7 Vehicle Condition and Inspection
7.1 The Enrolled Vehicle must pass the inspection arranged by HMY and conducted by an Appointed Partner at the notified location. It must be roadworthy, legally registrable, safe and in reasonable condition for its age and mileage, allowing fair wear and tear. The assessment will be conducted under HMY’s applicable inspection and fair wear and tear policies and guidelines in force at the time of inspection.
7.2 Fair wear and tear means deterioration reasonably expected from ordinary private use of a properly maintained vehicle, having regard to its age and mileage. It does not include unrepaired damage, poor-quality repair, neglect, misuse, missing equipment, permanent staining, unlawful modification, structural damage or mechanical failure caused by failure to maintain the vehicle.
7.3 The inspection may assess the vehicle exterior, interior, underside, wheels, tyres, mechanical condition, service history, keys, security equipment, accessories and documents. HMY may maintain detailed inspection criteria, tolerances, scoring methods, checklists, rectification benchmarks and other technical methodologies in its policies and guidelines. Those materials need not be reproduced in these Terms or provided at enrollment, provided the assessment is applied reasonably and consistently for purposes relevant to vehicle condition, value, safety, lawful transfer and Program integrity.
7.4 HMY may reject the application where the Enrolled Vehicle has any of the following material conditions:
• actual or suspected total-loss, stolen-vehicle, cloning, tampering or unlawful-title history;
• structural, chassis, flood, fire or material natural-disaster damage;
• odometer tampering, unexplained odometer replacement or a material mileage inconsistency;
• an unauthorised structural, powertrain, electrical, emissions or safety-related modification;
• material misuse, competition use, illegal use or excluded commercial use;
• a condition that makes the vehicle unsafe, not roadworthy, not registrable or not lawfully transferable;
• a missing material component or document, including required keys, registration evidence or service history; or
• material undisclosed damage, repair, encumbrance or misrepresentation.
7.5 For a remediable condition, HMY may allow the Customer to repair the Enrolled Vehicle before a reinspection or may propose a written deduction supported by a reasonable rectification estimate or documented value impact. No deduction applies unless the Customer accepts it in writing before Final Acceptance, except for a latent condition deliberately concealed or fraudulently misrepresented.
7.6 At the Customer’s request, HMY will provide a copy or summary of the inspection result and the principal reason for any rejection or proposed deduction, subject to the protection of third-party confidential methodologies.
7.7 HMY may update its inspection and fair wear and tear policies and guidelines from time to time to reflect market, technical, safety, regulatory or operational developments. HMY will not apply a later guideline arbitrarily or retrospectively to deprive the Customer of the Protection Value. Before Final Acceptance, the Customer will be informed of any material inspection failure or proposed deduction and may, where reasonably practicable, repair the condition and request reinspection, or withdraw the exercise application without receiving the RVP Benefit.