Scams & fraud in used japanese cars

[Fazzie]

Hello Fellow Pakwheelers, so i have been in the market for past last two month looking for a 2012+ 660c mira. alto or t vitz under the budget of 10-11k in Islamabad what i have come across is that ppl are tampering engine check light in these cars so even if the engine is weak it wont show up also turning off air bags lights so even if they're deployed you wont know, i have come across certain sellers themselves who have said that they have been double crossed n fruaded by the previous sellers being told the air bags werent deployed but when they bought the car without a professional inspection they found out they been scammed not one but many sellers i have talked to now they are forced to sell their cars now after knowing that i know buying a used JDM Car in pakistan is very risky now its even more riskier since most if not all of them are used professionally in Uber or Careem where they're mis-used by the rental drivers, now the only way to know for sure by using the Scanner or professional inspection service,. so i wanted to spread awareness i am yet to find a clean car under this budget

[pwuser154677206269]

Good information i am myself searching for every for some friend

[hash4u]

you have to spend MORE money to buy a clean car
if u r looking for fancy options and up model imports with medium budget . . . .
they all come up with some history usually like u already said ...

[nfssaad]

we got 2015 model, 2018 import mitsubishi ek wagon for about 13lac, unregistered fresh import from jan japan.

have had no problems with it so far.

so in 11-12lac, searching for a mira or alto is fine.

i recommend getting unregistered car from karachi. jan japan has been reliable so far, 5 cars in my family bought from them.

[omersiddiqui5482]

Bhai i was looking for the same cars a couple of months ago. Tried Brand New ones, a bit used ones and majority of them are untrustworthy. Then i got hold of a Lovely Passo, slightly used i guess 45000 km driven it is still with us drives lovely and so far no problems at all. The budget you have is you limitation to buy a better car. initially oi had the same budget too but it became almost impossible to find a car but thankfully we found this Passo for 10.50

[pwuser154114697864]

Meter reversing is also being done.....last odo reading at the time of shipping is mentioned on the Export Certificate that comes with car and must be present in its registration file here in Pak.....
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my cousin found last year a 2006 mira 12 reg with odo at 65k km.
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A 06 car driven 6 yrs in Japan and further 6 yrs in khi and driven only 65k?..the export certificate had 85k km mentioned on it

[nfssaad]

this is one good thing i observed about jan japan.

they were selling 100,000 km driven toyota vitz as well. no meter reversing.

car was so neat and clean, if meter was reversed, no one would have known.

[nfssaad]

https://janjapan.com/used-cars/pakistan/suzuki/alto/1

see this, current stock of suzuki alto.

4.5 grade red color 2016 alto available for 12,90000

[Fazzie]

wait werent the imports ban ? gift scheme ? can we still import cars in pakistan is there any thread which shows how ?

[basitali87]

Bro, as per current used cars import policy, used cars import has almost come to a halt, due to latest S.R.O.