*The Bronze inspection is not suitable for salvage-title, reconstructed, or heavily modified vehicles. It is also not recommended if you're buying sight-unseen (e.g., from out of state or long distance). In these cases, our Platinum Inspection is required for the thorough evaluation needed.

The Bronze inspection is designed specifically for buyers of older, higher-mileage, or budget-friendly used vehicles (typically under $8,000). It focuses on identifying major mechanical issues and overall condition, with the understanding that minor "used car quirks" or wear items may exist.

Please be aware that the Bronze inspection does not include a test drive. We cannot assess driving feel, unusual noises during operation, handling characteristics, or other dynamic performance aspects. For this reason, it's essential that you personally test-drive the vehicle and feel fully comfortable with how it drives before finalizing your purchase.

*Please ensure your vehicle meets the Gold inspection criteria of being a 2023 or newer with less than 50K miles within Vancouver, Washington. If the vehicle doesn't fall within this criteria the Platinum inspection is your only/better option.

*If the vehicle is salvage-title, reconstructed, or has a branded title, you must provide the VIN when requesting an inspection.

For all vehicles, we strongly recommend submitting the VIN (or license plate number if visible in the listing/ad) upfront. This allows us to conduct thorough preliminary research—including vehicle history, past sales data, auction records, accident photos (when available), and other key details—before we contact the seller to schedule. In many cases, this research uncovers critical information (such as hidden salvage history or major prior damage) that could change your decision to proceed, saving you time and potential hassle.

Providing this info early is one of the best ways we help protect you from surprises or scams—it's included as part of our standard process and helps ensure the inspection is the right fit for the vehicle.

Please Read Before Clicking “Finalize and make your payment link above” Once the above form is complete and you’re ready to pay via ApplePay, Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, or Discover. You must complete the entire process to order the inspection. Once successful, you will immediately get an automated confirmation from us. If you don’t receive this confirmation please retry as it is likely we have not been notified of your attempt. If you don't hear back from us prior to your inspection day please be sure to check your spam/junk box as often we some of our emails get inccorectly sent there. Please email us if you have any issues.

TERMS

• Canceling Inspections/Refund Policy:
  Please note that our payment processing fees are non-refundable. For this reason, any refund will be issued for the original payment amount minus actual fees (approximately 3%) to cover these fees.

  Once you've received our confirmation email with research the following terms apply:

  • We discover information during our research that makes an inspection unnecessary

  • You cancel your inspection with sufficient notice before it is scheduled.
    The vehicle is sold before we schedule the inspection.

    In these cases, your refund will be processed minus a $50 fee to compensate for our time, payment processing fees, research, and any reports or information already provided.

    Seller no show or vehicle sells prior to our arrival after we have confirmed with the seller on the day of the inspection:

• If we attempt contact the seller to schedule on the day of the inspection and are unable to complete the inspection at fault of the seller (unable to reach despite having a heads up of our arrival/travel to location/no show/sold vehicle) or you cancel the inspection on the day of:
   
  There is a $80 minimum charge to cover the above merchant fees, research provided, loss of inspection slot and to cover some of our travel time/expenses.

• Inspections are scheduled in order of payments posting, your payment secures your inspection. We contact the seller only after payment is made.
• We will contact the seller on the morning of the inspection to arrange the inspection time. We provide the seller a 30 minute window of our arrival and our platinum inspection takes up to 1.5 hours depending on overall condition. We ask that you please let them know we will be contacting them to schedule an appointment time and what to expect on inspection day.
• We will give the seller a recap of our findings if they ask but we do not share your inspection with the seller(s) unless you specifically tell us to when booking. If the seller wants a copy of the report you’re more than welcome to email it/share with them but we leave that up to you and will not do so unless actually requested.
• Email is always the fastest and easiest way to reach our lead inspector – Support@PDXinspections.com
  Our phone number is 503-789-0168 if you’d like to try to reach us during business hours. Unfortunately we’re often unable to answer the phone while out performing inspections however we’ll be happy to return your call at the end of the day when returning to the office.
• (Platinum inspection only) - If we immediately come across a major mechanical issue or come across an issue you specify in your “Stop inspection immediately if” section, we will immediately call you giving you the option of ending the inspection immediately with a partial refund of your inspection cost. If we’re unable to reach you during the inspection our inspector will use their professional judgment on how to continue. If this situation arises and we terminate the inspection early we will credit you back 50% of the inspection cost.
• Our Full Disclosure/Terms and Conditions of service can be viewed on our Terms and Conditions Page