What We Found: UAE Used Car Inspection Statistics

Key statistics — October 2026

• 75.7% of used cars inspected had at least one repainted panel (a common sign of past accident repair)
• 11% of inspected cars showed evidence of structural accident repair
• 49.3% had an active oil leak
• 67.6% had stored fault codes in the on-board computer (OBD)
• Our inspectors advised buyers to walk away from 77.2% of inspected cars
• The average inspection score was 76/100 across 51 different makes in 4 emirates
• AED 1,129,900 in needed repairs was identified this month alone
• Most common fault found: Engine Oil Leak
• All-time: AED 12,406,200 in repair costs identified for UAE used-car buyers before they paid for the car

How to cite: "InspectMotors UAE inspection data, October 2026" — https://www.inspectmotors.com/what-we-found. Free to reference with attribution.

Inspection score distribution (October 2026)

Grade	Share of inspected cars
A	47.8%
B+	9.6%
B	15.4%
C+	2.2%
C	10.3%
D	14.7%

Average inspection score by emirate

Emirate	Average score
Dubai	78/100
Sharjah	59/100
Abu Dhabi	81/100
Ajman	57/100

Why this data exists

Used-car listings tell you what sellers claim. Inspection data tells you what is actually there. We publish these numbers so UAE buyers can calibrate their risk: roughly a third of the used cars we check have repainted panels, and a meaningful share have issues the seller never mentioned. A pre-purchase inspection (from AED 299 incl. VAT) is how you find out which group your car is in — before you pay.