What must a dealer disclose about a vehicle's past damage history?

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The point being tested is that dealers must be transparent about any serious past damage to a vehicle, because this information can impact safety, value, and the buyer’s decision. The best answer reflects a broad, realistic duty to disclose: a dealer must reveal known damage or repairs, flood history, collision history, and salvage branding if any of those apply to the vehicle. This means if the car has a flood-damaged past, has been in a crash, has been rebuilt, or carries a salvage title, the dealer should tell the buyer. Even repaired issues and structural concerns can affect reliability and resale value, so they’re important to disclose.

Cosmetic damage alone isn’t the whole picture, and there are laws that require disclosure of known issues rather than withholding information, so a blanket “past issues are never disclosed” isn’t accurate.