Hi guys. I’ve been thinking about buying my first car recently, but I’m on a tight budget. I found a 2020 Ford Explorer XLT at Cars.com . But the car was marked as a TOTAL LOSS VEHICLE by the insurance company. The car currently has 30k miles on it. The selling price is 13.5k USD. I checked the repo…

All the folks here are telling you to stay away from this car.

From the pictures the air bags didn’t deploy… strange… sounds more and more like it was doing the back stroke someplace…

I’ve looked at a lot of repairable and never bought one. Once I started the arithmetic on what was involved and even discounting free labor, I never found one that had a margin that was worth it. I always wondered why they just didn’t fix it themselves if it was such a good deal. I’ve known a few…

There are 67 cars within 30 miles of me on cars.com that are between $10,000 and $15,000, 2014 or newer, and 70,000 miles or less with no reported accidents. Those are the cars I’d be looking at.

[image] 2020 Ford Explorer XLT low mileage but Used Salvage Title Buying/Selling Since it spent it whole short life in New Jersey, it might not be a flood car but as a front-hit car, it likely popped airbags and wrecked everything forward of the engine. It may have bent th…

This vehicle appears to have new fenders and hood, I suspect they discovered a structure alignment problem and aborted the project as directed by the insurance company. $5000 to $10,000 in parts to complete the project and by the time you are done, the book value will be less that your costs. Unles…

[image] 2020 Ford Explorer XLT low mileage but Used Salvage Title Buying/Selling This vehicle appears to have new fenders and hood, I suspect they discovered a structure alignment problem and aborted the project as directed by the insurance company. $5000 to $10,000 in pa…

The airbag front impact sensors are missing, ambient temperature sensor and possibly the wiring harness missing or disconnected. All the warning lights should be on.

Thanks for all the replies. I will stay away from this car.

2020 Ford Explorer XLT low mileage but Used Salvage Title

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davesmopar August 30, 2023, 7:46pm 14

It also has a CEL, airbag light and another light or 2 on in the picture, so something is at least missing or damaged, all adds to the cost of repairs…

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