Pre-Purchase Used Car Inspection
Sam's Mobile Mechanic does pre-purchase used car inspection in Philadelphia, PA at your home, office, or roadside. Before you hand over the money, have a mechanic look at it.
- We come to you in Philadelphia and 58 nearby towns
- Price agreed before work starts
- Open 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Parts and labor warranty on the work
A used car can look immaculate and still hide a bent frame, a slipping transmission, or an engine on borrowed time. Sam's Mobile Mechanic meets you at the seller's location, inspects the vehicle thoroughly, and tells you exactly what you are about to buy.
We check the engine and transmission, scan for stored and pending trouble codes and for recently cleared ones, measure brakes and tires, inspect suspension and steering, look for accident repair and frame damage, check for flood evidence, verify that every electrical feature works, and road test the car.
You get a clear written report with photos: what is fine, what needs attention soon, and what it will cost. Buyers routinely use it to negotiate more off the price than the inspection cost, and occasionally to walk away from a car that would have been a five-figure mistake. This service covers private-party sales and dealer lots alike, across the Philadelphia, South Jersey, and Delaware area.
What's included
- Full mechanical and electrical inspection
- Computer scan including cleared-code history
- Accident, frame, and flood damage check
- Road test with written photo report
- We meet you at the seller's location
How we handle it on-site
Because we are mobile, the process is a little different from a shop. You tell us the year, make, model, and what the car is doing. We give you a likely diagnosis and a price range on the phone. A certified mechanic then drives to wherever the car is parked, confirms the fault with real testing, and only then does the work at the price you agreed to.
We serve Philadelphia and the surrounding region around the clock, which includes Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester counties in Pennsylvania, South Jersey, northern Delaware, and Elkton, Maryland. Call or text (215) 384-3065 and we will tell you honestly whether this is a job we can finish at your address.