# NIADA Certified?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/niada-certified/106277>\
**Category:** Buying/Selling\
**Created:** [July 26, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/niada-certified/106277 "2017-07-26T12:41:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mikebuysatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@mikebuysatruck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mikebuysatruck)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/niada-certified/106277/1 "2017-07-26T12:41:54Z")

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Has anyone had any experience with buying a NIADA Certified vehicle? I hadn’t heard of it before this car shopping experience, but I can’t find any reviews out there for it that weren’t published by NIADA.

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**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/niada-certified/106277/2 "2017-07-26T12:59:47Z")

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That’s National Independent Automobile Dealers Association…

(I don’t think it’s National Institute of American Doll Artists)

Ebay has a page [here](http://www.ebay.com/motors/blog/benefits-of-purchasing-a-niada-certified-pre-owned-car/)

[Here](http://www.midwestcityautosales.com/NIADA-Pre-Owned) is another relevant page.

But are they unbiased? dunno.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/niada-certified/106277/3 "2017-07-26T13:40:59Z")

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Interesting that neither page describing this says how long the ‘protection’ is good for. 1 mile? 10,000 miles? I don’t know. Without specifics about the actual coverage, it’s hard to give this much value.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/niada-certified/106277/4 "2017-07-26T14:21:52Z")

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Those certifications are CRAP. They are only for the completely naive person to make them feel good. Great for the seller because they add another $2000 to the price.

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**Author:** ![mikebuysatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@mikebuysatruck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mikebuysatruck)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/niada-certified/106277/5 "2017-07-27T00:24:28Z")

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Hmm, the same language in both…that actually makes me trust it less.

Weird that no one out there seems to have much experience with them.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/niada-certified/106277/6 "2017-07-27T00:45:27Z")

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I’m betting this was put together to add some legitimacy to eBay sales. Without detailed paperwork to describe actual benefits it’s worthless.