How to verify the condition of your vehicle

Verifying a vehicle’s condition in AccuTrade earns it a Dealer Verified Condition badge on Cars.com, showing shoppers the inspection data and condition disclosures behind your listing right on the SRP and VDP. That transparency also gives verified vehicles a boost in search ranking.

In this article, you’ll learn how to find a vehicle to verify, confirm its condition details, and publish a verified listing to Cars.com.

Watch how it works

Prefer the written version? Follow the steps below.

1Find a vehicle to verify

Start the vehicle verification process one of two ways.

1. Click the blue plus sign 
2. Select Verify a Vehicle’s Condition 
3. Enter the VIN and hit search

• Or, select Inventory and click into the vehicle to verify from the list. 

Note: Make sure the syndication is marked Online in order to verify its condition. 

2Start verification

• Click Start Verification from the Select Action menu on the right-hand side.

3Make condition disclosures on the vehicle 

• Confirm the mileage 
• Update the exterior or interior color
• Select any options
• Make any condition disclosures, like chips or tire tread depth

4Verify the condition of the vehicle

• Click Verify Condition under the Select Action menu

5Confirm the vehicle condition

• Check the boxes to confirm the disclosures and vehicle condition is accurate

• Scroll and select Confirm Condition to push the dealer verified listing to Cars.com

Note: Final confirmation must be completed or approved by a manager role in AccuTrade, including Sales Manager, Acquisition Manager, Used Car Manager, or BDC Manager. 

• You’ll receive a successfully verified confirmation message

Tip: If, for any reason you need to withdraw the verification, you can do so by clicking back or finding the vehicle in your inventory list by VIN. 

• Select Withdraw Verification under the Select Action menu

Once vehicles are verified in AccuTrade, they’ll receive a green checkmark in your inventory. 

6See it on Cars.com 

• Your verified inventory is boosted in search results
• The vehicle will have a Dealer Verified Condition badge attached to it

SRP

VDP