Inspecting a used Hyundai IONIQ 5 before you buy it

We connect a diagnostic scanner to read both stored and live fault codes on the Hyundai IONIQ 5, including faults the dashboard never displays. If the engine light is on, you'll know exactly why before you buy, and whether it points to something minor or something expensive. If a seller has cleared the codes just before the viewing, that often shows up too.

That's a common case, and exactly what the Digital Report Package is for. We inspect the Hyundai IONIQ 5 on your behalf in Budapest and send a full report with photos and video in English, so you can decide remotely without travelling to see the car yourself. Plenty of our clients buy from another city or country and never go near the car until it's theirs.

You send us the listing and the car's location in Budapest. We arrange a time with the seller, and an English-speaking car inspector comes to the car to carry out a full pre purchase inspection - engine, transmission, brakes, suspension, electronics, body and a road test where possible. The whole check usually takes 60 to 90 minutes. You then receive the findings in clear English, either in person or by email.

Yes - that's exactly what we do. You can hire an independent mobile mechanic to inspect the Hyundai IONIQ 5 on the spot, with no connection to the seller, so the verdict is genuinely on your side. Because we're paid by you and never by the seller, there's no incentive to downplay a problem. If something is wrong with the car, you hear about it.

Both - and either way you've found the right service. We run an independent Hyundai IONIQ 5 check in Budapest, in English, whatever you typed into the search box. auto assessment and onsite mechanic for car purchase are just different words buyers use for the same careful inspection. The result is one clear verdict you can act on.

There is no such thing as a faultless used car, and a Hyundai IONIQ 5 is no exception - the key is knowing where the costly problems usually hide. For the electric model, battery degradation, charge-rate behaviour and the high-voltage system are the headline checks, since together they set both the real-world range and the resale value. Being a regular electric road car, the typical wear is in the suspension and tyres and the small cosmetic and electrical niggles that come with daily use, rather than in any engine or gearbox. Cars from this maker tend to be solid, so on an EV the focus is confirming warranty and recall status and reading the battery's state of health. By the end you have a clear, written picture of which of these the Hyundai IONIQ 5 has and which it does not, so the decision rests on evidence rather than worry.