Japanese Grading System

Auto Grading System In Japan

Grading is very important part in process of Inspection sheet. Grading describes your vehicle conditions and usage. It allows the buyers to decide how much the same vehicle will cost in the market or how longer the same vehicle will now run. These Gradings are always been done under very strict and standard way of Auto Auction, so that none of the buyers or sellers will think that he is been cheated.

Explaination Of Vehicle Grading

DENTS

U1	U2	U3

SCRATCHES

A1	A2	A3

DENTS WITH SCRATCHES

B1 (USS U1+A1)	B2 (USS U2+A2)	B3 (USS U3+A3)

WAVE

W1	W2	W3

CRACKS

Know About Panal Colours

These car have P marked on the auction sheet, panals will be different colours, it generally occurs when plastic bumpers are painted the same colour as the body. It doesn’t happen so often on cars with metalic paint.

Rust

S1		There is some slight rust, no bigger than the palm of your hand.

S2		There is some rust, a little bigger than S1.

S3		There is some rust that will need to be repaired.

When Panal Replaced Or Needs Replacing.

XX		This shows that a panal has been changed.

X		This shows that a panal will need to be replaced.

Please find below the Gradings with their descriptions:

Total Grading

S		First registration is within the last 1 year and almost equivalent to New car

6		Excellent Condition and no repair work needed (mileage below 30,000km)

5		Excellent Condition and no repair work needed (mileage below 60,000km)

4.5		Good Condition and repair work is maybe unnecessary

4		Reasonably good condition but little repair work maybe needed

3.5		Some repair work needed or slightly higher mileage than average

3		Many repair work needed or high mileage

2		Condition is bad

1		Modified, Debased or Affected Car (Submergence, damaged from salt, hailstorm etc.)

R		Accidented and repaired car

RA		Higher Graded Accidented and Repaired car

R1		Complex grading of the above “R” and “1?

RA1		Complex grading of the above “RA” and “1″ : Accidented and not repaired car, cars for parts recycle use, non-driveable car.

Exterior grade

A		A car which is in very good condition.

B		• A car which may have some scratches or dents the sizes could be from 5 cm to 15 cm. • A car which may have been repaired and there is a slight wave. • A car which may have some chips in the glass.

C		• A car which may have some scratches, about 15 to 30 cm in size. • A car which may have some dents the size is a fist or larger. • A car which may have been repaired and there may be a slight wave.

D		• A car which may have a lot of scratches. • A car which may have some dents. • A car which may have dents or scratches which require a panal to be changed. • A car which may have been repaired but needs a panal to be re-repared. • A car which may have a lot of rusts or some erosions.

E		• A car which needs a complete paint job. • A car which has a lot of erosions.

Please find below the Gradings with their descriptions:

Interior grade

A		• A car which is in very good condition. • It may have a few small blemishes

B		• A car which is in good condition. • It may have some blemishes or small screw holes in the dash. • It may have a few cigarrete burns. • It may be a little dirty, but would clean up with a wash.

C		• A car which is in average condition. • It will have some cigarete burns, the seats will have some wear or tears, there may be some screw holesin the dashboard or small fine cracks. • It will be a little dirty but if it is cleaned, it becomes a grade B.

D		• A car which is lower than average condition. • It will have a lot of burns, and tears that will need repair. • There may be some warping in the dashboard. • It will have stains that won’t clean up.

E		• A car which bad condition. • It will have some cracks or gaps in the dash. • The interior or seats will have many stains and some sagging in the seats. • The interior may smell bad.

Please find diffrences below among Marking Systems of different Auction Auto Auctions:

Auctions Houses	USS, Bay, Arai, Ju , CAA, RAA, BCN, ZIP, NASA	HONDA, TOYOTA, AA, AUCNET

	Not Mentioned or U1	U1
	U1	U2
Dents	U2	U3
	U3	U4

	Not Mentioned or A1	A1
	A1	A2
Scratches	A2	A3
	A3	A4

	Not Mentioned or B1	B1
	B1	B2
Dent with Scratches	B2	B3
	B3	B4

	W1	W1
Waves	W2	W2
	W3	W3

	S1	S1
Rust	S2	S2
	S3	S3

Panels	XX	XX
	X	X