there a alternative? Especially for out of state purchase.
Typical Chevy Dude pointing out someone else shortcomings. And to boot paid them $179 to "prove a point" Boy another genius financial move on your part. Get the popcorn ready this ending will be comical!
New used car dealer scamming and dissing another business online,not good. As I’ve said before I see the Chevy Dude morphing into the Kia Dude in the near future.
The company does not prioritize customer concerns. You have to call several times and email. They claim they are busy. The master technician never returned my call as was promised. 4 business days later, I received a claim denial when I simply asked for an explanation.
They sent me a bulky supposedly detailed report with many photos but missed 2 visible issues on the vehicle. I'm still trying to understand how that happened.
If I worked for Lemon Squad and you had me look at any automatic Nissan with more than 60K miles, I'd report a pending transmission failure.
Use Lemon Squad or any company that does these inspections if you dont know someone. Way, way, way to many reviews of people blaming the dealership that there engine blew up a month after buying the car. Dont blame them blame yourself! Always get that vehicle inspected no matter if the car lot says they did a one thousand point inspection its good to go. Most of car lots lie!
WHICH AUTELL SCAN TOOL ARE YOU REFERENCING AND WHERE IS THE CHEAPEST PLACE TO BUY IT
Actually I'm in no better position then before I watched your video Perhaps if you had a classic car inspected it may of helped me However saying the service is "Pretty good" is gray as a cloudy day in Indiana
Lemon squad is like a geek squad.
You know when you buy an used car … you do the best you can in an inspection …. There is hope
Thank You So Fuckin Much Bro, this wasn’t the video that helped me but those dealership scam tips really helped me out on my Hyundai genesis coupe purchase. really appreciate you
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Good video wished I knew about the LEMON SQUAD BEFORE I BOUGHT A USED LEXUS LS 430
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I friend got a car from carvanna just a few weeks ago. First here drove to Chicago only to find out they could not give him the car because their computer was down and they could not give him the temp plate. So a 6 hour round trip wasted. Then the car was junk so they had to get them to refund the money once they did get it and figured all the things wrong with. Lucky they only had to drive about an hour from here to drop it off and a regular dealer. Wonder if that dealer turned around and just sold it
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The way lemon squad works is they hire people as Independent contractors. This is how they have people all over the country. Also, as someone who does work for them. They don’t pay all that well. $70 for regular vehicles, but when you factor in distance and time needed to perform the inspection and paperwork. It doesn’t come out to much. With that said. The inspector definitely messed up.
What happened to the Lamborghini that was at the beginning of video
That is the reason your calling them because they are supposed have best scan tools
Please dont say that. I just bought a used car YESTERDAY based on my Lemon Squad inspection on Thursday 😩😩😩
any chance we can get an update? Thanks
@@countreekidd sure... there are some things the guy missed, mostly a cracked rear tailgate panel on the inside. Also, he didn't check the head gaskets, even though subaru is notorious for that. And the car was a little dirty (think normal used car dirt and debris, nothing actually "dirty" or danaging). Besides that, everything the mechanic said was true, and the car runs great. They send you like 60 pics, which came in handy later when the dealership scratched my windshield and I had to prove that the car was not like that when I brought it in. Bottom line: Would I use them again? Sure. It's much cheaper than any other service, and much safer than not doing it at all. Is it perfect? Nope. But for like $160 total, it was a great deal. 👍🏿
I just bought a car sight unseen from washington, hired lemon squad, they found no problems with the wipers, I get the car, the wipers dont work. Wont answer my emails, I dont see anything as far as avenues to fix it. So far it seems they dont do anything. So this guy showed up, didnt test the wipers, they are broke, and Im stuck trying to fix wipers on an early 2000s Maserati. Pretty pissed considering how much I paid for them to come out and not do their job and then lie to me with no consequence.
If you are buying a used car, I would highly recommend that you spend the money on an inspection, $150-$200 isn't much based on the repair cost on anything on a car.
DM for good car DEALS..
Starting a process to sue lemon squad as we speak. Worst company ever, and caused damage to car.
Of course you got a bad transmission it's a freaking Nissan it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out anyone have any common sense knows to stay away from any Nissan product that's not A370 or GTR
Anyone doing paid PPIs should have a dealer level scan tool for the car they are inspecting
Called it. Nissan cvts suck
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Ty CD!
Gee what neat way to make a quick buck, "Wolf J. Flywheel, car inspector. Here's my qualifications, (phony diploma) Istanbul College of Automotive Diagnostic Inpectors."
"Dewey Cheatum and Howe Technical University Diplomat in Automotive Engineering" (yes, Diplomat, it's ancient Greek, Romanized to "diploma". Who sez I ain't cultured?!)
hi anyway you can set up notifications for when cars are added to your site
🍋 I'm out 20k because of unreported obvious and major issues that were unreported by the lemon squad. 🍋 my dream truck turned out to be a lemon nightmare
Are customers now having to pay for extra fees due to Covid?
The salesman told me no dealership now would sale the car without the extra enhancements price (nitrogen, vin number stamps, car nob protector sticker). They were charging $3,000more for almost no enhancements.
I left the lot and he didn’t even try to take my information. He limited the amount of time I could test drive the vehicle also.
Did the customer lost its negotiating power due to high demand and low production of vehicles? I have bought a car before Covid and the treatment was way different.
This salesman even told me that if I didn’t buy the vehicle somebody else would lol.
They blew the inspection on a MAJOR powertrain component so FAIL. No bueno in the future.